GB1249348A - Ground-effect vehicles - Google Patents

Ground-effect vehicles

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Publication number
GB1249348A
GB1249348A GB49252/68A GB4925268A GB1249348A GB 1249348 A GB1249348 A GB 1249348A GB 49252/68 A GB49252/68 A GB 49252/68A GB 4925268 A GB4925268 A GB 4925268A GB 1249348 A GB1249348 A GB 1249348A
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United Kingdom
Prior art keywords
track
machine
duct
deflectors
controlled
Prior art date
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Expired
Application number
GB49252/68A
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English (en)
Inventor
Francois Louis Giraud
Current Assignee (The listed assignees may be inaccurate. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the list.)
Aerotrain SA
Original Assignee
Aerotrain SA
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Publication of GB1249348A publication Critical patent/GB1249348A/en
Expired legal-status Critical Current

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Classifications

    • 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
    • B60V3/02—Land vehicles, e.g. road vehicles
    • B60V3/04—Land vehicles, e.g. road vehicles co-operating with rails or other guiding means, e.g. with air cushion between rail and vehicle

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Aviation & Aerospace Engineering (AREA)
  • Transportation (AREA)
  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
  • Actuator (AREA)
  • Aerodynamic Tests, Hydrodynamic Tests, Wind Tunnels, And Water Tanks (AREA)
  • Magnetic Bearings And Hydrostatic Bearings (AREA)
GB49252/68A 1967-10-19 1968-10-17 Ground-effect vehicles Expired GB1249348A (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (1)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
FR125114 1967-10-19

Publications (1)

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GB1249348A true GB1249348A (en) 1971-10-13

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GB49252/68A Expired GB1249348A (en) 1967-10-19 1968-10-17 Ground-effect vehicles

Country Status (6)

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US (1) US3566797A (enExample)
BE (1) BE722539A (enExample)
CH (2) CH479430A (enExample)
DE (1) DE1803788A1 (enExample)
FR (1) FR1550267A (enExample)
GB (1) GB1249348A (enExample)

Families Citing this family (6)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
FR2108128B1 (enExample) * 1969-06-10 1973-10-19 Bertin & Cie
BE756628A (fr) * 1969-09-26 1971-03-25 Aerotrain Perfectionnements aux dispositifs d'alimentation des coussins de fluidesous pression d'une machine a effet de sol
US5542357A (en) * 1994-03-18 1996-08-06 Northrop Grumman Corporation Linear turbine propulsion system
USD592999S1 (en) * 2007-02-28 2009-05-26 Bombardier Transportation Gmbh Railway vehicle
USD596988S1 (en) * 2007-02-28 2009-07-28 Bombardier Transportation Gmbh Railway vehicle
WO2010002894A2 (en) * 2008-07-01 2010-01-07 Research Foundation Of The City Of New York Propulsion vehicle which travels along a soft, porous track

Family Cites Families (6)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
FR966602A (fr) * 1948-05-21 1950-10-13 Chemin de fer tubulaire avec motrice à turbine aspirante et refoulante
US3150731A (en) * 1960-03-25 1964-09-29 Curtiss Wright Corp Air cushion vehicle construction including control valves
US3135480A (en) * 1962-04-19 1964-06-02 Jr Harvey R Chaplin Integrated propulsion system for ram wing aircraft
FR1349243A (fr) * 1962-10-27 1964-01-17 Bertin & Cie Dispositif d'alimentation perfectionné pour plates-formes à coussins d'air multiples
US3267898A (en) * 1965-06-10 1966-08-23 Carmi G Evans Amphibious vehicle
GB1192548A (en) * 1966-08-17 1970-05-20 Dowty Rotol Ltd Air-Cushion Vehicles

Also Published As

Publication number Publication date
FR1550267A (enExample) 1968-12-20
US3566797A (en) 1971-03-02
DE1803788A1 (de) 1969-08-07
CH479429A (fr) 1969-10-15
CH479430A (fr) 1969-10-15
BE722539A (enExample) 1969-04-18

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