Motor vehicles – Surface effect vehicles
Patent
1994-04-05
1996-03-05
Hill, Mitchell J.
Motor vehicles
Surface effect vehicles
440 11, B60V 300, B63B 700
Patent
active
054959110
ABSTRACT:
A trailer-container for a vehicle (1) which can be converted into a support base on an air cushion comprising a rigid sectionalized platform (4) equipped with a flexible inflatable air cushion skirt (5) with removable rotor-type power plants (6) and means for coupling them to the drive of the vehicle (1) mounted on the platform. The platform (4) of the trailer-container is made of rigid interconnected sections which can be folded into a compact package. The sections are connected to the flexible inflatable skirt (5). Each of the power plants (6) is made as a blower fan and a variable-pitch air screw which are mounted coaxially in a common ring housing. The platform (4) together with the skirt (5) is fitted with disengagable attachment joints for securing it to the wheelbase of the vehicle (1) so that disturbances of the platform and skirt can be damped by suspension of the vehicle when in motion. The steering gear is made as aerodynamic rudders which are installed on the platform and are fitted with flexible rods for connecting them to the steering mechanism of the vehicle (1).
REFERENCES:
patent: 3270827 (1966-09-01), Mantle
Hill Mitchell J.
Tovarischestvo S. Ogranichennoi Otvetstvennostju
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