Drive arrangement for a cycloidal marine propulsion unit, a cycloidal marine propulsion unit and a method of operating such a drive arrangement

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PATENT NO 11820476
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17413047

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A drive arrangement for a cycloidal marine propulsion unit including at least two electrical blade motors each associated to a respective blade for pivoting thereof, each blade motor being operationally coupled to a respective blade drive for actuating the corresponding blade motor. The at least two blade drives each include a respective blade drive power converter operationally coupled to a first common intermediate DC-link, wherein the at least two blade drives being configured to feed power from the first common intermediate DC-link to their respective blade motors, and to feed regenerative power from their respective blade motors to the first common intermediate DC-link. The disclosure also concerns a marine propulsion unit having such a drive arrangement, and a method of operating such a drive arrangement.

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ABB SCHWEIZ AGBRUGGERSTRASSE 66 BADEN CH-5400

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Fransson, Peter Västerås, SE 6 29
Heine, Timo Helsinki, FI 1 0
Kokkila, Kimmo Helsinki, FI 8 12
Lipponen, Harri Helsinki, FI 3 1
Liu, Bin Västerås, SE 1027 7414
Peljo, Veli-Pekka Helsinki, FI 7 2
Trangard, Arne Västerås, SE 4 3

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