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GB924834A - Improved air-cushion vehicle - Google Patents

Improved air-cushion vehicle

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Publication number
GB924834A
GB924834A GB149261A GB149261A GB924834A GB 924834 A GB924834 A GB 924834A GB 149261 A GB149261 A GB 149261A GB 149261 A GB149261 A GB 149261A GB 924834 A GB924834 A GB 924834A
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Prior art keywords
platform
diaphragm
ground
air
blower
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Expired
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GB149261A
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Motors Liquidation Co
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General Motors Corp
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Publication of GB924834A publication Critical patent/GB924834A/en
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Classifications

    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60V—AIR-CUSHION VEHICLES
    • B60V1/00—Air-cushion
    • B60V1/04—Air-cushion wherein the cushion is contained at least in part by walls
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60V—AIR-CUSHION VEHICLES
    • B60V3/00—Land vehicles, waterborne vessels, or aircraft, adapted or modified to travel on air cushions
    • B60V3/02—Land vehicles, e.g. road vehicles

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Aviation & Aerospace Engineering (AREA)
  • Transportation (AREA)
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  • Cleaning Of Streets, Tracks, Or Beaches (AREA)
  • Actuator (AREA)
  • Current-Collector Devices For Electrically Propelled Vehicles (AREA)

Abstract

924,834. Vehicles supported by gaseous cushions. GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION. Jan. 13, 1961 [Jan. 25, 1960], No. 1492/61. Class 4. A vehicle supported from the ground by a cushion of air comprises a platform 2 having beneath it a vented flexible diaphragm 12 of an area greater than that of the platform and hermetically attached at its outer periphery 14 to the platform. The diaphragm is made of an ethylene glycol terephthalic acid polyester and has an opening 18 defined by a bead 20 enclosing a metal ring 22. A blower 6 on the platform discharges air into the space 30 enclosed by the diaphragm and into a plenum chamber 32 formed between the diaphragm and the ground. The spacing of the opening 18 from the platform is controllable by a knob 28 on a shaft 26 on which is wound a cable 24 attached to a cross bar on ring 22, to vary the amount of air passing into the space 30. The blower is driven by a petrol engine, electric motor, or other prime mover, and on starting, first inflates space 30, lifting the platform clear of the ground, and then forms the air cushion beneath the diaphragm. The diaphragm deforms when obstacles are encountered, or to accommodate tilting of the platform under asymmetrical loading, the minimum clearance between the diaphragm and the ground remaining uniform. The blower may deliver air through apertures in the platform spaced laterally from opening 18 e.g. at the diaphragm periphery. The platform may be rectangular, and provided with handles for manual propulsion, though other propulsive means may be used.
GB149261A 1960-01-25 1961-01-13 Improved air-cushion vehicle Expired GB924834A (en)

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US446560A 1960-01-25 1960-01-25

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Cited By (8)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US3260322A (en) * 1962-01-10 1966-07-12 Gen Motors Corp Multiple pad air cushion support
US3276530A (en) * 1965-04-23 1966-10-04 Fruehauf Corp Load platform supported on air cushion
US3282360A (en) * 1962-04-17 1966-11-01 Gen Motors Corp Dirigible air bearing transport device
US3313367A (en) * 1965-04-23 1967-04-11 Gen Motors Corp Air cushion device with series resonator chamber
US3318406A (en) * 1965-05-11 1967-05-09 Gen Motors Corp Load compensating air cushion support
US3357511A (en) * 1965-10-11 1967-12-12 Gen Motors Corp Air cushion supported, omnidirectionally steerable, traveling magnetic field propulsion device
JPS49119379A (en) * 1973-03-06 1974-11-14
USRE30694E (en) 1964-08-28 1981-08-04 Westland Aircraft Limited Flexible skirt components for air cushion vehicles

Cited By (8)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US3260322A (en) * 1962-01-10 1966-07-12 Gen Motors Corp Multiple pad air cushion support
US3282360A (en) * 1962-04-17 1966-11-01 Gen Motors Corp Dirigible air bearing transport device
USRE30694E (en) 1964-08-28 1981-08-04 Westland Aircraft Limited Flexible skirt components for air cushion vehicles
US3276530A (en) * 1965-04-23 1966-10-04 Fruehauf Corp Load platform supported on air cushion
US3313367A (en) * 1965-04-23 1967-04-11 Gen Motors Corp Air cushion device with series resonator chamber
US3318406A (en) * 1965-05-11 1967-05-09 Gen Motors Corp Load compensating air cushion support
US3357511A (en) * 1965-10-11 1967-12-12 Gen Motors Corp Air cushion supported, omnidirectionally steerable, traveling magnetic field propulsion device
JPS49119379A (en) * 1973-03-06 1974-11-14

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