Steamship steering wheel

By using polymethacrylamide foam and carbon fiber structure, the ship steering wheel solves the problems of traditional steering wheels being heavy and easily corroded, achieving high strength, lightweight and corrosion resistance.

CN223686816UActive Publication Date: 2025-12-19DONGGUAN JULI COMPOSITE TECHNOIOGY CO LTD
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Application Number
CN202520094461.3
Authority / Receiving Office
CN · China
Patent Type
Utility models(China)
Current Assignee / Owner
Filing Date
2025-01-15
Publication Date
2025-12-19
Estimated Expiration
2035-01-15

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Technical Problem

Traditional ship steering wheels are made of heavy and easily corroded materials, which affects the user experience and maintenance costs.

Method used

The steering wheel structure is made of an inner body made of polymethacrylimide foam and an outer strength layer of carbon fiber prepreg, combined with inner and outer skeleton rings and a honeycomb skeleton mesh, forming a high-strength, lightweight, and corrosion-resistant structure.

Benefits of technology

The steering wheel has improved strength and corrosion resistance, reduced weight, enhanced the driving experience, and is adapted to harsh marine environments.

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Abstract

The utility model discloses a steamship steering wheel, which relates to the technical field of steering wheels and comprises a steering wheel main body, the steering wheel main body comprises a holding outer disc, a mounting inner disc and a plurality of connecting spokes, the mounting inner disc is positioned on the inner ring of the holding outer disc, and the mounting inner disc and the holding outer disc are connected into a whole through the connecting spokes. The whole steering wheel body is composed of an inner body and an outer strength layer wrapping the inner body, the inner body is made of polymethacrylimide foaming materials, and the outer strength layer is carbon fiber prepreg cloth; a reinforcing framework is arranged in the inner main body and comprises an inner disc framework ring matched with an installation inner disc in shape, an outer disc framework ring located in a holding outer disc area and a connecting section located in a spoke connecting area, and the inner disc framework ring and the outer disc framework ring are connected into a whole through the connecting section; the strength is guaranteed, meanwhile, the use experience is improved, the steering wheel body has excellent corrosion resistance, and the steering wheel is more suitable for the severe marine environment.
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Description

TECHNICAL FIELD

[0001] The utility model relates to steering wheel technical field especially relates to a ship steering wheel. BACKGROUND

[0002] A ship is a large vessel primarily used for transporting goods and passengers in oceans or large rivers. They are usually powered by strong engines, can travel long distances, and are designed to withstand harsh sea weather conditions. The development of ships has greatly facilitated globalization, making cross-border exchange of goods and movement of people more convenient. The steering wheel of a ship is an important part of the ship's navigation system, mainly used to control the direction of the ship's navigation.

[0003] Traditionally, the steering wheel of a ship is usually assembled from metal or alloy materials. These materials are widely used due to their excellent strength and durability. However, with the development of marine technology, the limitations of traditional materials have gradually emerged. Although metal and alloy materials have high strength and good durability, they also have some drawbacks that cannot be ignored. First, the steering wheel made of these materials is usually heavy, which not only increases the difficulty of installation and adjustment, but also may affect the user experience of the operator. Second, metal materials are prone to corrosion in certain environments, such as high-salinity marine environments. Although surface treatment can alleviate this problem, it undoubtedly increases maintenance costs.

[0004] Therefore, it is necessary to propose a new technical solution to solve the above problems. UTILITY MODEL CONTENT

[0005] The utility model aims to provide a technical solution that can solve the above problems.

[0006] To achieve the above purpose, the utility model provides the following technical solution: a ship steering wheel, comprising a steering wheel main body, the steering wheel main body comprises a holding outer disc, an installation inner disc, and a plurality of connecting spokes, the installation inner disc is located in the inner circle of the holding outer disc, the installation inner disc and the holding outer disc are connected as a whole through a plurality of connecting spokes,

[0007] The steering wheel main body is composed of an inner main body and an outer strength layer wrapped outside the inner main body, wherein the inner main body is made of polymethyl acrylimide foaming material, and the outer strength layer is carbon fiber prepreg;

[0008] The inner main body is provided with a reinforcing framework, the reinforcing framework comprises an inner disc framework ring matched with the shape of the installation inner disc, an outer disc framework ring located in the holding outer disc area, and a connecting segment located in the connecting spoke area, wherein the inner disc framework ring and the outer disc framework ring are connected as a whole through the connecting segment.

[0009] As a further scheme of the present utility model: the section of the outer disc skeleton ring is oval, and the inner hole structure is arranged inside the outer disc skeleton ring;

[0010] The inner hole structure is internally provided with a honeycomb skeleton net.

[0011] As a further scheme of the present utility model: the hexagonal hole formed by the honeycomb skeleton net is filled with foaming material.

[0012] As a further scheme of the present utility model: the reinforcing skeleton and the honeycomb skeleton net are both made of carbon fiber material.

[0013] As a further scheme of the present utility model: the foaming material is polyphenyl ether foaming material.

[0014] As a further scheme of the present utility model: the mounting inner disc is provided with mounting reserved holes.

[0015] As a further scheme of the present utility model: the mounting inner disc is further provided with a plurality of bolt holes located at the edge of the mounting reserved holes.

[0016] Compared with the prior art, the beneficial effects of the present technical scheme are as follows: the present utility model takes the inner main body formed by polyphenyl ether foaming material as the main body, and takes the outer strength layer of carbon fiber prepreg as the outer protective layer, so that the steering wheel main body has the characteristics of high strength, light weight and corrosion resistance, the reinforcing skeleton composed of the inner disc skeleton ring, the outer disc skeleton ring and the connecting section is arranged inside the inner main body to prevent the holding outer disc, the mounting inner disc and the connecting spoke from deforming and breaking when being impacted, and the strength of the steering wheel main body is further improved, which not only improves the use experience of the operator while ensuring the strength of the steering wheel main body, but also makes the steering wheel main body have excellent corrosion resistance, so that it is more suitable for harsh marine environment.

[0017] Meanwhile, the outer disc skeleton ring with the inner hole structure can significantly reduce the material usage, thereby avoiding increasing the excessive weight of the whole steering wheel main body, the honeycomb skeleton net arranged inside the inner hole structure has high mechanical properties, which can maximize the material usage while ensuring the strength, meanwhile, the honeycomb skeleton net of the honeycomb structure not only helps to reduce the weight, but also provides excellent compression resistance, torsion resistance and effective vibration energy absorption capacity, the improvement of the compression resistance and the torsion resistance can enhance the overall rigidity and stability of the holding outer disc, and ensure the reliable performance under high strength use conditions, and the effective vibration energy absorption capacity plays a good damping effect when the holding outer disc is impacted, thereby further improving the anti-deformation performance of the holding outer disc.

[0018] Additional aspects and advantages of the present utility model will be partially given in the following description, some of which will become apparent from the following description, or will be understood by those skilled in the art through the practice of the present utility model. Attached Figure Description

[0019] To more clearly illustrate the technical solutions in the embodiments of this utility model or the prior art, the drawings used in the description of the embodiments or the prior art will be briefly introduced below. Obviously, the drawings described below are only some embodiments of this utility model. For those skilled in the art, other drawings can be obtained based on these drawings without creative effort.

[0020] Fig. 1 This is a schematic diagram of the overall structure of this utility model;

[0021] Fig. 2 This is a schematic cross-sectional view of the overall structure of this utility model;

[0022] Fig. 3 This is a schematic diagram of the cross-sectional structure of the outer gripping disc of this utility model;

[0023] The corresponding labels in the attached diagram are explained as follows:

[0024] 1. Steering wheel body; 2. Outer grip plate; 3. Inner plate mounting plate; 4. Connecting spokes; 5. Inner body; 6. Strength layer; 7. Reinforcing frame; 8. Inner plate frame ring; 9. Outer plate frame ring; 10. Connecting section; 11. Honeycomb frame mesh; 12. Foam material; 13. Pre-drilled mounting holes; 14. Bolt holes. Detailed Implementation

[0025] The technical solutions of the present utility model will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the accompanying drawings of the embodiments. Obviously, the described embodiments are only some embodiments of the present utility model, and not all embodiments. Based on the embodiments of the present utility model, all other embodiments obtained by those of ordinary skill in the art without creative effort are within the protection scope of the present utility model.

[0026] Please see Figs. 1-3 A ship steering wheel includes a steering wheel body 1. The steering wheel body 1 includes a grip outer disc 2, a mounting inner disc 3 and a number of connecting spokes 4. The mounting inner disc 3 is located inside the grip outer disc 2. The mounting inner disc 3 and the grip outer disc 2 are connected as a whole by a number of connecting spokes 4.

[0027] The inner mounting plate 3 is used for installing the steering wheel body 1, while the outer grip plate 2 is used by the operator to grip and control the steering of the steering wheel body 1. The outer grip plate 2 and the inner mounting plate 3 are connected into a whole by the connecting spokes 4, which improves the overall strength.

[0028] The mounting inner disc 3 has mounting reserved holes 13; the mounting inner disc 3 also has a plurality of bolt holes 14 located at the edges of the mounting reserved holes 13;

[0029] When the steering wheel body 1 is mounted, the mounting reserved holes 13 on the mounting inner disc 3 can be connected with the column at the mounting position, and then the plurality of bolt holes 14 can be reinforced.

[0030] The steering wheel body 1 is composed of an inner body 5 and an outer strength layer 6 wrapped outside the inner body 5, wherein the inner body 5 is made of polymethacrylimide foaming material, and the outer strength layer 6 is carbon fiber prepreg;

[0031] The inner body 5 is internally provided with a reinforcing framework 7, the reinforcing framework 7 includes an inner disc framework ring 8 matched with the shape of the mounting inner disc 3, an outer disc framework ring 9 located at the area of the holding outer disc 2, and a connecting segment 10 located at the area of the connecting spoke 4, wherein the inner disc framework ring 8 and the outer disc framework ring 9 are connected as a whole through the connecting segment 10.

[0032] Specifically, the inner body 5 of the steering wheel body 1 is formed by polymethacrylimide foaming material, and then a layer of outer strength layer 6 made of carbon fiber prepreg is wrapped outside the inner body 5. The inner body 5 made of polymethacrylimide foaming material is the main body, which has a high strength-to-weight ratio and can effectively reduce the weight of the overall structure. The outer strength layer 6 made of carbon fiber prepreg is used as the outer layer, which has very high tensile strength and modulus, and can improve the strength and rigidity of the steering wheel body 1 while maintaining the lightweight characteristics, so that the steering wheel body 1 has high strength and lightweight characteristics;

[0033] Furthermore, carbon fiber has excellent corrosion resistance and can avoid corrosion in marine environments;

[0034] Meanwhile, the reinforcing framework 7 composed of the inner disc framework ring 8, the outer disc framework ring 9 and the connecting segment 10 is arranged inside the inner body 5, which is used to further improve the strength of the steering wheel body 1 and prevent deformation. Specifically, when the holding outer disc 2 and the connecting spoke 4 of the steering wheel body 1 are impacted, the overall strength can be improved through the outer disc framework ring 9 and the connecting segment 10, which can reduce the deformation caused by the impact and prevent the occurrence of fracture. The inner disc framework ring 8 can prevent the mounting inner disc 3 from deforming and causing the steering wheel body 1 to be difficult to disassemble;

[0035] In summary, the utility model discloses a carbon fiber material is used to the preparation of the inner main body 5, the outer strength layer 6 of carbon fiber prepreg is used as the outer protective layer, the steering wheel main body 1 has high strength, light weight and corrosion resistance, the inner main body 5 is provided with the reinforcing framework 7 that is composed of the inner disc skeleton ring 8, the outer disc skeleton ring 9 and the connecting section 10, prevents the deformation and fracture of holding outer disc 2, installing inner disc 3 and connecting spoke 4 when being impacted, further improves the strength of steering wheel main body 1, not only guarantees the strength of steering wheel main body 1, but also improves the use experience of operator, and the steering wheel main body 1 has excellent corrosion resistance, and it is more suitable for harsh marine environment.

[0036] In the embodiment, referring to Figs. 2-3 , further propose that the section of outer disc skeleton ring 9 is oval, and the inner hole structure is formed in the inner disc skeleton ring 9;

[0037] The inner hole structure is provided with honeycomb framework net 11.

[0038] Specifically, the outer disc skeleton ring 9 with inner hole structure can significantly reduce the material usage, thereby avoiding increasing the excessive weight of the whole steering wheel main body 1, and the honeycomb framework net 11 arranged in the inner hole structure can maximize the material usage while ensuring the strength, and the honeycomb framework net 11 of the honeycomb structure not only helps to reduce the weight, but also provides excellent compression resistance, torsion resistance and effective vibration energy absorption capacity, the improvement of compression resistance and torsion resistance can enhance the overall rigidity and stability of holding outer disc 2, and ensure the reliable performance under high-strength use conditions, and the effective vibration energy absorption capacity plays a good damping effect when holding outer disc 2 is impacted, further improving the anti-deformation performance of holding outer disc 2.

[0039] And the reinforcing framework 7 and the honeycomb framework net 11 are both made of carbon fiber material, and the high-strength and low-weight characteristics of the carbon fiber material enable the honeycomb framework net 11 to maintain ultra-high mechanical strength even if the material usage is reduced.

[0040] In the embodiment, further propose that the hexagonal hole formed by the honeycomb framework net 11 is filled with foaming material 12, and the foaming material 12 is polyphenyl ether foaming material.

[0041] And the setting of the honeycomb framework net 11 forms the hexagonal hole in the inner hole structure of the outer disc skeleton ring 9, and the foaming material 12 made of polyphenyl ether foaming material is filled in the hexagonal hole, the polyphenyl ether foaming material has low density and light weight, and the strength and rigidity of the foaming structure do not decrease significantly, and the mechanical properties are still good, so that the stability of the honeycomb framework net 11 can be improved while avoiding excessive increase of the overall weight.

[0042] It is apparent for a person skilled in the art that the present application is not restricted to the details of the above exemplary embodiments, but that it can be implemented in other concrete forms without departing from the spirit or the essential characteristics of the present application. Therefore, the embodiments should be considered as exemplary only, and not limiting, the scope of the present application being defined by the appended claims rather than the above description, and all changes coming within the meaning and range of equivalency of the claims are therefore intended to be embraced therein. Any reference signs in the claims should not be construed as limiting the claims concerned.

Claims

1. A ship steering wheel, comprising a steering wheel body (1), the steering wheel body (1) comprising a holding outer disc (2), a mounting inner disc (3) and a plurality of connecting spokes (4), the mounting inner disc (3) being located in the inner circle of the holding outer disc (2), and the mounting inner disc (3) and the holding outer disc (2) being connected by the plurality of connecting spokes (4) as a whole, characterized in that the steering wheel body (1) is composed of an inner body (5) and an outer strength layer (6) wrapped outside the inner body (5), wherein the inner body (5) is made of polymethacrylimide foaming material, and the outer strength layer (6) is carbon fiber prepreg; a reinforcing framework (7) is arranged inside the inner body (5), the reinforcing framework (7) comprising an inner disc framework ring (8) matched with the shape of the mounting inner disc (3), an outer disc framework ring (9) located in the area of the holding outer disc (2), and a connecting segment (10) located in the area of the connecting spoke (4), wherein the inner disc framework ring (8) and the outer disc framework ring (9) are connected as a whole by the connecting segment (10). The outer disc framework ring (9) has an elliptical cross section, and has an inner hole structure inside; 2. The ship's steering wheel according to claim 1, characterized in that a honeycomb framework net (11) is arranged inside the inner hole structure. The honeycomb framework net (11) fills a foaming material (12) in the hexagonal holes formed by the honeycomb framework net (11).

3. A ship's steering wheel according to claim 2, characterised in that The reinforcing framework (7) and the honeycomb framework net (11) are both made of carbon fiber material.

4. The ship's steering wheel according to claim 2, characterized in that The foaming material (12) is polyphenyl ether foaming material.

5. The ship's steering wheel according to claim 3, characterized in that The mounting inner disc (3) has a mounting reserved hole (13) thereon.

6. The ship's steering wheel according to claim 1, characterized in that The mounting inner disc (3) further has a plurality of bolt holes (14) located at the edge of the mounting reserved hole (13).

7. The ship's steering wheel according to claim 1, characterized in that ​