Patents by Inventor Akio Higashida

Akio Higashida has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 5065833
    Abstract: An improved ground-surface-effect winged craft has a main body in the shape of an airfoil, side plates extending nearly vertically at the opposite lateral sides of the main body for intercepting air flowing outwards from the underside of the main body, side plate floats provided at the side plates, a float provided at a central lower portion of the main body, an operator's seat provided on the float, vertical and horizontal tails provided at a rear portion of the main body, and a propelling device for lifting and propelling the airframe of the craft by making use of both a power augment ramwing effect with the horizontal tail and a ground-surface-effect generated between the main body and a flat surface such as a water surface or a ground surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 1990
    Date of Patent: November 19, 1991
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Toshio Matsuoka, Akio Higashida, Tokuki Satake