848results about "Anchors" patented technology

A system for maintaining a marine vessel in place in a body of water includes a controller in signal communication with a power-deployable anchor and a propulsion-based electronic anchoring system and a user input device in signal communication with the controller. The controller deploys the power-deployable anchor in response to a single user-selected option input via the user input device under a first set of conditions. The controller activates the propulsion-based electronic anchoring system in response to the single user-selected option input via the user input device under a different second set of conditions.

The present invention provides a suction anchor reinforcement device, a suction anchor and a suction anchor installation method, which belong to the field of marine engineering. The suction anchor reinforcement device includes: a base, which is arranged on the side wall of the suction anchor; a control mechanism, which is arranged in the base; and an anchor claw, which is slidably connected to the base and movably connected to the control mechanism; wherein, by manipulating the control mechanism, the anchor claw can be made to form a preset angle with the base. At the same time, the present invention also discloses a suction anchor including the aforementioned reinforcement device. The suction anchor and its reinforcement device provided by the present invention are easy to deploy and have a small additional penetration resistance, which is not only beneficial to improving the vertical and pull-out bearing capacity of the suction anchor, but also beneficial to improving the installation efficiency of the suction anchor.

Articulated mechanical connectors and processes for using same. The connector can include a first connector part and a second connector part. The first connector part can include a gimbal table, first and second trunnions disposed on the gimbal table, a first arm, and a stopper assembly. The second connector part can include a second arm. The second arm can include one or more shoulders disposed between a first end and a second end of the second arm. The second arm can be configured to be at least partially disposed within an aperture defined by the first arm such that one of the one or more shoulders can engage with the stopper assembly.

The invention relates to a gravity and suction combined type anchoring foundation, an installation method and an installation evaluation method.The combined anchoring foundation comprises a gravity anchor assembly and a suction anchor assembly; the gravity anchor assembly is used for being connected with an upper draught fan and providing a stable gravity foundation for the draught fan. The top of the suction anchor assembly is fixed to the bottom of the gravity anchor assembly, and the suction anchor assembly is used for penetrating into a seabed with the target depth. According to the anchoring foundation, the gravity anchor assembly is connected to the suction anchor assembly, and the load bearing capacity of the anchoring foundation in the vertical direction and the horizontal direction is improved.

A sand anchoring kit for watercraft including a floating raft assembly, a rope assembly, and a bag assembly. The floating raft assembly includes a floating raft. The floating raft can be inflated or deflated. The rope assembly includes a rope. The bag assembly includes a bag. The bag can store the floating raft when deflated and the rope. The bag can be filled with sand and attached to the floating raft through the rope to be used as an anchor. The bag is closed with the sand thereinto. The bag sinks and anchors the floating raft when inflated in a predetermined position in a water body.

The invention relates to the technical field of ocean engineering and hydrological observation equipment, and discloses a self-powered hydrological detection device self-adaptive to seabed erosion and deposition changes, comprising a self-powered system comprising a vertical shaft eccentric helical blade, a rotor cross bar and a rotor vertical shaft, the bottom of the rotor vertical shaft is connected with a power generation module, and the bottom of the rotor vertical shaft is connected with a power supply module; the two rotor cross rods are sequentially arranged on the outer wall of the rotor vertical shaft from top to bottom, the outer walls of the three vertical shaft eccentric spiral blades are installed on the rotor cross rod triangles respectively, and the power generation module is electrically connected with an energy management unit. Through linkage control of the terrain adaptability system and the LSTM prediction model, on one hand, dynamic adjustment of the anchoring depth of the support can be achieved, and instrument displacement or burying is avoided; on the other hand, overall lifting and oblique movement of the device can be achieved, and equipment recovery and detection position conversion are facilitated; and meanwhile, an ocean current-temperature difference complementary power generation and intelligent energy storage system is adopted, so that five-year maintenance-free continuous power supply is realized.

The invention discloses an automatic releasing device and releasing method for a gravity penetration anchor, and belongs to the technical field of gravity penetration anchor releasing. The release connecting rod comprises a bearing part, L-shaped connecting parts and L-shaped supporting parts which are connected in sequence, the two L-shaped connecting parts are arranged in a back-to-back mode and rotationally connected with the supporting shaft, and the two L-shaped supporting parts are arranged in a face-to-face mode; the pressure spring is mounted between the bearing part and the ship body and can drive the two L-shaped supporting parts to be far away from each other; the two ballasts are placed on the bearing part and can drive the two L-shaped supporting parts to get close to each other; the attitude sensing module is mounted in the gravity penetration anchor; and the terminal control module is in electric signal connection with the posture sensing module and the jacking mechanism. According to the automatic throwing device for the gravity penetration anchor, an automatic throwing mode is adopted, unmanned throwing operation of the gravity penetration anchor is achieved, the throwing stability and reliability of the gravity penetration anchor are improved, and then the throwing precision of the gravity penetration anchor is improved.

An underwater pile foundation comprises a pump in fluid communication with an internal chamber of the pile to pump water out of or into the chamber. This reduces or increases the pressure of water in the chamber relative to ambient pressure of water outside the chamber during installation or removal of the pile. While that pumping phase is ongoing, and potentially before or after that pumping phase, a pressure variator in fluid communication with the chamber imparts oscillations in the pressure of the water in the chamber. The resulting pressure waves in water within the chamber reduce resistance to movement of the pile relative to soil in which the pile is embedded.

The application provides a torpedo anchor and a use method thereof, and relates to the technical field of anchoring equipment. The torpedo anchor comprises an anchor body, an anchor head, an inflatable air bag and an electric control igniter. The anchor body comprises a plurality of sub-anchor bodies which are sequentially nested. The top plates of any two sub-anchor bodies nested with each other have an accommodating space therebetween. The anchor head is fixedly connected with the bottom of the innermost sub-anchor body. The inflatable air bag is used for placing an explosive agent. The accommodating space is provided with the inflatable air bag. The electric control igniter is used for igniting the explosive agent. The length of the torpedo anchor after penetrating into the stratum is lengthened by using the air bag inflation impact method, so as to increase the contact area and friction force of the torpedo anchor and the stratum, and significantly improve the pullout bearing capacity of the torpedo anchor. The cooperation structure of each sub-anchor body in the application is simple and has high stability, and does not need a complex mechanical structure. Therefore, the torpedo anchor still has good stability on the premise of realizing the stretching of the torpedo anchor in the bottom layer.

The invention provides an attached barb type reinforced suction anchor, and belongs to the technical field of suction anchors. The reinforced suction anchor comprises an anchor body, a barb mechanism and a hinge. The barb mechanism is arranged on the periphery of the anchor body through the hinge, so that when the barb mechanism is subjected to upward acting force, the free end of the barb mechanism is folded towards the anchor body with the hinge as the rotation center. When the barb mechanism is subjected to downward acting force, the free end of the barb mechanism rotates away from the anchor body with the hinge as the rotating center, and the bearing radius of the anchor body is enlarged. When the attaching barb type reinforced suction anchor is subjected to acting force from bottom to top, the barb mechanism is in a closed state, and the downward movement of the attaching barb type reinforced suction anchor is slightly hindered; when the adhesion barb type reinforced suction anchor is located in a soil layer and is subjected to upward drawing acting force, the barb structure is expanded under the acting force from top to bottom, the bearing radius is enlarged, and therefore the bearing capacity of the suction anchor can be remarkably improved in the vertical direction and the horizontal direction.

The utility model belongs to the technical field of anchoring devices of underwater vehicles, and particularly relates to a tunneling type anchoring drill bit, an anchoring assembly and an underwater vehicle. The tunneling type anchoring drill bit comprises a connecting body, a drill bit body and a motor; the drill bit is rotatably arranged at the second end of the connecting main body; a high-pressure jet nozzle is arranged in the drill bit, the soil cutting capacity is enhanced, the motor is arranged in the connecting body, and the output end of the motor is in transmission connection with the drill bit. An anchoring reinforcing blade is further arranged on the outer side of the connecting main body, the anchoring reinforcing blade is rotationally connected with the connecting main body, and the motor is in transmission connection with the anchoring reinforcing blade through a transmission module and used for opening the anchoring reinforcing blade. According to the tunneling type anchoring drill bit, the underwater vehicle can be more effectively anchored on the surface of the seabed, so that natural interference of ocean currents, waves and the like is resisted, balance and stability are kept, and accurate positioning is achieved.

The invention provides a piston type suction anchor and an installation method and a recovery method thereof, and belongs to the technical field of suction anchors. The piston type suction anchor comprises an anchor barrel assembly and a piston assembly limiting flexible part, the anchor barrel assembly comprises a barrel skirt and a top cover, and the top cover is fixedly connected to the side wall of the barrel skirt through the edge of the top cover, so that a first containing space with an opening in the bottom is formed between the top cover and the barrel skirt; the piston assembly comprises a plate-shaped piece, and the plate-shaped piece is arranged in the barrel skirt in the radial direction, so that the first containing space is divided into a second containing space and a third containing space by the plate-shaped piece; a moving pair is formed between the plate-shaped piece and the inner wall of the barrel skirt; the pressure between the piston assembly and the barrel skirt can be adjusted; one end of the limiting flexible part is fixedly connected to the bottom face of the top cover, and the other end of the limiting flexible part is fixedly connected to the top face of the plate-shaped part. According to the mounting method of the piston type suction anchor and the recovery method of the piston type suction anchor, the suction anchor can be mounted and recovered. And the installation and recovery efficiency is high.

The staggered matrix four-way anchoring system comprises fixing anchors, anchor chains, self-floating brackets and floating equipment installed on the self-floating brackets, the self-floating brackets are put on the sea surface according to a preset matrix interval in a gridding mode, the fixing anchors are put on the sea bottom under the midpoint of the interval between every two adjacent self-floating brackets in a gridding mode, and the floating equipment is installed on the self-floating brackets. Each self-floating bracket and the fixing anchor form a plane dislocation relation, two grid layouts with equal matrix spacing and staggered matrix nodes are formed on the sea surface and the seabed, each self-floating bracket is connected with the fixing anchor of the adjacent seabed through an anchor chain in the diagonal direction of the matrix, and each group of self-floating brackets is pulled by four anchor chains. And each group of fixing anchors pulls four groups of anchor chains. The invention relates to the technical field of anchoring equipment, and particularly provides a dislocation matrix four-way anchoring system.

A valve for controlling flow of ambient water into a buoyant body in an anchoring and / or payload delivery system for an underwater vehicle, the valve comprising: at least one valve inlet configured to be open, in use, to ambient water; at least one valve outlet configured to communicate with the buoyant body; a pressure balance chamber in fluid communication with one or more of the valve inlets and thereby configured to be open, in use, to ambient water; a stationary part; a moveable part arranged to be exposed at least partially to ambient water and configured to move, in use, relative to the stationary part between a first position, wherein the valve is in a closed state in which fluid communication from the valve inlet(s) to the valve outlet(s) is prevented and a second position, wherein the valve is in an open state in which fluid communication from the valve inlet(s) to the valve outlet(s) is allowed, thereby allowing ambient water to flow into the buoyant body; wherein a first part of the moveable part is exposed to ambient water and a second part of the moveable part is exposed to water within the pressure balance chamber so that the moveable part is pressure balanced such that when the valve is in the closed state there is substantially no net force on the moveable part due to the pressure of the ambient water; and wherein the valve is configured such that a movement-resisting force between the stationary part and the moveable part holds the moveable part in the first position, in use, until a valve actuation mechanism is operated to overcome the movement- resisting force and move the moveable part to the second position.

A subsea line clamp assembly (1) has a body (10) having an axis and a clamp member (50), assembled in segments around a subsea line (3), and tethered to a subsea anchor (5). The clamp member (50) is movably located within the body (10). The inner surface of the body (10) and the outer surface of the clamp member (50) have respective tapered portions as part of teeth (32, 72) arranged to inter-engage. Adjacent teeth (32, 72) may be separated by axis-parallel portions. The clamping force on the subsea line (30) can be maintained at a consistent clamping force throughout the service life of the subsea line (3), despite the actions of creep and compression acting to reduce the outer diameter of the line (3).

Systems for real-time wave monitoring, which provide real-time updates of wave conditions to users who wish to access the beach for leisure or sporting activities, are described. One example system includes a plurality of buoys and a transceiver. Each of the plurality of buoys includes a sensor array configured to continuously monitor one or more characteristics of the wave conditions, and the transceiver is configured to transmit, to a remote server, information corresponding to the one or more characteristics of the wave conditions over a wireless communication channel. The information from each of the plurality of buoys is combined with a user preference to provide a user with a message regarding the wave conditions in response to a user request, and a duration between the user request and transmission of the information from each of the plurality of buoys is less than a predetermined value.

A floating power-generation group comprises a floating hub such as a spar buoy that is anchored to subsea foundations by anchor lines. Floating power producer units such as wind turbines are connected electrically and mechanically to the hub. The power producer units are each moored by mooring lines. At least one mooring line extends inwardly toward the hub to effect mechanical connection to the hub and at least one other mooring line extends outwardly toward a subsea foundation. The groups are combined as a set whose hubs are connected electrically to each other via subsea energy storage units. Anchor lines of different groups can share subsea foundations. The storage units comprise pumping machinery to expel water from an elongate storage volume and generating machinery to generate electricity from a flow of water entering the storage volume. The pumping machinery can be in deeper water than the generating machinery.

The invention relates to system and methods for installation of suction anchors in the seabed by coupling of an multifunctional installation frame (2) to a suction anchor (1; 101) for submersion together into the sea as a unit, simultaneously providing a cover (14; 102) and closure of the upper end of the suction anchor (1) of a first radius directly by means of a first cover (14) coupled to the installation frame (2), or indirectly by means of a second cover (102) connectable to the first cover (14) and to a suction anchor (101) of a second radius larger than said first radius, by essentially the same coupling interface.

The utility model relates to the technical field of semi-submersible converter stations, and discloses a novel deep sea semi-submersible converter station, which comprises a converter station part, an upper platform, a mooring part and a ballast part, the converter station part is connected with the upper platform through a track, the ballast part comprises a watertight compartment and a high-pressure gas compartment, and the high-pressure gas compartment is connected with the upper platform through a track. The vertical column is fixedly connected with the floating box, the power part comprises a power cabin and a full-revolving propeller, the gravity anchor and the gravity chain locker are installed in the middle of the floating box, the holding power anchor and the holding power chain locker are installed on the lower portion of the vertical column, and the high-pressure gas cabin is connected with the chain locker through a pipeline. The modularized design of the upper portion shortens the whole construction period, the maintainability and reliability of the converter station are enhanced, the platform further has the self-propulsion capacity and does not need to be assisted by tugboats, high-pressure air is introduced into the chain locker, water cannot enter the platform underwater, personnel can enter the chain locker at any time for maintenance, and the service life of equipment is prolonged.

The invention discloses a high holding power anchor group system and a mounting method.The high holding power anchor group system comprises a front high holding power anchor and a rear high holding power anchor, the front high holding power anchor comprises a front high holding power anchor plate, a front high holding power anchor shin is fixed to the top face of the front high holding power anchor plate, and a rear high holding power anchor shin is fixed to the top face of the rear high holding power anchor plate; a front mooring point is formed at the front end of the front high holding power anchor shank, the front mooring point is connected with one end of the mooring anchor chain, the rear high holding power anchor comprises a rear high holding power anchor plate, a rear high holding power anchor shank is fixed to the top face of the rear high holding power anchor plate, a rear mooring point is formed at the front end of the rear high holding power anchor shank, and the rear mooring point is connected with one end of the mooring anchor chain. And the connecting piece at the rear end of the anchor plate of the front high holding power anchor is connected with the rear mooring point through a connecting anchor chain. The high holding power anchor group system can be embedded into soft seabed soil by a deeper depth, so that the bearing capacity is improved.

The invention relates to the technical field of marine anchoring equipment, and provides a recoverable anchor for mounting a deep sea acoustic receiving subsurface buoy, which comprises an anchor body, the auxiliary fixing frame is arranged on the anchor body, the auxiliary fixing frame is provided with a movable inner cavity, the movable inner cavity is provided with a first outlet position, and the first outlet position faces one side of the outer wall of the anchor body; the swing clamping jaw is arranged in the movable inner cavity in a swing mode and located at the first outlet position, a swing shaft of the swing clamping jaw is in the transverse direction, the swing clamping jaw is a fan-shaped piece, and the swing clamping jaw is configured to stretch out of or return to the first outlet position after swinging and always keep blocking the first outlet position after swinging. According to the technical scheme, the technical problem that in the prior art, an anchor body of a suction anchor is poor in installation efficiency and stability is solved.

The invention belongs to the technical field of underwater salvage, and particularly relates to an underwater salvage device for sea rescue, the underwater salvage device comprises a salvage robot, a moving track recording device and a steering assembly, the moving track recording device is mounted on a shell of the salvage robot, and the steering assembly is mounted in the middle of the salvage robot. And the steering assembly is used for correcting the track of the fishing robot. According to the device, the propeller enables the device to quickly move forwards, the position needing to be fished is preset, namely, the moving track of the fishing robot is a set route, the fishing robot dives to the position near the fishing position during fishing, and the first driving suction cup structure on the fixed rear foot seat is aligned to the seabed or reef during moving; the PLC is used for programming and controlling the adsorption assembly and the steering assembly to perform coordinated operation, so that the salvage robot can stably advance according to a set route until the salvage robot moves to a salvage position, and the salvage assembly can perform salvage treatment.

The invention relates to the technical field of offshore photovoltaic power generation, in particular to frame type offshore floating solar photovoltaic equipment. The equipment comprises a plurality of floating type photovoltaic modules, every two adjacent floating type photovoltaic modules are connected through two steel hinge pieces to form an array module, the stability of the photovoltaic equipment structure is improved, the floating type photovoltaic modules on the outer sides of the array modules are connected with concrete anchor blocks through anchor chain buckles and anchor chains to achieve buffer type mooring, and the floating type photovoltaic modules on the outer sides of the array modules are connected with the concrete anchor blocks through the anchor chain buckles and the anchor chains. The floating type photovoltaic module comprises a platform frame and a photovoltaic assembly, the photovoltaic assembly is arranged above the platform frame, the platform frame is provided with a buoy so that the array module can float on the sea, and the height of the platform frame is larger than the preset height so that the front face of the photovoltaic assembly can absorb light energy directly irradiated by the photovoltaic assembly and the back face of the photovoltaic assembly can absorb light energy reflected by the sea surface. Therefore, the power generation efficiency of the photovoltaic equipment is improved. Therefore, the technical scheme can improve the structural stability and the power generation efficiency of the photovoltaic equipment.

The invention relates to the technical field of floating type offshore photovoltaic structures, in particular to a barrel type anchoring foundation of a floating type offshore photovoltaic structure and an installation method of the barrel type anchoring foundation. The multiple auxiliary suction barrels are arranged around a traditional single main suction barrel, the main suction barrel and the multiple auxiliary suction barrels are rigidly connected through the rails, and therefore the overall bearing performance of the foundation is improved. Damping pieces are arranged on the outer wall faces of the main suction barrel and the auxiliary suction barrel, energy brought by wind wave flow loads and earthquake loads can be effectively dissipated, and the overall anti-seismic performance of the foundation is improved. The main suction bucket and the auxiliary suction buckets are connected through the rails, the buckling resistance of the anchoring foundation can be improved, and therefore the overall bearing performance of the anchoring foundation is improved. According to the scheme, the problem that a traditional anchoring foundation is insufficient in performance can be solved.

The invention discloses a suction anchor and a use method thereof, and belongs to the technical field of ocean engineering, the suction anchor comprises an anchor cylinder, and a soil plug detection mechanism, a crushing mechanism, an extraction mechanism and a burial depth detection mechanism which are arranged on the anchor cylinder; the anchor cylinder is of a cavity structure with the top closed and the bottom open. The soil plug detection mechanism is arranged in the anchor cylinder and used for detecting the height of a soil plug in the anchor cylinder. The crushing mechanism is used for receiving a soil plug height signal of the soil plug detection mechanism, crushing the soil plug in the anchor cylinder and converting the solid soil plug into a fluid substance; the extraction mechanism is used for extracting fluid substances in the anchor cylinder and discharging the fluid substances out of the anchor cylinder according to the burial depth signal of the burial depth detection mechanism; the burial depth detection mechanism is used for detecting the burial depth of the anchor cylinder. The problem that the uplift bearing capacity of the suction anchor is affected due to the fact that the suction anchor cannot reach the target embedding depth due to serious soil plug can be solved.

The utility model provides a floating anchor device, which comprises an anchor buoy, a floating anchor, a floating anchor and a floating anchor, one end of the floatable leading cable is detachably connected with the anchor buoy; one end of the pull anchor cable is detachably connected with the end, away from the anchor buoy, of the floatable guide cable, the other end of the pull anchor cable is used for being connected with a boat anchor, and when the boat anchor sinks in the water bottom, the floatable guide cable floats in the water, and the pull anchor cable lies flat in the water bottom. According to the floating anchor device disclosed by the utility model, the floating guide cable is suspended in water, and the anchor buoy only needs to meet the self buoyancy, so that the volume and the weight of the anchor buoy can be effectively reduced. Meanwhile, due to the fact that the anchor cable can lie flat at the water bottom, the anchor cable does not need to bear the weight and holding power of the boat anchor in the stormy wave environment, the anchor cable does not generate pulling force on the boat anchor, and therefore the weight of the anchor cable is reduced, and meanwhile the influence of the anchor cable on the holding power of the boat anchor is avoided.

The high-strength sea anchor connecting part comprises a fixing rope, a large reinforcing piece and a small patch, the large reinforcing piece and the small patch are arranged in a laminated mode, one end of the fixing rope is distributed between the large reinforcing piece and the small patch, and the other end of the fixing rope penetrates through the large reinforcing piece to stretch out and is woven and wound into a rope ring. The high-strength connecting part can be provided for the sea anchor of the large lifeboat, the stability of the large lifeboat is improved, the stability of the lifeboat in a high sea condition environment is improved, and the high-strength connecting part is particularly suitable for an air bag type lifeboat.

A subsea foundation 16 for anchoring a mooring line 14 comprises a mooring base 20, such as a chain that is simply laid upon the seabed in a straight, curved or looped configuration, hence extending across the seabed 18 substantially parallel to the seabed. The mooring base is then anchored by one or more deadman anchors 22 that are embedded in the seabed soil. For this purpose, one or more links 24 extend through the soil to couple the mooring base to the or each deadman anchor. One or more mooring lines can then be coupled to the mooring base.

To provide a ship mooring facility capable of suppressing damage caused by flooding of rivers and drainage channels flowing into the rivers, and flooding of river basins, while also significantly suppressing the need to increase the size of drainage facilities and the labor and costs required for daily maintenance and management. [Solution] A ship mooring facility 16 is formed comprising a tugboat 17 floated on a river 10 with its bow 24 facing upstream of the river 10 and having a screw 22 that generates propulsion, a towing line 18 connected to the tugboat 17, and a pile 20 connected to the towing line 18 and fixed to the riverbed 19, the pile 20 having an arrangement space E1 that keeps the towing line 18 connected, and the arrangement space E1 being closed on the upstream side of the river 10 and open on the downstream side of the river 10.

An anchor system with a bridle substrate and harness configured to attach to an anchor line. An outer bladder surrounds an inner bladder for coupling on top of the bridle substrate. Water enters the anchor system through a water inlet that feeds directly to the inner bladder and fills that first. Water then overflows from the inner bladder to the outer bladder to fill that second. The inner bladder provides stability and is positioned with a majority of its volume closer to an uphill end of the anchor bladder while the outer bladder is positioned with a majority of its volume closer to a downhill end of the anchor bladder. Reinforcement connectors for each bladder resist deformation of the bladders to resist movement of the anchor bladder while filling.