MUMBAI, India, May 2 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202517034896 A) filed by Chinook High Speed Rail Transit Corp., Edmonton, Canada, on April 9, for 'high speed air cushioned vehicle.'

Inventor(s) include Hanton Callum.

The application for the patent was published on May 2, under issue no. 18/2025.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "A cargo or passenger vehicle floats on a cushion of air which is generated initially by electrically driven compressors and having a forward propulsion engine such as a linear induction motor or jet engine. As forward velocity increases the body of the vehicle helps to turn drag force into compressed air which is heated by waste heat fr...