Braking System for Gyroscopic Boat Roll Stabilizer

    公开(公告)号:US20240067311A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-02-29

    申请号:US18385651

    申请日:2023-10-31

    Applicant: WaveTamer LLC

    Inventor: Jeffrey Peterson

    CPC classification number: B63B39/04

    Abstract: A gyroscopic boat roll stabilizer for a boat comprises a gimbal, having a gimbal axis, an enclosure mounted to the gimbal and configured to precess about a gimbal axis, a flywheel assembly rotatably mounted inside the enclosure for generating a torque that is applied to counter a rolling motion of the boat, and a braking system for controlling precession of the enclosure.

    Gyroscopic boat roll stabilizer with bearing cooling

    公开(公告)号:US11873064B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-01-16

    申请号:US18102456

    申请日:2023-01-27

    Applicant: WaveTamer LLC

    CPC classification number: B63B39/04 B63J3/04 F16C37/007

    Abstract: A gyroscopic roll stabilizer includes an enclosure, a flywheel assembly, a bearing, a motor, and a bearing cooling circuit. The enclosure is mounted to a gimbal for rotation about a gimbal axis and configured to maintain a below-ambient pressure. The flywheel assembly includes a flywheel and flywheel shaft. The bearing rotatably mounts the flywheel assembly inside the enclosure for rotation about a flywheel axis. The bearing has an inner race and an outer race. The inner race is affixed to the flywheel shaft, and the outer race is held rotationally fixed relative to the enclosure. The motor is operative to rotate the flywheel assembly. The bearing cooling circuit is configured to transfer heat away from the bearing by recirculating cooling fluid along a closed fluid pathway. The gyroscopic roll stabilizer is configured to transfer heat away from the inner and/or outer race of the bearing to the cooling fluid.

    Braking system for gyroscopic boat roll stabilizer

    公开(公告)号:US11820469B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-11-21

    申请号:US18127870

    申请日:2023-03-29

    Applicant: WaveTamer LLC

    Inventor: Jeffrey Peterson

    CPC classification number: B63B39/04

    Abstract: A gyroscopic boat roll stabilizer for a boat comprises a gimbal, having a gimbal axis, an enclosure mounted to the gimbal and configured to precess about a gimbal axis, a flywheel assembly rotatably mounted inside the enclosure for generating a torque that is applied to counter a rolling motion of the boat, and a braking system for controlling precession of the enclosure.

    Anti-roll stabilizer device for boats

    公开(公告)号:US11794863B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-10-24

    申请号:US17501975

    申请日:2021-10-14

    CPC classification number: B63B39/04

    Abstract: An anti-roll stabilizer device for boats includes a container adapted to be mounted on a suspension so as to oscillate around a first axis; a mass rotatably supported inside the container so as to form a rotor that rotates around a second axis transverse to the first axis; and a rotor cooling system having a hollow shaft arranged along the second axis, a first and a second cooling chamber sealed from the container of the rotor and from the outside, arranged at the ends of the hollow shaft and communicating through the hollow shaft, the first chamber having an inlet and the second chamber an outlet that are connected to a forced circulation circuit of the cooling fluid so that the cooling fluid can circulate from the first chamber to the second chamber through the hollow shaft and from the second chamber to the first chamber through the circulation circuit.

    Braking System for Gyroscopic Boat Roll Stabilizer

    公开(公告)号:US20230234681A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-07-27

    申请号:US18127870

    申请日:2023-03-29

    Applicant: WaveTamer LLC

    Inventor: Jeffrey Peterson

    CPC classification number: B63B39/04

    Abstract: A gyroscopic boat roll stabilizer for a boat comprises a gimbal, having a gimbal axis, an enclosure mounted to the gimbal and configured to precess about a gimbal axis, a flywheel assembly rotatably mounted inside the enclosure for generating a torque that is applied to counter a rolling motion of the boat, and a braking system for controlling precession of the enclosure.

    Braking system for gyroscopic boat roll stabilizer

    公开(公告)号:US11628914B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-04-18

    申请号:US17826860

    申请日:2022-05-27

    Applicant: WaveTamer LLC

    Inventor: Jeffrey Peterson

    Abstract: A gyroscopic boat roll stabilizer for a boat comprises a gimbal, having a gimbal axis, an enclosure mounted to the gimbal and configured to precess about a gimbal axis, a flywheel assembly rotatably mounted inside the enclosure for generating a torque that is applied to counter a rolling motion of the boat, and a braking system for controlling precession of the enclosure. The braking system is configured to enable precession in the first and second directions.

    Floating Device Having Active Stabilization and Method for Active Stabilization

    公开(公告)号:US20200283105A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-09-10

    申请号:US16292132

    申请日:2019-03-04

    Inventor: Leif E. Roth

    Abstract: A floating device having active stabilization and a method for actively stabilizing a floating device employs a floating device that operates underwater and which may be tethered to the floor of the body of water. The floating device having active stabilization includes an internal sensor assembly which measures angular velocity and generates a real time output corresponding to a measured angular velocity and a counter-rotation assembly which generates in real time mechanical energy in the form of rotation in response to the real time output of the sensor assembly that causes a counter-rotation torque on the device body that opposes the measured angular velocity. The counter-rotation torque may be imparted by accelerating a flywheel as a reaction wheel in the opposite direction of the desired counter-rotation torque, thereby achieving stability of the device body in the form of minimizing rotation.

    Active roll stabilisation system for damping a ship's motion

    公开(公告)号:US10363999B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-07-30

    申请号:US15747335

    申请日:2016-07-14

    Abstract: The invention relates to a system for actively damping a ship's motion, comprising at least one first rotatable stabilization element extending from the ship's hull, below the water line, on a side of the ship, sensor means for sensing the ship's motion and delivering control signals on the basis thereof to driving means for rotatably driving the stabilization element for the purpose of damping the ship's motion being sensed, as well as moving means for moving the stabilization element relative to the ship. According to the invention, the active stabilization system is to that end characterized in that the moving means are configured to impart a precession motion to the at least one rotatable stabilization element in dependence on the ship's sailing speed and the control signals being delivered by the sensor means. Imparting a precession movement to the rotating stabilization elements obviates the need to constantly change the direction of the mass of the stabilization elements. Instead, only the direction of rotation of the stabilization elements needs to be constantly reversed and adjusted for speed.

    Stabilizer and ship
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    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US10036447B2

    公开(公告)日:2018-07-31

    申请号:US15542563

    申请日:2015-10-20

    Abstract: A stabilizer (10) includes a base (20) fixed on a motion reduction target (1); a gimbal (40) supported by the base to be rotatable around a first axis (RA); a damper mechanism (30) disposed to damp a relative rotary motion of the gimbal (40) to the base (20); a flywheel (50) disposed to be rotatable around a second axis (RB) orthogonal to the first axis (RA). The damper mechanism (30) is a passive-type damper mechanism. A first value (D1) of a damping coefficient (D) of the damper mechanism (30) when an angular velocity of the gimbal (40) is a first angular velocity is larger than a second value (D2) of the damping coefficient (D) of the damper mechanism (30) when the angular velocity of the gimbal (40) is a second angular velocity smaller than the first angular velocity.

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