GROUND-EFFECT VEHICLE Russian patent published in 2008 - IPC B60V1/14 

FIELD: ground-effect vehicles; updating of ground-effect vehicle supercharging plants.

SUBSTANCE: according to the first version, supercharging plant includes two centrifugal superchargers which are mounted tightly relative to each other at opposite location of side outlet ports. Superchargers are provided with spiral casings which have opposite apertures closed by opposite working surfaces of swivel flap mounted in between casings at level of said apertures; during turn, flap enters outlet passages of superchargers. According to the second version, supercharging plant has two centrifugal superchargers mounted tightly relative to each other at opposite located of side outlet ports; they are provided with transversal partitions relative to axis of rotation of impeller; these partitions divide working chambers of superchargers into at least two chambers. Spiral casings of superchargers are provided with open apertures communicating the interiors of one supercharger with similar interior of other supercharger; apertures are closed with opposite working surfaces of swivel flaps. Swivel flaps are mounted between spiral casings of superchargers at level of said apertures at one axis with partitions; during turn, they enter interior of supercharger outlet passages.

EFFECT: enhanced controllability and safety of vehicle at turns.

11 cl, 7 dwg