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US 11,713,032 B1Granted
Direction control device for hovercraft
OwnerPatrick Hoinventor
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Abstract
A direction control device includes a housing, a wheel shaft supported by the housing, a wheel supported by the wheel shaft, a blade shaft supported by the housing, and a blade mounted on the blade shaft. The housing has a first side and a longitudinal axis. The wheel shaft has a wheel axis and is configured to extend beyond the first side outside the housing. The wheel has a rotational axis and is configured to rotate about the rotational axis. The blade shaft is configured to extend beyond the first side outside the housing.
Claims31
A direction control device comprising:
- a housing with a first side and a longitudinal axis;
- a wheel shaft supported by the housing and configured to extend beyond the first side outside the housing, the wheel shaft having a wheel shaft axis;
- a wheel having a rotational axis, the wheel supported by the wheel shaft and configured to rotate about the rotational axis;
- a blade shaft supported by the housing and configured to extend beyond the first side outside the housing;
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- a blade mounted on the blade shaft.
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A hovercraft comprising:
- a bottom wall with a central longitudinal axis;
- a passenger side to a first side of the bottom wall;
- a wheel shaft configured to extend from the bottom wall to a second side of the bottom wall opposite the passenger side, and configured to retract through the bottom wall to the passenger side;
- a wheel rotatably mounted on the wheel shaft;
- a blade shaft configured to extend from the bottom wall to the second side of the bottom wall and configured to retract through the bottom wall to the passenger side;
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- a blade mounted on the blade shaft.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.