LIFEBOAT WITH PROPULSION DEVICE AND LIFEBOAT INDIRECT APPLICATION Russian patent published in 2010 - IPC B63C9/02 B63H19/02 

FIELD: transport.

SUBSTANCE: invention relates to shipbuilding, particularly to rescue floating appliances. Proposed lifeboat comprises propulsion device incorporating electric current generator. In compliance with one version, stator is secured in lifeboat, while rotor can oscillate about its axis driven by waves acting on lifeboat. In compliance with another version, rotor is arranged in lifeboat while stator, suspended on rotor shaft, can oscillate about its axis driven by waves acting on lifeboat. Rotor in first version and stator in second version are statically unbalanced because of eccentric shift of the center of masses from axis of rotation. Generators may be arranged in lifeboat in lines along its axis with their axes either parallel or perpendicular to lifeboat axis. Proposed lifeboat can be used for electric power generation aboard the ship.

EFFECT: lifeboat with propulsion device.

32 cl, 24 dwg