B - Operations – Transporting – 63 – B
Patent
B - Operations, Transporting
63
B
B63B 1/10 (2006.01)
Patent
CA 2617444
A method for reconfiguring the hull form of a reconfigurable variable-draft vessel having a side hull and a center hull. In a method in accordance with the illustrative embodiment of the present invention, ballasting and de- ballasting operations assist in the vertical translation of the center hull relative to the side hull.
L'invention concerne un procédé destiné à reconfigurer la forme de la coque d'un navire à tirant d'eau variable ayant une coque latérale et une coque centrale. Selon le mode de réalisation représentatif de la présente invention, les opérations de ballastage et de déballastage mises en AEuvre dans cette méthode facilitent la translation verticale de la coque centrale par rapport à la coque latérale.
Bailey Stephen L.
Madden Lewis D.
Kirby Eades Gale Baker
Lockheed Martin Corporation
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