Hovercraft control system
CA 2016867 C · Owner: Schwingshandl, John · Inventors: Clendening, Leslie; Schwingshandl, John
Overview
Its claims, description and drawings are in the Canadian Patents Database.
Open the CIPO recordAbstract From the Canadian patent
An air-cushion vehicle is provided with an intermediate plenum which provides air to the air-cushion cavity. Propulsion and steering is effected by means of two parallel double-ended ducts that are supplied air from the plenum. Complementary controlled flaps in the ends of the ducts allow the vehicle to be controlled both for linear, motion and for steering through a two channel radio-control, system.
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Why it's free to use
- Filed May 15, 1990 and granted August 8, 2000. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended May 15, 2010.
- A certificate of supplementary protection adds at most two years for a drug, so even that would have ended by May 15, 2012.
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