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US 10,207,553 B2Granted
Amphibious vehicle
AssigneeSalamander A.V. Limited
InventorsIan George Mervyn Thompson, Robert Flint McDowell, Steven Barr, Andrew Colhoun
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Abstract
An improved amphibious vehicle comprising: a drive train; a plurality of ground engaging wheels; a cooling system; a water propulsion system; and a hull which defines a passenger compartment, wherein the form/shape of the hull below the waterline is substantially defined by a plurality of buoyancy modules that are demountably mountable to the amphibious vehicle.
Claims30
An amphibious vehicle comprising:
- a drive train;
- a plurality of ground engaging wheels;
- a cooling system;
- a water propulsion system;
- and
- a hull which defines a passenger compartment;
- wherein the form/shape of the hull below the waterline is substantially defined by a plurality of buoyancy modules that are demountably mountable to the amphibious vehicle, wherein the buoyancy modules have an outer protective coating of substantially rigid material.
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An amphibious vehicle comprising:
- a drive train;
- a plurality of ground engaging wheels;
- a cooling system;
- a water propulsion system;
- and
- a hull which defines a passenger compartment;
- wherein the form/shape of the hull below the waterline is substantially defined by a plurality of buoyancy modules that are demountably mountable to the amphibious vehicle further comprising one or more deployable sponsons wherein the one or more sponsons is/are manually mountable in their deployed configuration to sponson mounting means provided on the sides of the amphibious vehicle, the mounting means comprising one or more rails onto which the one or more sponsons are releasably engagable.
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An amphibious vehicle having a roof and respective sides comprising:
- a drive train;
- a plurality of ground engaging wheels;
- a cooling system;
- a water propulsion system;
- and
- a hull which defines a passenger compartment wherein the form/shape of the hull below the waterline is substantially defined by a plurality of buoyancy modules that are demountably mountable to the amphibious vehicle further comprising one or more deployable sponsons, wherein the or each sponson is an automatically deployable and retractable sponson being located proximate the roof of the amphibious vehicle when in a retracted configuration, and being movable in a deployed configuration to a location(s) adjacent the respective sides of the amphibious vehicle.
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An amphibious vehicle comprising:
- a drive train;
- a plurality of ground engaging wheels;
- a cooling system;
- a water propulsion system;
- and
- a hull which defines a passenger compartment;
- wherein the form/shape of the hull below the waterline is substantially defined by a plurality of buoyancy modules that are demountably mountable to the amphibious vehicle, wherein the water propulsion system comprises dual hydraulically powered pods, each pod comprising a hydraulic motor coupled to a propeller via a shaft, wherein hydraulic power is provided to each pod by one or more engine driven hydraulic pumps.
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An amphibious vehicle comprising:
- a drive train;
- a plurality of ground engaging wheels;
- a cooling system;
- a water propulsion system;
- and
- a hull which defines a passenger compartment;
- wherein the form/shape of the hull below the waterline is substantially defined by a plurality of buoyancy modules that are demountably mountable to the amphibious vehicle, wherein the cooling system comprises one or more radiators in fluid communication with the engine, wherein the one or more radiators are located externally of the hull of the amphibious vehicle.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.