Patents by Inventor Nam-Yong Heo

Nam-Yong Heo has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Propulsion apparatus for ship and ship having the same
    Patent number: 9963211
    Abstract: Provided are a propulsion device for a ship and a ship including the same. The propulsion device for the ship includes: a rear propeller fixed to a rotation shaft; a front propeller that is rotatably supported on the rotation shaft in the front of the rear propeller; at least one bearing interposed in at least one of spaces between a hub of the front propeller and the rotation shaft and between the rotation shaft and a ship body; and an inverse rotation unit that inverts rotation of the rotation shaft, transfers the inverted rotation to the front propeller and includes a gearbox that is accommodated in an installation space formed in a tail of the ship body in a state in which a plurality of gears for implementing inversion of the front propeller are embedded, wherein at least one measurement unit for measuring operating states of the at least one bearing is mounted to the rotation shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2018
    Assignee: SAMSUNG HEAVY IND. CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Se-Myun Oh, Dong-Hyun Lee, Hyun-Sang Park, Sung-Wook Chung, Jae-Kwon Jung, Nam-Yong Heo
  • PROPULSION APPARATUS FOR SHIP AND SHIP HAVING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20150071780
    Abstract: Provided are a propulsion device for a ship and a ship including the same. The propulsion device for the ship includes: a rear propeller fixed to a rotation shaft; a front propeller that is rotatably supported on the rotation shaft in the front of the rear propeller; at least one bearing interposed in at least one of spaces between a hub of the front propeller and the rotation shaft and between the rotation shaft and a ship body; and an inverse rotation unit that inverts rotation of the rotation shaft, transfers the inverted rotation to the front propeller and includes a gearbox that is accommodated in an installation space formed in a tail of the ship body in a state in which a plurality of gears for implementing inversion of the front propeller are embedded, wherein at least one measurement unit for measuring operating states of the at least one bearing is mounted to the rotation shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2013
    Publication date: March 12, 2015
    Applicant: SAMSUNG HEAVY IND. CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Se-Myun Oh, Dong-Hyun Lee, Hyun-Sang Park, Sung-Wook Chung, Jae-Kwon Jung, Nam-Yong Heo