SELF-PROPELLED BARGE Russian patent published in 2025 - IPC B63B5/24 

FIELD: ships; floating crafts.

SUBSTANCE: invention relates to self-propelled floating crafts, particularly, to self-propelled quick-assembled barges consisting of separate modules with hulls made of plastic. Self-propelled barge comprises interconnected hollow, air-filled, watertight modules with lugs and at least one power unit. Each module is made in the form of a plastic housing and is formed by four side and upper surfaces and a bottom, the lugs of each module are located at four different levels, modules are connected to each other by means of fasteners arranged in lugs and laid in rows in at least one layer. On top of it there is at least one cargo compartment formed on all sides by a curb consisting of modules, and at least one power unit is fixed in lugs of at least one module.

EFFECT: expansion of operational capabilities due to rapid changes in the specified configuration and/or specified dimensions of the self-propelled barge, including its cargo compartments, and at the same time due to the speed, simplicity and reliability of its assembly and disassembly.

1 cl, 3 dwg