ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,673,657, issued on July 7.
"Ground-effect hovercraft vehicle with retractable wings" was invented by Enrique Jose Rivas Pinilla (San Isidro de Abona, Spain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A ground-effect amphibious hovercraft vehicle having a system of retractable wings (8), which are retracted (parking mode) by retracting arms (17a and 17b) of both wings by a head (19). At the same time, the vehicle acts as a ground-effect hovercraft vehicle when the wings (8) are extended (flight mode), which is done by extending the arms (17a and 17b) of both wings by the head (19). The head (19) is extended/retracted using a cylinder (22) moved by a dr...