发明名称 |
Hybrid SES/hovercraft with retractable skirt system |
摘要 |
A hybrid craft can operate as a high speed SES in open water and deploy a retracted flexible skirt to operate as a hovercraft across beaches and overland. A downwardly extending boundary structure on a hull periphery reaches through the surface of water. The boundary structure has thin rigid side-walls extending downward from lateral sides, a forward seal wall extending downward from a forward portion, and an aft seal wall extending downward from an aft portion. Machinery creates a pressurized air cushion under the hull inside of the boundary structure to support and transport the hull. A flexible skirt system on said hull inwardly of and adjacent to the boundary structure can be retracted to a first position above the boundary structure and the water and extended to a second position below the boundary structure and the surface of the water to transit beaches and overland on the air cushion.
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申请公布号 |
US6619220(B1) |
申请公布日期 |
2003.09.16 |
申请号 |
US20020132332 |
申请日期 |
2002.04.23 |
申请人 |
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY OF THE NAVY |
发明人 |
DUCOTE JOHN E. |
分类号 |
B60V1/02;B60V1/16;(IPC1-7):B63B1/38 |
主分类号 |
B60V1/02 |
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