Flight vehicle carrier, flight vehicle carrying system, container, and flight vehicle carrying method
AssigneeKawasaki Motors, Ltd.
InventorKenichi FURUHASHI
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Abstract
A flight vehicle carrier is a carrier that carries a flight vehicle. The flight vehicle carrier includes: a base supporting the flight vehicle; and at least one leg located at the base. The leg includes: a leg main body coupled to the base; a wheel attached to the leg main body; and a mover structure that makes the leg main body move between a stored state and a deployed state, the stored state being a state where the wheel is located closest to the base in an upper-lower direction of the carrier, the deployed state being a state where the wheel is separated downward from the base as compared to the stored state.
Claims18
A flight vehicle carrier that carries a flight vehicle,
- the flight vehicle carrier comprising:
- a base supporting the flight vehicle;
- and
- at least one leg located at the base, the leg including
- a leg main body coupled to the base,
- a wheel attached to the leg main body, and
- a mover structure that makes the leg main body move between a stored state and a deployed state, the stored state being a state where the wheel is located closest to the base in an upper-lower direction of the carrier, the deployed state being a state where the wheel is separated downward from the base as compared to the stored state, wherein:
- the at least one leg includes a front leg and a rear leg which are located away from each other in a front-rear direction of the carrier;
- and
- the mover structure of the front leg and the mover structure of the rear leg are independent from each other.
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8 The flight vehicle carrier according to claim 1, wherein when the leg main body is in the stored state, a lower end of the wheel corresponds to a lower end of the carrier.
A flight vehicle carrying system comprising:
- a carrier that carries a flight vehicle;
- and
- a container that accommodates the carrier supporting the flight vehicle, wherein:
- the carrier includes
- a base including a locked body and supporting the flight vehicle and
- at least one leg located at the base;
- the leg includes
- a leg main body coupled to the base,
- a wheel attached to the leg main body, and
- a mover structure that makes the leg main body move between a stored state and a deployed state, the stored state being a state where the wheel is located closest to the base in an upper-lower direction of the carrier, the deployed state being a state where the wheel is separated downward from the base as compared to the stored state;
- and
- the container includes
- a floor surface defining an accommodating space,
- an opening that opens the accommodating space in a horizontal direction,
- a guide rail located on the floor surface and extending toward the opening, and
- a slider that slides on the guide rail and includes a locking portion that locks the locked body of the carrier.
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A method of mounting a flight vehicle on a carrier and carrying the flight vehicle,
- the carrier including
- a base supporting the flight vehicle and
- at least one leg located at the base,
- the leg including
- a leg main body coupled to the base,
- a wheel attached to a tip portion of the leg main body, and
- a mover structure that makes the leg main body move between a stored state and a deployed state, the stored state being a state where the wheel is located closest to the base in an upper-lower direction of the carrier, the deployed state being a state where the wheel is separated downward from the base as compared to the stored state,
- the method comprising:
- setting the leg main body to the stored state and placing the carrier on a floor surface higher than a ground surface;
- and
- moving the carrier on the floor surface, setting the leg main body to the deployed state, and landing the wheel on the ground surface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.