Power supply device

• US 9,180,954 B2
• Filed: 02/23/2012
• Issued: 11/10/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 03/02/2011
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Siemens AG, Stemmann-Technik GmbH (Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Siemens AG, Stemman-Technik GmbH
• Inventors: Glckhardt, Reimund, Schmidt, Hans-Erhard
• Primary Examiner(s): Kuhfuss, Zachary
• Application Number:
  US14/002,825
• Publication Number:
  US 20130341144A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,356 Days
• Field of Search: 191/12.R, 191/12.C
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: B63J 2003/043 using shore connectors for electric power supply from shore-borne mains, or other electric energy sources external to the vessel, e.g. for docked, or moored vessels
• CPC Class Codes: B63J 3/04 from power plant other than propulsion power plant
• CPC Class Codes: E02B 3/20 Equipment for shipping on coasts, in harbours or on other fixed marine structures, e.g. bollards tying-up, anchoring B63B21/00, e.g. bollards for shipping B63B21/06; buoys B63B22/00 ; equipment specially adapted for use in locks or dry docks E02C1/10

Abstract

A power supply device for a ship stationed on a mooring of a harbor includes a land-based, horizontally displaceable carriage, on which a power supply line with a plug is disposed for supplying the ship with electrical energy. The power supply line can be electrically connected to a land-based power supply network. A plug-side section of the power supply line is disposed in a vertically displaceable manner on the carriage.

Claims

1. A power supply device for a ship, including a cruise ship, stationed at a mooring of a harbor, the power supply device comprising:

a land-based carriage configured to be displaced horizontally;

a power supply line disposed on said carriage and configured to be electrically connected to a land-based power supply network to supply the ship with electrical energy;

a parking chamber configured to park said carriage in a protected manner when said carriage is not in use, said parking chamber being sunken into a base of a quay of the mooring;

said power supply line having a plug-side section vertically displaceably disposed on said carriage; and

said power supply line having a plug at said plug-side section.

2. The power supply device according to claim 1, wherein:

said carriage has a movement direction;

said movement direction and the vertical span a plane; and

said plug-side section is configured to be displaced perpendicular to said plane.

3. The power supply device according to claim 1, which further comprises rails running along the mooring, said carriage being disposed on said rails.

4. The power supply device according to claim 1, which further comprises a first crossbar linkage disposed on said carriage and configured to be extended in a vertical direction to displace said plug-side section of said power supply line vertically.

5. The power supply device according to claim 1, wherein:

said carriage has a movement direction;

said movement direction and the vertical span a plane; and

a second crossbar linkage is disposed on said carriage and is configured to be extended perpendicular to said plane.

6. The power supply device according to claim 1, which further comprises a circuitless socket configured to receive said plug when said plug is not in use.

7. The power supply device according to claim 1, which further comprises a chain within which said power supply line is passed, said chain having movably connected chain links and said chain limiting a minimum bending radius of said power supply line during movement of said carriage.

8. The power supply device according to claim 7, wherein said chain is sunken into the base of the quay of the mooring.