Title:
AIR-GROUND USE VEHICLE
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2017185866
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an air-ground use vehicle sufficiently equipped with functions for a vehicle capable for traveling equally to a general passenger car mixed with other vehicles on a road, as well as capable of flying in the air in a similar manner to a helicopter and a small aircraft.SOLUTION: An air-ground use vehicle comprises: a vehicle base; an engine; a steering device; and a brake device. The vehicle base comprises: a levitation fan disposed at or near a center of gravity of the vehicle base, for energizing the air downward; an attitude control fan disposed at a front end part, a rear end part, a left end part and a right end part, for vertically energizing the air; and a flight control part for controlling outputs of the levitation fan and the attitude control fan in conjunction with each other.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 4
Inventors:
ISHIBA MASAJI
Application Number:
JP2016075138A
Publication Date:
October 12, 2017
Filing Date:
April 04, 2016
Export Citation:
Assignee:
TOYOTA MOTOR CORP
International Classes:
B60F5/02; B64C29/00; B64C37/00
Domestic Patent References:
| JP2004122945A | 2004-04-22 |
Foreign References:
| US5505407A | 1996-04-09 | |||
| US20060226281A1 | 2006-10-12 |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Akashi Masatake