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US 10,513,160 B2Granted
Amphibious vehicle
AssigneeMitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
InventorsTakaaki Oshima, Satoru Ishikawa, Takashi Matsunaga
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Abstract
An amphibious vehicle, which enables wave making resistance upon traveling on water to be reduced and propulsive performance of its vehicle main body to be improved, is to be provided. An amphibious vehicle of the present invention includes: a vehicle main body that is movable on water and on land; a rear portion flap having a front end portion fixed to a rear portion of the vehicle main body; and end plates respectively provided at both side end portions of the rear portion flap.
Claims15
An amphibious vehicle, comprising:
- a vehicle main body, having a generally rectangular shape that is movable on water and on land;
- a rear portion plate shaped member having a front end portion that is fixed to a rear portion of the vehicle main body and having a width corresponding to the width of the vehicle main body;
- rear portion end plates respectively provided at each side of the rear portion plate shaped member, wherein
- the vehicle main body has a perpendicular front surface and an inclined surface fixed to an upper end of the front surface;
- a front portion plate shaped member having a rear end portion that is fixed to a lower end portion of the vehicle main body;
- and
- front portion end plates respectively provided at each side of the front portion plate shaped member;
- wherein the front portion plate shaped member includes:
- a lower portion plate shaped member having a rear end portion that is fixed to a lower end portion of a front surface of the vehicle main body;
- and an upper portion plate shaped member at a front end portion of the lower portion plate shaped member, the upper portion plate shaped member being coupled turnably relative to the lower portion plate shaped member;
- wherein the front portion end plates include first front portion end plates that are provided at each side of the upper portion plate shaped member, and second front portion end plates provided at each side of the lower portion plate shaped member;
- and
- wherein the first and second front portion end plates extend upward, and wherein the first and second front portion end plates are configured to, prevent water from flowing into a front surface of the vehicle main body.
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An amphibious vehicle comprising:
- a vehicle main body that is movable on water and on land;
- a rear portion plate shaped member having a front end portion that is fixed to a rear portion of the vehicle main body and having a width corresponding to the width of the vehicle main body;
- rear portion end plates respectively provided at each side of the rear portion plate shaped member;
- a front portion plate shaped member having a rear end portion that is fixed to a lower end portion of the vehicle main body;
- front portion end plates respectively provided at each side of the front portion plate shaped member;
- wherein the front portion plate shaped member includes:
- a lower portion plate shaped member having a rear end portion that is fixed to a lower end portion of a front surface of the vehicle main body;
- and
- an upper portion plate shaped member at a front end portion of the lower portion plate shaped member, the upper portion plate shaped member being coupled turnably relative to the lower portion plate shaped member;
- wherein the front portion end plates include:
- first front portion end plates that are provided at each side of the upper portion plate shaped member, and
- second front portion end plates provided at each side of the lower portion plate shaped member;
- wherein the first and second front portion end plates extend upward, and wherein upper ends of the first and second front portion end plates are not connected to the vehicle main body;
- and
- a second distance between the second front portion end plates is less than a first distance between the first front portion end plates by a distance that is larger than the combined thicknesses of the second front portion end plates.
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An amphibious vehicle comprising:
- a vehicle main body that is movable on water and on land;
- a rear portion plate shaped member having a front end portion that is fixed to a rear portion of the vehicle main body and having a width corresponding to the width of the vehicle main body;
- rear portion end plates respectively provided at each side of the rear portion plate shaped member;
- a front portion plate shaped member having a rear end portion that is fixed to a lower end portion of the vehicle main body;
- and
- front portion end plates respectively provided at each side of the front portion plate shaped member;
- wherein the front portion plate shaped member has a curved portion at the rear end portion of the front portion plate shaped member;
- and
- the curved portion is formed along the full width of the rear end portion of the front portion plate shaped member in the direction of the vehicle width of the vehicle main body.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.