US 12,378,740 B2
Berth for multi-purpose disaster response ship and harbor structure
Tetsuya Kubota, Kobe (JP); Tomoki Kuwabara, Kobe (JP); Yasuyuki Haneda, Kobe (JP); Susumu Ikeda, Kobe (JP); and Minoru Yokoyama, Kobe (JP)
Assigned to KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Kobe (JP)
Appl. No. 18/014,247
Filed by KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Kobe (JP)
PCT Filed May 27, 2021, PCT No. PCT/JP2021/020156
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jan. 3, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/024532, PCT Pub. Date Feb. 3, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-128224 (JP), filed on Jul. 29, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0257953 A1, Aug. 17, 2023
Int. Cl. E02B 3/06 (2006.01); E02B 3/20 (2006.01)
CPC E02B 3/06 (2013.01) [E02B 3/20 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A berth for a multi-purpose disaster response ship, comprising:
a quay at which the multi-purpose disaster response ship is berthed;
a building located along the quay, including at least one quay-facing gate, and sharing at least one common purpose with the multi-purpose disaster response ship;
a horizontal movement restrainer that restricts and permits horizontal movement of the multi-purpose disaster response ship relative to the quay; and
a vertical movement restrainer that adjusts a vertical location of the multi-purpose disaster response ship to a specified level relative to the building and that restricts and permits vertical movement of the multi-purpose disaster response ship situated at the specified level.