Description
AIR-CUSHION VEHICLES (devices for short-distance movement of heavy loads by providing a high-pressure fluid cushion, supplied from an independent source, between load and ground B65G 7/06)
B60V
Technology
Stats
- 90 US PATENTS IN FORCE
- 31 US APPLICATIONS PENDING
- 160 Total Patent Owners
- 515 TOTAL INVENTORS
Subclasses
| Subclass | Title |
|---|---|
| 1/00 | Air-cushion vehicles (land vehicles, waterborne vessels, or aircraft adapted or modified to travel on air cushions B60V 3/00) |
| 1/02 | Air-cushion vehicles (land vehicles, waterborne vessels, or aircraft adapted or modified to travel on air cushions B60V 3/00) wherein the cushion is generated and contained by at least one peripheral fluid curtain |
| 1/04 | Air-cushion vehicles (land vehicles, waterborne vessels, or aircraft adapted or modified to travel on air cushions B60V 3/00) wherein the cushion is contained at least in part by walls |
| 1/06 | Air-cushion vehicles (land vehicles, waterborne vessels, or aircraft adapted or modified to travel on air cushions B60V 3/00) wherein the cushion is formed within plenum chamber |
| 1/08 | Air-cushion vehicles (land vehicles, waterborne vessels, or aircraft adapted or modified to travel on air cushions B60V 3/00) wherein the cushion is created during forward movement of the vehicle by ram effect |
| 1/10 | Air-cushion vehicles (land vehicles, waterborne vessels, or aircraft adapted or modified to travel on air cushions B60V 3/00) in which the curtain-forming nozzle or the vehicle base is shaped to create a vortex curtain |
| 1/11 | Air-cushion vehicles (land vehicles, waterborne vessels, or aircraft adapted or modified to travel on air cushions B60V 3/00) Stability or attitude control |
| 1/12 | Air-cushion vehicles (land vehicles, waterborne vessels, or aircraft adapted or modified to travel on air cushions B60V 3/00) Stability or attitude control by dividing the cushion |
| 1/14 | Air-cushion vehicles (land vehicles, waterborne vessels, or aircraft adapted or modified to travel on air cushions B60V 3/00) Propulsion; Control thereof (B60V 1/11 takes precedence) |
| 1/15 | Air-cushion vehicles (land vehicles, waterborne vessels, or aircraft adapted or modified to travel on air cushions B60V 3/00) Propulsion; Control thereof (B60V 1/11 takes precedence) using part of the cushion-forming fluid |
| 1/16 | Air-cushion vehicles (land vehicles, waterborne vessels, or aircraft adapted or modified to travel on air cushions B60V 3/00) Flexible skirts |
| 1/18 | Air-cushion vehicles (land vehicles, waterborne vessels, or aircraft adapted or modified to travel on air cushions B60V 3/00) Body structure |
| 1/20 | Air-cushion vehicles (land vehicles, waterborne vessels, or aircraft adapted or modified to travel on air cushions B60V 3/00) Spray deflectors |
| 1/22 | Air-cushion vehicles (land vehicles, waterborne vessels, or aircraft adapted or modified to travel on air cushions B60V 3/00) provided with hydrofoils |
| 3/00 | Land vehicles, waterborne vessels, or aircraft, adapted or modified to travel on air cushions |
| 3/02 | Land vehicles, waterborne vessels, or aircraft, adapted or modified to travel on air cushions Land vehicles, e.g. road vehicles |
| 3/04 | Land vehicles, waterborne vessels, or aircraft, adapted or modified to travel on air cushions Land vehicles, e.g. road vehicles co-operating with rails or other guiding means, e.g. with air cushion between rail and vehicle |
| 3/06 | Land vehicles, waterborne vessels, or aircraft, adapted or modified to travel on air cushions Waterborne vessels |
| 3/08 | Land vehicles, waterborne vessels, or aircraft, adapted or modified to travel on air cushions Aircraft, e.g. air-cushion alighting-gear therefor |
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Applications Filed in This Class - By Year
Patents Issued To Date - By Filing Year
Average Time to Issuance
- 27 Months (last 2 years Issuances)
- 27 Months (last 5 years Issuances)