ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,252,247, issued on March 18, was assigned to Speeder Systems Holding B.V. (Aalsmeer, Netherlands).
"Ground effect flight vehicle" was invented by Ahmet Erdem Kazakli (Aalsmeer, Netherlands) and Tadao Deniz Ozistek (Aalsmeer, Netherlands).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A ground effect flight vehicle comprising, a fuselage (1), a wing assembly (4, 5), an engine assembly comprising one or more engines or engine sets (6, 7, 8), and a hull (2) for enabling floatation of the vehicle; wherein the wing assembly (4, 5) comprises stabilizer wings (4) and/or the one or more engines (6, 7, 8) are equipped to provide an airflow departing from the eng...