B60V 1/00
Air-cushion
Official title: Air-cushion (land vehicles, waterborne vessels, or aircraft adapted or modified to travel on air cushion B60V3/00)
B60V1/00 (Air-cushion) appears on 371 US grants and 186 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B60V- Granted patents
- 371
- Published applications
- 186
- Assignees
- 138
- Inventors
- 580
- Latest grant
- 18 Aug 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 18 | 0 |
| 1977 | 11 | 0 |
| 1978 | 13 | 0 |
| 1979 | 14 | 0 |
| 1980 | 10 | 0 |
| 1981 | 8 | 0 |
| 1982 | 11 | 0 |
| 1983 | 12 | 0 |
| 1984 | 9 | 0 |
| 1985 | 8 | 0 |
| 1986 | 5 | 0 |
| 1987 | 12 | 0 |
| 1988 | 3 | 0 |
| 1989 | 8 | 0 |
| 1990 | 3 | 0 |
| 1991 | 6 | 0 |
| 1992 | 8 | 0 |
| 1993 | 8 | 0 |
| 1994 | 6 | 0 |
| 1995 | 4 | 0 |
| 1996 | 10 | 0 |
| 1997 | 6 | 0 |
| 1998 | 9 | 0 |
| 1999 | 4 | 0 |
| 2000 | 8 | 0 |
| 2001 | 6 | 1 |
| 2002 | 6 | 4 |
| 2003 | 8 | 4 |
| 2004 | 3 | 9 |
| 2005 | 3 | 11 |
| 2006 | 5 | 8 |
| 2007 | 11 | 8 |
| 2008 | 6 | 7 |
| 2009 | 4 | 4 |
| 2010 | 7 | 8 |
| 2011 | 4 | 7 |
| 2012 | 4 | 3 |
| 2013 | 4 | 2 |
| 2014 | 5 | 9 |
| 2015 | 8 | 7 |
| 2016 | 2 | 9 |
| 2017 | 6 | 9 |
| 2018 | 10 | 6 |
| 2019 | 6 | 8 |
| 2020 | 8 | 4 |
| 2021 | 6 | 10 |
| 2022 | 6 | 13 |
| 2023 | 8 | 11 |
| 2024 | 4 | 5 |
| 2025 | 9 | 8 |
| 2026 | 8 | 11 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- B60V 1/14Propulsion105
- B60V 1/04Wherein the cushion is contained at least in part by walls104
- B60V 1/16Flexible skirts104
- B60V 1/08Wherein the cushion is created during forward movement of the vehicle by64
- B60V 1/11Stability or attitude control62
- B60V 1/22Provided with hydrofoils47
- B60V 1/18Body structure17
- B60V 1/06Wherein the cushion is formed within plenum chamber15
Recent patents
- Hydrofoil takeoff and landing with multiple hydrofoils18 Aug 2026US 12,709,389 B2REGENT Craft Inc.
- Wing-in-ground effect vehicle28 Jul 2026US 12,691,863 B2REGENT Craft Inc.
- Ground-effect hovercraft vehicle with retractable wings7 Jul 2026US 12,673,657 B2
- Single-engine hovercraft control system and method19 May 2026US 12,630,142 B2Lukasiewicz Research Network—Institute of Aviation
- Rotor assemblies for vehicle propulsion28 Apr 2026US 12,612,027 B2Textron Innovations Inc.
- Hydrofoil Equipped Seaglider Takeoff27 Aug 2026US 2026/0250001 A1REGENT Craft Inc.
- Movable Structure20 Aug 2026US 2026/0242043 A1NJS Co., Ltd.
- Hydrofoil Retraction System13 Aug 2026US 2026/0233808 A1REGENT Craft Inc.
- Planar air jet for skirtless air cushion vehicle23 Jul 2026US 2026/0208720 A1
- Air bypass to augment air cushion vehicle9 Jul 2026US 2026/0192791 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Vehicles particularly useful as VTOL vehicles82US 6,883,748 B22005
- Heli-hover amphibious surface effect vehicle81US 4,984,754 A1991
- Ground effect wing having a variable sweep winglet67US 6,547,181 B1The Boeing Company · 2003
- Homeostatic flying hovercraft49US 7,931,239 B22011
- Ducted fan VTOL vehicles43US 7,806,362 B2Urban Aeronautics Ltd. · 2010