A cargo or passenger vehicle floats on a cushion of air, which is generated initially by electrically driven compressors, and having a forward propulsion engine such as a linear induction motor or jet engine. As forward velocity increases, the body of the vehicle helps to turn drag force into compressed air, which is heated by waste heat from the forward propulsion engine, and used by the compressor system to create the air cushion.
HIGH SPEED AIR-CUSHIONED VEHICLE
LUFTKISSENFAHRZEUG FÜR HOHE GESCHWINDIGKEITEN
VÉHICULE À COUSSIN D'AIR À GRANDE VITESSE
2025-07-16
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | B60V Luftkissenfahrzeuge , AIR-CUSHION VEHICLES |