Amphibious vehicle

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B - Operations, Transporting

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B63B 35/00 (2006.01) B60F 3/00 (2006.01)

Patent

CA 2266698

An amphibious vehicle capable of operation on both land and in water, comprising a cockpit body and float means attached to the cockpit body to keep the vehicle afloat while in the water. The float means is either a plurality of pontoons or a hull comprised of a plurality of longitudinally extending mini-hulls. The vehicle has a plurality of retractable wheels mounted to the cockpit body for operating the vehicle on land. The vehicle includes means for retracting and deploying the wheels such that in the retracted position, the wheels are raised above the water line of the vehicle and in the deployed position, at least a portion of each wheel is disposed below the bottom surface of the float means. This way, the vehicle may be operated in the water without the wheels contacting the surface of the water, and also on land without the bottom of the float means contacting the land. The vehicle is powered by an engine coupled to a retractable propeller drive for propelling the vehicle through the water and coupled to a transmission means which transfers power to the front wheels for land operation. The vehicle is equipped with steering means coupled to the front wheels and propeller drive for steering the vehicle both through water and on land. A braking mechanism is coupled to the wheels for stopping the vehicle during land operation.

Véhicule amphibie comprenant un corps d'habitacle (100) et des éléments flottants (57-59) fixés audit corps (100). Ces éléments flottants (57-59) sont constitués soit par une pluralité de pontons (57-59), soit par une coque (101) composée d'une pluralité de mini-coques (102-104) s'étendant dans le sens de la longueur. Ce véhicule possède une pluralité de roues rétractables (1, 33) montées sur l'habitacle. Ce véhicule comporte un mécanisme (60-63) permettant aux roues (1, 33) de se rétracter et de se déployer. Ce véhicule est entraîné par un moteur (14) accouplé à un mécanisme d'entraînement (15) d'hélice rétractable servant à propulser le véhicule sur l'eau, ainsi qu'à une transmission (13) transmettant la puissance aux roues avant (1) pour un déplacement terrestre. Ce véhicule est équipé d'un instrument de commande (24) accouplé aux roues avant et d'un mécanisme d'entraînement d'hélice (15) servant à piloter le véhicule à la fois sur l'eau et sur terre. Un mécanisme de freinage (30) est accouplé aux roues (1, 33) et sert à arrêter le véhicule pendant son déplacement terrestre.

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