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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 27, 1982
Filed:
Jun. 10, 1980
Applicant:
Inventor:
Rory A Carter, Cowes, GB;
Assignee:
Vosper Hovermarine Limited, , GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60V / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
114 / ; 180128 ;
Abstract
A sidewall gas-cushion vehicle is provided with a flexible skirt of hollow inflatable form, which, in operation of the vehicle, depends from the vehicle body so that the bottom of the skirt defines a convex face in close proximity to the surface over which the vehicle travels so as to form a plenum gap through which an atmosphere-seeking flow of cushion gas escapes. The flexible skirt is of two-stage form, comprising an upper compartment and a lower compartment. A fan, an aperture in a compartment-dividing membrane and an outlet duct are provided for inflating the lower compartment to a higher pressure than that existing in the upper compartment.