GB1220081A - Air cushion vehicles - Google Patents

Air cushion vehicles

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GB1220081A
GB1220081A GB479867A GB479867A GB1220081A GB 1220081 A GB1220081 A GB 1220081A GB 479867 A GB479867 A GB 479867A GB 479867 A GB479867 A GB 479867A GB 1220081 A GB1220081 A GB 1220081A
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vehicle
cushion
water
pressure
air
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GB479867A
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Michael Fred Joyce
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60V—AIR-CUSHION VEHICLES
    • B60V1/00—Air-cushion
    • B60V1/14—Propulsion; Control thereof
    • B60V1/15—Propulsion; Control thereof using part of the cushion-forming fluid
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60V—AIR-CUSHION VEHICLES
    • B60V1/00—Air-cushion
    • B60V1/04—Air-cushion wherein the cushion is contained at least in part by walls
    • B60V1/043—Air-cushion wherein the cushion is contained at least in part by walls the walls being flexible
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60V—AIR-CUSHION VEHICLES
    • B60V1/00—Air-cushion
    • B60V1/04—Air-cushion wherein the cushion is contained at least in part by walls
    • B60V1/046—Air-cushion wherein the cushion is contained at least in part by walls the walls or a part of them being rigid
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60V—AIR-CUSHION VEHICLES
    • B60V1/00—Air-cushion
    • B60V1/16—Flexible skirts
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60V—AIR-CUSHION VEHICLES
    • B60V3/00—Land vehicles, waterborne vessels, or aircraft, adapted or modified to travel on air cushions
    • B60V3/06—Waterborne vessels
    • B60V3/065—Waterborne vessels hulls therefor
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60V—AIR-CUSHION VEHICLES
    • B60V3/00—Land vehicles, waterborne vessels, or aircraft, adapted or modified to travel on air cushions
    • B60V3/08—Aircraft, e.g. air-cushion alighting-gear therefor

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  • Aviation & Aerospace Engineering (AREA)
  • Transportation (AREA)
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Abstract

1,220,081. Air cushion vehicles. M. F. JOYCE. 26 Jan., 1968 [1 Feb., 1967], No. 4798/67. Heading B7K. A sidewall air cushion vehicle for operation over water has a rear wall maintained in spaced relation above the water surface whereby gaseous fluid in excess of that required for support of the vehicle is discharged to propel the vehicle. A vehicle a has a fan unit b which delivers air through an inclined duct to a plenum chamber contained at the sides by partially immersed sidewalls c, at the front by pivoted flaps cc urged into overlapping relationship and into contact with the water by cushion pressure and at the rear by a pivoted flap t maintained or counterbalanced above the surface of the water by pressure of the cushion on its forward side and by the effect on its rearward side of cushion pressure within a chamber v. Other arrangements of air supply ducts are described and there may be three hulls arranged in staggered formation. In a further embodiment (Figs. 2A- 2C, not shown) the means for maintaining the rear wall in spaced relation may comprise inwardly inclined base surfaces on the side walls which act as planing members. In a still further embodiment (Figs. 6-6c, not shown), the apparatus is adapted to support an aircraft.
GB479867A 1967-02-01 1967-02-01 Air cushion vehicles Expired GB1220081A (en)

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Cited By (3)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US4137987A (en) * 1975-11-17 1979-02-06 Rohr Industries, Inc. Stay supported membrane planing seal
FR2532604A1 (en) * 1982-09-07 1984-03-09 Mattox Darryl GROUND EFFECT AIR CUSHION VEHICLE
FR2557053A1 (en) * 1983-12-27 1985-06-28 Lucchini Bernard Vehicle with an air cushion and method for controlling such a vehicle.

Cited By (3)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US4137987A (en) * 1975-11-17 1979-02-06 Rohr Industries, Inc. Stay supported membrane planing seal
FR2532604A1 (en) * 1982-09-07 1984-03-09 Mattox Darryl GROUND EFFECT AIR CUSHION VEHICLE
FR2557053A1 (en) * 1983-12-27 1985-06-28 Lucchini Bernard Vehicle with an air cushion and method for controlling such a vehicle.

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