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US 10,293,649 B2Granted
Amphibious vehicle
AssigneeMitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
InventorsTakaaki Oshima, Satoru Ishikawa, Takashi Matsunaga
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Abstract
An amphibious vehicle that can reduce wave drag at the time of hydroplaning and can improve propulsion performance of the vehicle body. The amphibious vehicle includes a vehicle body capable of moving on water and on land, a front flap with a rear end being fixed to a lower end of the vehicle body, a rear flap with a front end being fixed to a rear part of the vehicle body, and a pair of keels provided along a travel device provided on both sides of the vehicle body on a bottom surface of the vehicle body.
Claims8
An amphibious vehicle comprising:
- a vehicle body capable of moving on water and on land;
- a front flap with a rear end being fixed to a lower end of the vehicle body;
- a rear flap with a front end being fixed to a rear part of the vehicle body;
- crawler tracks provided on both sides of the vehicle body on a bottom surface of the vehicle body;
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- a pair of keels provided along the crawler tracks, each keel being provided on one side of the vehicle body on a bottom surface of the vehicle body and covering an inner side surface of a crawler track.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.