DEVICE TO ENSURE ATHWARTSHIP STABILITY OF RESILIENT GUARDRAIL AMPHIBIOUS AIR-CUSHION VESSELS OF VARIOUS STANDARD SIZES Russian patent published in 2016 - IPC B60V1/16 

FIELD: transport.

SUBSTANCE: invention relates to amphibious air-cushion vessels with resilient guardrails. Claimed device referred to as "gills" is mounted at the lengthwise flexible keel arranged inside the air cushion and consists of a single-piece of the top tier and detachable elements of the bottom tier. The front 3D element enveloping from outside the lengthwise flexible keel front detachable elements and the lengthwise flexible webs hanging downward from the keel both sides are secured to said single-piece element along the line of attachment of detachable elements. Said webs are arranged so that the front part of every next element is tucked in under the rear part of the previous web in direction of the web displacement.

EFFECT: higher stability, longer life of detachable elements, reduced increment of drag at heaving.

3 cl, 4 dwg