Adjustable rubber fender

By introducing support adjustment components and shock absorption structures into the rubber fenders, the problems of insufficient anti-collision and anti-wear and water erosion caused by water level changes are solved, and the flexible adjustment and efficient protection of the rubber fenders are realized.

CN223907441UActive Publication Date: 2026-02-13JIANGSU SHELTER RUBBER CO LTD
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Application Number
CN202520411168.5
Authority / Receiving Office
CN · China
Patent Type
Utility models(China)
Current Assignee / Owner
Filing Date
2025-03-11
Publication Date
2026-02-13
Estimated Expiration
2035-03-11

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Technical Problem

Traditional fixed rubber fenders lack the ability to adjust flexibly when the water level changes, resulting in insufficient anti-collision and anti-wear effects and susceptibility to water erosion, which affects the service life of the equipment.

Method used

An adjustable rubber fender is designed, employing a support adjustment component and a shock-absorbing structure, including a shock-absorbing support base, a movable adjustment base, a guide rod, an adjustment screw, and a motor drive, to achieve real-time adjustment and impact energy absorption during water level changes.

Benefits of technology

Ensure that the rubber fenders maintain the appropriate contact position and angle during water level changes, effectively absorb impact, improve protection, extend equipment life and reduce maintenance costs.

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Abstract

The utility model discloses an adjustable rubber fender in the technical field of rubber fenders, which comprises a rubber fender body, a support adjusting component is arranged at the bottom of the rubber fender body, the support adjusting component comprises a damping support base, and the damping support base is mounted at the bottom of the rubber fender body. The bottom of the damping supporting base is further connected with a movable adjusting base, the damping supporting base comprises a supporting frame plate, and a damping base is arranged at the bottom of the supporting frame plate. According to the rubber fender, the proper contact position and angle between the rubber fender and a ship can be kept all the time, protection dead corners caused by water level changes are effectively avoided at ports and wharfs with obvious tidal changes or large water level fluctuation, the anti-collision and anti-abrasion functions of the rubber fender are fully exerted, and the safety of the ship and wharf facilities is greatly improved.
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Description

TECHNICAL FIELD

[0001] The utility model relates to rubber fender technical field especially is involved in a kind of adjustable rubber fender. BACKGROUND

[0002] Rubber fender is a kind of anti-collision device made of high-quality rubber material, mainly used for protecting ships and shore facilities from collision and abrasion during berthing and stopping. Its core function is to absorb the impact energy generated when the ship collides, thereby effectively reducing the damage risk to the ship and the wharf structure. Rubber fender has excellent elasticity, wear resistance and anti-aging performance, and can adapt to complex and changeable marine environment. It is widely used in ports, wharfs, docks and other offshore platforms, not only ensuring the safe berthing of ships, but also prolonging the service life of related facilities, while reducing maintenance costs, with significant economic benefits and social value.

[0003] In water areas such as ports and wharfs, ships frequently berth and unload, which puts higher requirements on safety protection equipment. Existing rubber fenders are usually installed in fixed connection mode near the ship berthing area. Although this installation method helps to improve the connection stability between the fender and the port or wharf, it lacks flexible adjustment capability. When the water level of the berthing water area changes, the fixed rubber fender cannot be effectively adjusted according to the water level fluctuation, resulting in insufficient anti-collision and anti-abrasion function. At the same time, water level rise may cause partial or complete submersion of the rubber fender, increasing the damage risk caused by water erosion, thereby affecting the long-term service life and reliability of the equipment.

[0004] Therefore, there is an urgent need to develop a rubber fender with self-adaptive adjustment function to meet the diversified needs of ship berthing in dynamic water environment and improve the overall protection efficiency of ports and wharfs. Based on this, we propose a kind of adjustable rubber fender to solve the above-mentioned problems. SUMMARY

[0005] The purpose of this section is to outline some aspects of the embodiments of the present utility model and briefly introduce some preferred embodiments. Some simplifications or omissions may be made in this section and the abstract of the specification and the utility model name to avoid obscuring the purpose of this section, the abstract of the specification and the utility model name. Such simplifications or omissions cannot be used to limit the scope of the present utility model.

[0006] Therefore, the purpose of the present utility model is to provide an adjustable rubber fender, which can solve the problem of lack of flexible adjustment of traditional fixed rubber fender in water areas such as ports and wharfs due to water level change, resulting in insufficient anti-collision and anti-abrasion effect and being easily affected by water erosion to affect the service life of the equipment.

[0007] To solve the above technical problems, the utility model provides an adjustable rubber fender adopts the following technical scheme: including rubber fender body, the bottom of rubber fender body is provided with support adjusting assembly, support adjusting assembly includes shock absorbing support base, shock absorbing support base is installed at the bottom of rubber fender body, the bottom of shock absorbing support base is also connected with mobile adjusting base, shock absorbing support base includes support frame board, the bottom of support frame board is provided with shock absorbing seat, still be connected with a plurality of groups of guide rods between the both sides of support frame board and shock absorbing seat, it is the sliding fit between guide rod and support frame board;

[0008] The inside of the shock absorbing seat is provided with two groups of shock absorbing connecting parts, and guide sliding grooves are formed at both ends of the shock absorbing seat.

[0009] Optionally, the shock absorbing connecting part includes a support column, a circular baffle is installed at the bottom of the support column, and a fixed connecting block is arranged at the end of the support column away from the circular baffle.

[0010] Optionally, a first hinge seat is arranged at the outer side of the fixed connecting block, a support arm plate is hingedly connected to the inside of the first hinge seat, a second hinge seat is hingedly connected to the end of the support arm plate away from the first hinge seat, and a guide sliding block is further arranged at the bottom of the second hinge seat.

[0011] Optionally, two groups of rod grooves are formed in the inside of the inlaid groove, the rod grooves are matched with the support column structure, a first compression spring is arranged in the inside of the rod groove, four groups of sliding block grooves are formed at the outer sides of the two groups of rod grooves, the sliding block grooves are matched with the guide sliding block structure, and a second compression spring is connected to the inside of the sliding block groove on one side.

[0012] Optionally, an adjusting cavity is formed in the inside of the mobile adjusting base, guide strips are arranged at the inner walls of the adjusting cavity on both sides, two groups of adjusting screws are rotatably connected to the inside of the adjusting cavity, a motor driver is further arranged at one end of the outside of the mobile adjusting base, and the motor driver and the two groups of adjusting screws are in transmission connection.

[0013] Optionally, the guide strips and the guide sliding grooves are in sliding fit, and the adjusting screws and the adjusting screw holes are in threaded fit.

[0014] In summary, the utility model includes at least one of the following beneficial effects:

[0015] 1. The rubber fender designed in the scheme, through having flexible adjusting ability, can be adjusted in real time according to the water level change of the berthing water area, can ensure that the rubber fender always maintains the suitable contact position and angle with the ship, realizes in the port or wharf that the tidal change is obvious or the water level fluctuation is larger, effectively avoids the dead angle of protection caused by the water level change, makes the anti-collision and anti-wear function of the rubber fender fully play, greatly improves the safety of the ship and the wharf facility.

[0016] 2. The rubber fender designed in the scheme, through the complex shock absorption structure inside, such as shock absorption connecting parts in the shock absorption seat and matched compression springs, etc., can effectively absorb and buffer the impact force when the ship is berthed, can reduce the direct collision damage of the ship body, realizes reducing the damage risk of the wharf facility due to impact, prolongs the service life of the ship and the wharf facility, reduces the maintenance cost. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

[0017] In order to more clearly illustrate the technical scheme of the embodiments of the present application, the following will briefly introduce the drawings needed to be used in the embodiment description, obviously, the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present application, and for those skilled in the art, other drawings can also be obtained according to these drawings without creative labor.

[0018] Figure 1 It is the overall structure schematic diagram of the present application;

[0019] Figure 2 It is the shock absorption support base structure schematic diagram of the present application;

[0020] Figure 3 It is the shock absorption seat structure schematic diagram of the present application;

[0021] Figure 4 It is the shock absorption connecting part structure schematic diagram of the present application;

[0022] Figure 5 It is the embedded groove structure schematic diagram of the present application;

[0023] Figure 6 It is the moving adjusting base structure schematic diagram of the present application.

[0024] Explanation of reference signs: 1, rubber fender body; 2, support adjustment assembly; 3, shock absorbing support base; 4, moving adjustment base; 5, support frame plate; 6, shock absorbing seat; 7, guide rod; 8, embedded groove; 9, shock absorbing connecting part; 10, guide sliding groove; 11, adjustment screw hole; 12, support column; 13, round baffle; 14, fixed connecting block; 15, first hinged seat; 16, support arm plate; 17, second hinged seat; 18, guide sliding block; 19, rod groove; 20, first compression spring; 21, sliding block groove; 22, second compression spring; 23, adjustment cavity; 24, guide strip; 25, adjustment screw; 26, motor driver. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0025] The technical solutions in the embodiments of the utility model will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the utility model. Obviously, the described embodiments are only part of the embodiments of the utility model, rather than all the embodiments. Based on the embodiments in the utility model, all other embodiments obtained by those skilled in the art without creative labor belong to the protection scope of the utility model.

[0026] Embodiment: refer to Figures 1 to 6 The utility model provides an embodiment, a kind of adjustable rubber fender, including rubber fender body 1, the bottom of rubber fender body 1 is provided with support adjustment assembly 2, support adjustment assembly 2 includes shock absorbing support base 3, shock absorbing support base 3 is installed in the bottom of rubber fender body 1, the bottom of shock absorbing support base 3 is also connected with moving adjustment base 4, shock absorbing support base 3 includes support frame plate 5, the bottom of support frame plate 5 is provided with shock absorbing seat 6, support frame plate 5 and the both sides of shock absorbing seat 6 are also respectively connected with several groups of guide rod 7, the sliding fit between guide rod 7 and support frame plate 5, the inside of shock absorbing seat 6 is provided with two groups of shock absorbing connecting parts 9, the inside of embedded groove 8 is provided with two groups of shock absorbing connecting parts 9, the both ends of shock absorbing seat 6 are provided with guide sliding groove 10, the both sides of shock absorbing seat 6 are also respectively provided with two groups of adjustment screw hole 11, when being impacted, the impact force of the collision of ship and port, wharf can be reduced by the material characteristics of rubber fender body 1 itself, it can also use the special connecting mode between support frame plate 5 and shock absorbing seat 6 and the inside first compression spring 20, second compression spring 22 etc. Elastic element, absorb and buffer the impact energy generated when ship berthing, shock absorbing connecting part 9 includes support column 12, the bottom of support column 12 is installed with round baffle 13, the end away from round baffle 13 of support column 12 is provided with fixed connecting block 14, by the fixed connecting block 14 of one end of support column 12, support frame plate 5 with rubber fender body 1 on top can be supported and fixed on the top of shock absorbing seat 6.

[0027] The outer side of the four around the fixed connecting block 14 is respectively provided with the first hinge seat 15, the inside of the first hinge seat 15 is hingedly connected with the support arm plate 16, the end of the support arm plate 16 away from the first hinge seat 15 is hingedly connected with the second hinge seat 17, the bottom of the second hinge seat 17 is further provided with the guide sliding block 18, through the first hinge seat 15, the support arm plate 16, the second hinge seat 17 and the guide sliding block 18 additionally installed around the fixed connecting block 14, when the ship is berthed, the impact force generated will be transmitted to the shock absorbing connecting part 9 through the rubber fender, and then transmitted to the support arm plate 16, since the support arm plate 16 is hingedly connected with the first hinge seat 15 and the second hinge seat 17, this connection mode enables the support arm plate 16 to swing when subjected to the impact force, thereby consuming part of the impact energy and reducing the direct impact on the rubber fender body 1, the swing of the support arm plate 16 can also drive the second hinge seat 17 and the guide sliding block 18 to slide in the sliding block groove 21, further dispersing and absorbing the impact force, improving the shock absorbing effect, the inside of the embedded groove 8 is provided with two groups of rod grooves 19, the rod grooves 19 are matched with the support column 12 structure, the inside of the rod groove 19 is provided with the first compression spring 20, the outer side of the two groups of rod grooves 19 is respectively provided with four groups of sliding block grooves 21, the sliding block groove 21 is matched with the guide sliding block 18 structure, the inside of the four groups of sliding block grooves 21 is respectively connected with the second compression spring 22 on one side, the first compression spring 20 is arranged in the rod groove 19, when the support column 12 slides in the rod groove 19, the first compression spring 20 will be compressed, the compressed and deformed first compression spring 20 can absorb and buffer the impact force, the second compression spring 22 is connected on the inside of the sliding block groove 21, when the guide sliding block 18 slides in the sliding block groove 21, the second compression spring 22 will be compressed, further absorbing and buffering the impact force, this design can effectively reduce the direct effect of the impact force on the rubber fender body 1.

[0028] The inside of the mobile adjusting base 4 is provided with an adjusting cavity 23, and guide strips 24 are arranged on both sides of the inner wall of the adjusting cavity 23. Two groups of adjusting screws 25 are rotatably connected inside the adjusting cavity 23. One end of the outside of the mobile adjusting base 4 is also provided with a motor driver 26, and the motor driver 26 is in transmission connection with the two groups of adjusting screws 25. The adjusting cavity 23 provides mounting space for the adjusting screws 25 and the guide strips 24. The guide strips 24 are arranged on both sides of the inner wall of the adjusting cavity 23 and cooperate with the guide sliding grooves 10 to ensure the stability and accuracy of the rubber fender in the vertical direction. When the rubber fender needs to be adjusted in height, the guide strips 24 can guide the rubber fender body 1 to move smoothly in the vertical direction, preventing tilting or deviation during adjustment. The guide strips 24 are in sliding cooperation with the guide sliding grooves 10, and the adjusting screws 25 are in threaded cooperation with the adjusting screw holes 11. Through the threaded cooperation between the adjusting screws 25 and the adjusting screw holes 11, when the motor driver 26 drives the adjusting screws 25 to rotate, the threads of the adjusting screws 25 interact with the threads of the adjusting screw holes 11, so that the rubber fender body 1 can be adjusted in height according to the water level changes of the berthing water area. The threaded cooperation has a self-locking function, that is, without external force, the threaded connection will not loosen automatically. This self-locking function ensures that the rubber fender can be stably maintained at the set height after adjustment, and will not deviate due to slight shaking of the ship or impact of the water flow.

[0029] Working principle: The rubber fender designed in this scheme is provided with a support adjusting assembly 2 composed of a damping support base 3 and a mobile adjusting base 4 at the bottom of the rubber fender body 1. The damping support base 3 includes a support frame plate 5, a damping seat 6, a guide rod 7 and other components. The support frame plate 5 and the damping seat 6 are in sliding cooperation through the guide rod 7. The damping connecting components 9 inside the damping seat 6 include a support column 12, a circular baffle 13, a fixed connecting block 14 and other structures. When impacted, the rubber fender body 1 can reduce the impact force of the collision between the ship and the port or wharf by its material properties. In addition, the special connection method between the support frame plate 5 and the damping seat 6 and the internal elastic elements such as the first compression spring 20 and the second compression spring 22 can absorb and buffer the impact energy generated when the ship is berthed, thereby reducing the direct collision damage to the ship and the wharf.

[0030] The rubber fender designed in the scheme is provided with adjusting cavity 23, guide strip 24 and adjusting screw rod 25 in the mobile adjusting base 4, and is provided with motor driver 26 outside, the motor driver 26 is in transmission connection with the adjusting screw rod 25, the motor driver 26 is driven by the external motor, can drive the adjusting screw rod 25 to rotate and is in screw thread cooperation with the adjusting screw hole 11, makes the whole rubber fender body 1 carry out fine adjustment in the vertical direction, the stability and accuracy of the adjusting process are guaranteed by the sliding cooperation between the guide strip 24 and the guide sliding groove 10, the height can be adjusted according to the water level change of the berthing water area, the whole device can be quickly and flexibly adjusted position according to the water level change of the berthing water area, so that the rubber fender body 1 can always keep the best anti-collision state, realizes the efficient protection to the ship and the wharf facilities.

[0031] Finally, it should be noted that: the above only for the preferred embodiments of the utility model have been described, and do not limit the utility model, although the utility model is described in detail with reference to the foregoing embodiments, for the person skilled in the art, it still can modify the technical scheme recorded in the foregoing each embodiment, or equivalent replacement is carried out to part technical features, any modification, equivalent replacement, improvement etc. within the spirit and principles of the utility model, should be included in the protection scope of the utility model.

Claims

1. An adjustable fender comprising a fender body (1) characterised in that: The bottom of the rubber fender body (1) is provided with a support adjusting assembly (2), the support adjusting assembly (2) comprises a damping support base (3) installed at the bottom of the rubber fender body (1), the bottom of the damping support base (3) is further connected with a moving adjusting base (4), the damping support base (3) comprises a support frame plate (5), the bottom of the support frame plate (5) is provided with a damping seat (6), a plurality of groups of guide rods (7) are further connected between the two sides of the support frame plate (5) and the damping seat (6) respectively, and the guide rods (7) and the support frame plate (5) are in sliding fit; An inner embedding groove (8) is formed in the inner part of the damping seat (6), two groups of damping connecting components (9) are arranged in the inner part of the inner embedding groove (8), guide sliding grooves (10) are formed at the two ends of the damping seat (6), and two groups of adjusting screw holes (11) are further formed in the two sides of the damping seat (6).

2. An adjustable fender as claimed in claim 1, wherein: The damping connecting component (9) comprises a support stand column (12), a circular baffle (13) is installed at the bottom of the support stand column (12), and a fixed connecting block (14) is arranged at the end, away from the circular baffle (13), of the support stand column (12).

3. An adjustable fender as claimed in claim 2, wherein: First hinge seats (15) are arranged at the outer sides of the four peripheries of the fixed connecting block (14) respectively, support arm plates (16) are hingedly connected in the inner parts of the first hinge seats (15), second hinge seats (17) are hingedly connected at the ends, away from the first hinge seats (15), of the support arm plates (16), and guide sliding blocks (18) are further arranged at the bottoms of the second hinge seats (17).

4. An adjustable fender as claimed in claim 3, wherein: Two groups of rod grooves (19) are formed in the inner part of the inner embedding groove (8), the rod grooves (19) are matched with the structure of the support stand column (12), first compression springs (20) are arranged in the inner parts of the rod grooves (19), four groups of sliding block grooves (21) are formed at the outer sides of the two groups of rod grooves (19) respectively, the sliding block grooves (21) are matched with the structure of the guide sliding blocks (18), and second compression springs (22) are connected to the inner sides of the four groups of sliding block grooves (21) respectively.

5. An adjustable fender as defined in claim 1 wherein: An adjusting cavity (23) is formed in the inner part of the moving adjusting base (4), guide strips (24) are arranged on the inner walls of the adjusting cavity (23) on both sides, two groups of adjusting screw rods (25) are rotatably connected in the inner part of the adjusting cavity (23), and a motor driver (26) is further arranged at one end of the outer part of the moving adjusting base (4), and the motor driver (26) and the two groups of adjusting screw rods (25) are in transmission connection.

6. An adjustable fender as claimed in claim 5, wherein: The guide strips (24) and the guide sliding grooves (10) are in sliding fit, and the adjusting screw rods (25) and the adjusting screw holes (11) are in screw fit.