Patents Assigned to STX OSV DESIGN AS
  • SHIP'S FORE BODY FORM
    Publication number: 20120048164
    Abstract: A fore body of a ship has a bow having an upper bow portion, a lower bow portion, and a recessed bow portion between the upper bow portion and the lower bow portion. The recessed bow portion has a blunt shaped surface, curving inwards and backwards from a transition area between the upper bow portion and the recessed bow portion. The blunt shaped surface is designed to reflect smaller waves to reduce added wave resistance in smaller waves which are reflected in the recessed bow portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2010
    Publication date: March 1, 2012
    Applicant: STX OSV DESIGN AS
    Inventors: Magnus Ragnvald Tvete, Henning Borgen