Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Amphibious vehicle
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Application No.: US15544994Application Date: 2015-11-17
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Publication No.: US10293649B2Publication Date: 2019-05-21
- Inventor: Takaaki Oshima , Satoru Ishikawa , Takashi Matsunaga
- Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
- Current Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Birch, Stewart, Kolasch & Birch, LLP
- Priority: JP2015-024556 20150210
- International Application: PCT/JP2015/082290 WO 20151117
- International Announcement: WO2016/129161 WO 20160818
- Main IPC: B63H19/08
- IPC: B63H19/08 ; B60F3/00 ; B63B1/32 ; B63B1/40 ; B63B1/20 ; B63B1/22 ; B63B1/18

Abstract:
An amphibious vehicle that can reduce wave drag at the time of hydroplaning and can improve propulsion performance of the vehicle body. The amphibious vehicle includes a vehicle body capable of moving on water and on land, a front flap with a rear end being fixed to a lower end of the vehicle body, a rear flap with a front end being fixed to a rear part of the vehicle body, and a pair of keels provided along a travel device provided on both sides of the vehicle body on a bottom surface of the vehicle body.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170349017A1 AMPHIBIOUS VEHICLE Public/Granted day:2017-12-07
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