Buoyancy generator for vehicle
AssigneesHyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
InventorsDong Eun Cha, Jin Ho Hwang, Sang Heon Lee
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Abstract
A buoyancy generator for a vehicle may include a housing detachably mounted on a vehicle, a buoyancy generating unit mounted in the housing and including a tube configured to be inflated and deployed to an outside of the housing and a gas supply connected to the tube and configured to supply inflation gas to the tube during operation, and a handle unit provided in the housing and having a handle to be operated to deploy the tube so that the tube floats to a water surface due to buoyancy of the tube to allow an occupant gripping the handle to float to the water surface together with the tube.
Claims18
A buoyancy generator for a vehicle, the buoyancy generator comprising:
- a housing detachably mounted on a vehicle;
- a buoyancy generating unit mounted in the housing and including:
- a tube to be inflated and deployed to an outside of the housing;
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- a gas supply connected to the tube and configured to supply an inflation gas to the tube during operation thereof;
- a handle unit provided in the housing to be operated to deploy the tube so that the tube floats to a water surface due to buoyancy of the tube to allow an occupant gripping the handle unit to float to the water surface with the tube;
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- a connection line detachably connected between the housing and a vehicle body such that the connection line is disconnected from the housing when the tube is deployed.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.