Seal arrangement with improved shaft bushing for a rotating ship propeller shaft

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9410627
APP PUB NO 20130300068A1
SERIAL NO

13868342

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A seal arrangement for sealing a propeller shaft where it penetrates through the hull of a watercraft includes a shaft bushing around this portion of the shaft, one or more seal rings forming a seal around the shaft bushing, and a stationary support holding the seal ring or rings. The shaft bushing includes an outer bushing part made of a wear-resistant material, arranged coaxially around an inner bushing part made of a material having a high thermal conductivity. The thickness of the outer part relative to the thickness of the inner part is a ratio in a range from 1:10 to 1:3. The two-part shaft bushing can provide optimized thermal conductivity and heat dissipation away from the seal rings to the cool exterior water environment, as well as optimized wear-resistance, corrosion resistance and reduced friction for the seal rings.

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BLOHM + VOSS INDUSTRIES GMBH20457 HAMBURG

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Fangauf, Carlos Hamburg, DE 9 27
Ziemen, Lars Hamburg, DE 6 10

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