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US 7,478,817 B1Granted
All-terrain hostile environment vehicle
AssigneeCarsaf, LLC.
InventorBrian Carrier
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Abstract
An all-terrain vehicle equipped for quick exchange of its functional components and aid units includes a frame having a mounting platform which includes a plurality of spatially positioned open surfaces, a functional unit having a quick release connector adapted to connect to the functional unit to a first part of the mounting platform, and wherein the frame is made of a polymer-matrix and metal-matrix composite.
Claims17
An all-terrain vehicle equipped for quick exchange of its functional components and aid units, which includes:
- a frame having a mounting platform which includes a plurality of spatially positioned open surfaces;
- a removable engine having a quick release connector adapted to connect said engine to a first part of said mounting platform;
- a removable drive shaft having a quick release connector adapted to connect said drive shaft to a second part of said mounting platform and in an operably connected manner to said engine;
- a removable transmission having a quick release connector adapted to connect said transmission to a third part of said mounting platform and in an operably connected manner to said drive shaft;
- at least two removable axles each having a quick release connector adapted to connect said axles to a respective fourth part and fifth part of said mounting platform and in an operably connected manner to said transmission;
- a plurality of wheels each having a quick release connector adapted to connect to one of said axles;
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- a steering mechanism having wheels with a quick release connector adapted to connect said steering mechanism to a sixth part of said mounting platform and in an operably connected manner to said wheels and said transmission.
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