Amphibious high speed marine vehicle.U.S. patent: 6,981,461 Issued: January 3, 2006 Inventors: Donald E. Burg Key statement: An advanced high speed air cushioned air cushion n. 1. Trapped air that supports a vehicle a short distance above the surface of land or water. 2. A device that uses trapped air to absorb the shock of motion, especially in vehicles. Also called air spring. marine vehicle that incorporated retractable re·tract v. re·tract·ed, re·tract·ing, re·tracts v.tr. 1. To take back; disavow: refused to retract the statement. 2. land drives for operation over beaches. The land drives retract TO RETRACT. To withdraw a proposition or offer before it has been accepted. 2. This the party making it has a right to do is long as it has not been accepted; for no principle of law or equity can, under these circumstances, require him to persevere in it. into air cushion hull recesses when the vehicle is waterborne so as not to add water resistance at high water borne speeds. |
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