公开(公告)号：US3822732A

公开(公告)日：1974-07-09

申请号：US29773572

申请日：1972-10-16

申请人： AIR CUSHION VEHICLES

发明人： FERGUSON H ,  RAYMOND F

IPC分类号： B60B9/00 ,  B60C3/00 ,  B60C5/00 ,  B62D61/00 ,  B60B9/10

CPC分类号： B62D61/00 ,  Y10S280/07

摘要： A resilient vehicle wheel, particularly for off-the-road vehicles, comprises a generally cylindrical tread wall of resilient material having circumferentially-spaced corrugations, an inner hub section, and a pair of inwardly-dished end walls of resilient material joining respective ends of the tread wall with the hub section. The end walls have angularly-spaced corrugations joining the corrugations of the tread wall and extending inwardly toward the hub section. Preferably the ridges of the end wall corrugations join the valleys of the tread wall corrugations, and vice versa, and the end wall valleys extend to a radius equal to, and advantageously greater than, the radius of the innermost portions of the tread wall valleys at respective ends of the wheel. The valleys of the end wall corrugations advantageously have respective series of alternate deeper and shallower portions spaced therealong, e.g., depressions. The resilient end walls and tread wall provide at least a major portion of the support for a load, and desirably the interior of the wheel is at atmospheric pressure.

摘要翻译： 弹性车轮，特别是用于越野车辆的弹性车轮包括具有周向间隔开的波纹的大体圆柱形的胎面壁，内轮毂部分和弹性材料的一对向内端壁， 具有轮毂部分的胎面壁。 端壁具有接合胎面壁的波纹并且向内朝向毂部延伸的具有角度间隔的波纹。 优选地，端壁波纹的脊部连接在胎面壁波纹的谷部，反之亦然，并且端壁谷部延伸到等于并且有利地大于胎面壁谷的最内部分的半径的半径 车轮的两端。 端壁波纹的谷有利地具有相应的一系列交替的更深和更浅的部分，其间隔开，例如凹陷。 弹性端壁和胎面壁至少提供用于负载的支撑件的主要部分，并且期望地，车轮的内部处于大气压力。

公开(公告)号：US3612208A

公开(公告)日：1971-10-12

申请号：US3612208D

申请日：1970-04-20

申请人： AIR CUSHION VEHICLES

发明人： FERGUSON HUGO S

IPC分类号： B60V1/00 ,  B60V1/04 ,  B60V1/15 ,  B60V1/14

CPC分类号： B60V1/15 ,  B60V1/043

摘要： A single propeller mounted toward the front of the vehicle provides both propulsion and air cushion. Two point steering is provided by front and rear steering vanes with air channels on each side which direct a portion of the downstream flow of air, under the control of the front vanes, to the rear vanes. To reduce forward thrust without reducing engine power, collapsible airbrakes are mounted on the outer walls of the air channels and in their collapsed position form a part thereof. The airbrakes include flexible sheets which in their extended positions, form concave arcuate surfaces extending across respective air channels and outside thereof to intercept downstream flow of air and divert it outwardly of the vehicle.

公开(公告)号：US3608662A

公开(公告)日：1971-09-28

申请号：US3608662D

申请日：1970-01-14

申请人： AIR CUSHION VEHICLES

发明人： FERGUSON HUGO S

IPC分类号： B60V1/14 ,  B60V1/16 ,  B60V1/18

CPC分类号： B60V1/14

摘要： A single propeller mounted toward the front of the vehicle provides both propulsion and air cushion. Two-point steering is provided by front and rear steering vanes with air channels on each side which direct a portion of the downstream flow of air, under the control of the front vanes, to the rear vanes. The air channels shield the operator from the propeller airblast, and produce air curtains on either side of the operator to shield him from spray and dust. Joint steering of front and rear vanes is provided, with means for changing the relative vane angles to counter crosswinds and side slope on hills.

公开(公告)号：US3709318A

公开(公告)日：1973-01-09

申请号：US3709318D

申请日：1971-06-30

申请人： AIR CUSHION VEHICLES

发明人： FERGUSON H

IPC分类号： B60V1/00 ,  B60V1/04

CPC分类号： B60V1/043

摘要： An air-cushion vehicle has a body structure including a rigid platform, and a shock absorber section of semi-rigid selfsupporting resilient material fixedly attached around the periphery of the rigid platform with the lower surface of the shock absorber section extending outwardly and downwardly below the rigid platform. A thin skirt of tough flexible material is united with the shock absorber section and extends downwardly from the peripheral region thereof. The skirt has integral mounting skirt members which are united with the outer peripheral surface and lower surface of the shock absorber section, and the shock absorber section extends beneath the rigid platform in overlapping relationship with the overlapping surfaces inclined outwardly and upwardly from the horizontal. At the front, the lower portion of the shock absorber section slopes upwardly and forwardly. The rigid platform, shock absorber section and skirt comprise a plenum chamber to which air pressure is supplied.

摘要翻译： 气垫车辆具有主体结构，其包括刚性平台，以及半刚性自撑弹性材料的减震部分，其固定地附接在刚性平台的周边周围，减震器部分的下表面向外和向下延伸 在刚性平台之下。 韧性柔软材料的薄裙与减震器部分结合，并从其周边区域向下延伸。 裙部具有整体的安装裙部件，其与减震器部分的外周表面和下表面结合，并且减震器部分与刚性平台下方以与从水平面向外和向上倾斜的重叠表面重叠的关系延伸。 在前部，减震器部分的下部向上和向前倾斜。 刚性平台，减震器部分和裙部包括供应空气压力的增压室。

公开(公告)号：US3662851A

公开(公告)日：1972-05-16

申请号：US3662851D

申请日：1970-02-25

申请人： AIR CUSHION VEHICLES

发明人： RAMSEY HARRY E

IPC分类号： B60V1/00 ,  B60V1/04

CPC分类号： B60V1/04

摘要： An air-cushion vehicle has a plurality of brushes mounted on the body within the boundary of the downwardly extending peripheral wall or skirt thereof, and extending downwardly to or below the level of the peripheral wall or skirt to support the vehicle while at rest without substantial deformation of the wall or skirt. The individual flexibility of the bristles allows the brushes to pass over obstacles, or to part so as to allow an obstacle to pass therethrough.

摘要翻译： 一种气垫车辆具有多个电刷，该电刷安装在其向下延伸的周壁或其裙部的边界内的本体上，并向下延伸到周围壁或裙部的水平面或下方，以在静止时支撑车辆， 墙壁或裙子变形。 刷毛的单独灵活性允许刷子超越障碍物或部分地使障碍物通过。

公开(公告)号：US3608663A

公开(公告)日：1971-09-28

申请号：US3608663D

申请日：1970-04-20

申请人： AIR CUSHION VEHICLES

发明人： FERGUSON HUGO S

IPC分类号： B60V1/00 ,  B60V1/04 ,  B60V1/14

CPC分类号： B60V1/043

摘要： A single propeller mounted toward the front of the vehicle provides both propulsion and air cushion. Two-point steering is provided by front and rear steering vanes with air channels on each side which direct a portion of the downstream flow of air, under the control of the front vanes, to the rear vanes. To reduce forward thrust while maintaining effective steering control, sets of vanes are rotatably mounted in the air channels and controllable to block passage of air therethrough.

公开(公告)号：US3561560A

公开(公告)日：1971-02-09

申请号：US3561560D

申请日：1968-09-09

申请人： AIR CUSHION VEHICLES AUSTRALAS

发明人： FORD ALFRED J

IPC分类号： B60V1/00 ,  B60V1/04 ,  B60V1/14 ,  B60V1/16

CPC分类号： B60V1/043 ,  B60V1/145 ,  B60V1/16

摘要： This invention relates to a flexible structure for defining at least part of the periphery of a plenum chamber of an air cushion vehicle. The structure includes two sidewalls defining an opentop channel adapted to receive fluid under pressure from a pressure supply source, a closable fluid passage is defined along the base of the channel and a lip or flap forming a continuation of the lower edge of one of the sidewalls defines a valve member engageable with a reaction surface over which the vehicle is positioned to regulate escape of air from the plenum chamber beneath the flexible structure. The arrangement is such that the fluid pressure within the channel is maintained substantially equal to that within the plenum chamber.