WO2021225654A3 - Amphibious aircraft taxiing and docking systems - Google Patents

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WO2021225654A3
WO2021225654A3 PCT/US2021/016627 US2021016627W WO2021225654A3 WO 2021225654 A3 WO2021225654 A3 WO 2021225654A3 US 2021016627 W US2021016627 W US 2021016627W WO 2021225654 A3 WO2021225654 A3 WO 2021225654A3
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amphibious aircraft
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taxiing
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B64—AIRCRAFT; AVIATION; COSMONAUTICS
    • B64C—AEROPLANES; HELICOPTERS
    • B64C35/00—Flying-boats; Seaplanes
    • B64C35/005—Flying-boats; Seaplanes with propellers, rudders or brakes acting in the water

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Provided herein is a taxiing system for steering an amphibious aircraft on a body of water with a steering means, a control console and a power source all in operable and electrical communication. Steering is via a pair of thrusters, such as tunnel-type thrusters or a jet drive coupled to an impeller assembly mounted inside each float that are deployed after landing on the water to taxi the amphibious aircraft prior to docking and to unloading and to taxi the amphibious aircraft away from the dock prior to take-off. Also provided is a docking device to dock the amphibious aircraft to a mooring buoy. In addition provided herein is a system for maneuvering an amphibious aircraft during taxiing and docking on water that integrates the taxiing system with the docking device.
PCT/US2021/016627 2020-02-04 2021-02-04 Amphibious aircraft taxiing and docking systems WO2021225654A2 (en)

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US16/781,494 US11511832B2 (en) 2020-02-04 2020-02-04 Amphibious aircraft taxiing and docking systems
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US16/905,311 US11702201B2 (en) 2020-06-18 2020-06-18 Amphibious aircraft taxiing systems
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Citations (7)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
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US4294186A (en) * 1980-01-25 1981-10-13 Wardell Gerald S Retractable bow thruster
SU1211146A1 (en) * 1983-08-11 1986-02-15 Предприятие П/Я Р-6654 Water-jet transverse thrust unit
RU2028246C1 (en) * 1991-10-24 1995-02-09 Евгений Иванович Костынюк Mooring buoy
US5595133A (en) * 1993-10-13 1997-01-21 Bullard; Marc D. Underwater viewing surface watercraft
US6142841A (en) * 1998-05-14 2000-11-07 Brunswick Corporation Waterjet docking control system for a marine vessel
RU2281228C1 (en) * 2004-12-27 2006-08-10 Тимофеев Михаил Гаврилович Amphibious aircraft
US20200010071A1 (en) * 2018-07-03 2020-01-09 Jacob M. Brancato Payload transport and delivery method, system and multi-platform unmanned cargo delivery vehicle

Patent Citations (7)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US4294186A (en) * 1980-01-25 1981-10-13 Wardell Gerald S Retractable bow thruster
SU1211146A1 (en) * 1983-08-11 1986-02-15 Предприятие П/Я Р-6654 Water-jet transverse thrust unit
RU2028246C1 (en) * 1991-10-24 1995-02-09 Евгений Иванович Костынюк Mooring buoy
US5595133A (en) * 1993-10-13 1997-01-21 Bullard; Marc D. Underwater viewing surface watercraft
US6142841A (en) * 1998-05-14 2000-11-07 Brunswick Corporation Waterjet docking control system for a marine vessel
RU2281228C1 (en) * 2004-12-27 2006-08-10 Тимофеев Михаил Гаврилович Amphibious aircraft
US20200010071A1 (en) * 2018-07-03 2020-01-09 Jacob M. Brancato Payload transport and delivery method, system and multi-platform unmanned cargo delivery vehicle

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