Title:
AMPHIBIOUS VEHICLE
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2011235866
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:
To provide an amphibious vehicle, which has a large vertical stroke of wheels and can retract a screw during land traveling, and which, on water, can stably travel while retracting wheels, maintain a horizontal attitude and prevent the screw from breaking even in collision with rocks at the water's edge.
The amphibious vehicle includes a combination of a trailing arm suspension assembled with a driving mechanism and an air suspension system using a dual rod type differential cylinder, which can develop an alternative function to a bump stop necessary upon extending or retracting wheels or when the vehicle bounds, a buoyancy assisting system using a tire house of the vehicle body, and a retractable screw, for enabling the purpose.
Inventors:
OTA TOSHIHIKO
Application Number:
JP2010118786A
Publication Date:
November 24, 2011
Filing Date:
May 07, 2010
Export Citation:
Assignee:
OTA TOSHIHIKO
International Classes:
B60F3/00; B60G3/14; B60G17/015; B63B43/12; B63H20/00; B63H25/42
Domestic Patent References:
JPS6382809A | 1988-04-13 | |||
JPH06211178A | 1994-08-02 | |||
JP2003529487A | 2003-10-07 | |||
JPH03504478A | 1991-10-03 | |||
JPH035606U | 1991-01-21 |