HOVERCRAFT Russian patent published in 2002 - IPC

FIELD: shipbuilding; building of hovercraft. SUBSTANCE: hovercraft has pontoon with built-in receiver separated from pontoon by longitudinal bulkhead, superstructure with delivery plants and rigid side receivers with flexible guard. Flexible guard includes outer and inner contours. Longitudinal bulkhead of built-in receiver is permeable. Side receivers are pneumatically interconnected. Pontoon has two tiers in the vicinity of delivery plants with additional intermediate platform which is connected with pontoon deck by means of pillars and by means of watertight transverse bulkheads at ends; these bulkheads are trapezoidal in plan. Intermediate platform has several vertical passages pneumatically connecting the built-in receiver with inner contour of flexible guard. EFFECT: enhanced reliability and safety of hovercraft running at high speed. 3 dwg