Air lifted and propelled vehicle

Patent · Tue Feb 17 00:00:00 EST 1987

OSTI ID:6733766

Jones, T E; Johnson, R A

This patent describes a vehicle which rides on air cushion and which is propelled by air, comprising: upper deck means, having a bottom edge which defines the periphery of an area; a thin, flexible sheet located below the upper deck means, extending beneath the bottom edge and secured beneath the bottom edge for defining a plenum that is defined by and closed off by the upper deck means and the sheet. The deck means is shaped within the area defined by its bottom edge for causing the plenum to always be an open space and the upper deck means is rigid enough to maintain that open condition of the plenum; the sheet being secured in a manner permitting the sheet to pillow when air is pressurized in the plenum; and the sheet being perforated below the upper deck means for permitting exit of air from the plenum at a controllable rate through the perforations; the sheet having a large plurality of the perforations dispersed over most of its area below the upper deck means; each of the perforations being a hole.

• Assignee: American Antigravity Co., Inc., Great Neck, NY
• Patent Number(s): US 4643268
• OSTI ID: 6733766
• Resource Relation: Patent File Date: Filed date 13 Aug 1984
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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