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Title:
AMPHIBIOUS VEHICLE
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2013133011
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:

To allow a propeller of an amphibious vehicle in or on the water to obtain a sufficient thrust even during running on an unprepared land or during navigating in the water where there are many floating objects.

An amphibious vehicle includes: a vehicle body 2 that floats on the water and has a plurality of wheels 10 which are driven by an engine; a rear side-surface cover 12 that is disposed on both sides of a rear portion of the vehicle body 2; a propeller screw 4 that includes a propeller 21 disposed inside a duct 20 which is disposed in the rear portion of the vehicle body 2; and a water flow-in mechanism 25 that is disposed on the rear side-surface cover 12 and allows water to flow into during navigation on the water. The rear side-surface cover 12 is disposed in a back portion from a most rear wheel 10 in the most rear portion. The propeller screw 4 is disposed near the rear side-surface cover 12.


Inventors:
ISHIKAWA AKIRA
SATO TOSHIHIRO
ANDO YOSHIHITO
KITO YUJI
SATO MAKOTO
SAWAZAKI YUJIRO
TSUKUDA TAKENORI
HASE MASATO
MATSUNAGA TAKASHI
Application Number:
JP2011284787A
Publication Date:
July 08, 2013
Filing Date:
December 27, 2011
Export Citation:
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Assignee:
MITSUBISHI HEAVY IND LTD
International Classes:
B60F3/00; B63H5/15; B63H5/16
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Minoru Kudo
Keisaku Nakao