Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Hybrid air vehicle having air cushion landing gear
- Patent Title (中): 具有气垫起落架的混合动力车
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Application No.: US10175237Application Date: 2002-06-18
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Publication No.: US06880783B2Publication Date: 2005-04-19
- Inventor: Jeffery Roger Munk
- Applicant: Jeffery Roger Munk
- Agency: Galgano & Burke, LLP
- Main IPC: B60V3/08
- IPC: B60V3/08 ; B64B1/00 ; B64C1/00 ; B64B1/20

Abstract:
A hybrid air vehicle having a gas-filled contoured flattened hull including a pair of longitudinally extending side lobes defining, on the underside of the hull, a longitudinally extending central recess, a payload module received in the central recess and air cushion landing gear units on the underside of the side lobes of the hull. The landing gear units are spaced apart on either side of the payload module. The hybrid air vehicle has characteristics of an airplane, a lighter-than-air airship and a hovercraft.
Public/Granted literature
- US20030001044A1 Hybrid air vehicle Public/Granted day:2003-01-02
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