Vehicles riding on air cushions
AssigneesBertin & Cie, Societe d'Etudes et de Developpement des Aeroglisseurs Marins, Terrestres et Amphibies S.E.D.A.M.
InventorsPaul Guienne, Guy Herrouin, Andre Lafont, Jean Bertin, deceased, by Michel Bertin, by Laurent Bertin, by Philippe Bertin, by Catherine Midy nee Bertin, by Francoise Gonzalez-Camino nee Bertin, by Genevieve Bertin nee Loustau, heirs
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Abstract
A vehicle riding on air cushions in which the lift of a platform is ensured by an arrangement of flexible skirts defining a central air-lift area at substantially constant pressure and a partitioned peripheral air-lift area. A closed loop of adjacent tubular skirts is inserted between the central and peripheral air-lift areas to increase the flying stability of the vehicle.
Claims9
An air cushion vehicle comprising:
- a platform,
- a central air cushion region beneath said platform surrounded by a continuous series of peripheral cells, each of said cells including
- an outer lobe and a tubular skirt within said lobe, a portion of each skirt and lobe defining a peripheral sector within each lobe, each skirt having a closed horizontal cross-section and being contiguous with the skirts immediately preceding and succeeding it to define a continuous ring of skirts, said ring of skirts being between said central air cushion region and said peripheral sectors within said lobes, and
- means carried by said platform for providing air under pressure to said central air cushion region, said ring of skirts, and said peripheral sectors within said lobes.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.