Air cushion transport
AssigneeGame Changers, LLC
InventorsAndrew D. Zonenberg, Jason D. Sanchez, Piotr A. Garbuz
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Abstract
A movable support platform is disclosed that includes a platform, a skirt coupled to a periphery of the platform that provides an enclosed space below the platform that retains pressurized gas, and a thrust propulsion device coupled to the platform for pressurizing gas in the enclosed space. The thrust propulsion device includes an array of gas-propelling devices “distributed thrusters” that propel gas into the enclosed space below the platform. The distributed thrusters may be comprised of Nano Molecular Solid-state Electrodynamic Thrusters (“NMSET”).
Claims18
A movable support platform comprising:
- a platform;
- a skirt coupled to a periphery of the platform defining an enclosed space below the platform for retaining pressurized gas between the platform and a travel surface;
- and
- a thrust propulsion device coupled to the platform for pressurizing gas in the enclosed space,
- wherein the thrust propulsion device is comprised of an array of gas-propelling devices that propel gas into the enclosed space below the platform, each of said plurality of gas-propelling devices includes:
- at least a first layer and a second layer arranged in a stack,
- at least one through-hole formed through the stack and the platform, wherein a surface of each of said first and second layers in said stack is exposed in the interior of the through hole;
- and
- a thermal energy control device that creates a temperature differential between said first layer and said second layer in said stack by selectively heating or cooling at least one of said first and second layers in said stack.
A movable support platform comprising:
- a platform;
- a means for retaining pressurized gas in an enclosed space between the platform and a travel surface;
- a means for pressurizing gas in the enclosed space between the platform and the travel surface,
- wherein the means for pressurizing gas is comprised of an array of gas-propelling devices that propel gas into the enclosed space below the platform, each of said plurality of gas pressurizing devices includes:
- at least a first layer and a second layer arranged in a stack,
- at least one through-hole formed through the stack and the platform, wherein a surface of each of said first and second layers of said stack is exposed in the interior of the through hole;
- and
- means for creating a temperature differential between said first layer and said second layer in said stack by selectively heating or cooling at least one of said first and second layers in said stack.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.