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(11) EP 1 015 308 A1

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(43) Date of publication:
05.07.2000 Bulletin 2000/27

(21) Application number: 98945326.1

(22) Date of filing: 15.09.1998
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7B63H 5/16
(86) International application number:
PCT/FI9800/725
(87) International publication number:
WO 9914/113 (25.03.1999 Gazette 1999/12)
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE

(30) Priority: 15.09.1997 RU 97115318

(71) Applicants:
  • ABB Azipod Oy
    00980 Helsinki (FI)
  • Krylov Shipbuilding Research Institute
    St. Petersburg, 196158 (RU)

(72) Inventors:
  • ALEKSEYEV, Yuriy Nikolaevich
    St. Petersburg, 198096 (RU)
  • ANDRYUSHIN, Alexandre Vladislavovich
    St. Petersburg, 196233 (RU)
  • BEZZUBIK, Oleg Nikolaevich
    St. Petersburg, 190008 (RU)
  • BELYASHOV, Valeriy Adamovich
    St. Petersburg, 193015 (RU)
  • PASHIN, Valentin Mikhailovich
    St. Petersburg, 192236 (RU)
  • PONOMAREV, Andrei Vasilievich
    St. Petersburg, 193123 (RU)
  • SPIRO, Vadim Evgenievich
    St. Petersburg, 196135 (RU)

(74) Representative: Hjelt, Dag Silvio Hjalmar Andrea et al
Borenius & Co Oy Ab,Kansakoulukuja 3
00100 Helsinki
00100 Helsinki (FI)

   


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