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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7445530 | Amphibious wheel, vehicle and method An amphibious vehicle for one or more operators is equipped with four buoyant amphibious propulsion wheels, the wheels having a number of collapsible pockets disposed about the surface of the wheel. Each pocket comprises an opening oriented in the direction of rotat... | 11/04/2008 |
| 7416457 | Amphibious vehicle An amphibious vehicle (32) having a transverse mid- or rear-mounted engine (12) arranged to drive rear road wheels (30) and/or through an axial transmission (37), a marine propulsion unit (38), in which the engine (12) is so... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7329161 | Amphibious recreation vehicle An amphibious passenger vehicle having several open or covered holes and a surrounding cover to accommodate fishing and hunting. An aft mounted engine, forward/reverse transmission, drive linkage and disk/caliper brake assembly controls a pair of rear wheels. Electr... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7314394 | Amphibious vehicle retractable suspension Amphibious vehicle (1, FIG. 1) has retractable road wheels (2, 2′, FIG. 1). This may allow planing. During marine travel, at least one wheel may droop below the water line. This increases drag, particularly when cornering. Suspension he... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7311568 | Amphibious vehicle An amphibious vehicle wheel suspension includes upper and lower linkages, a road suspension device and a retraction device for moving the wheel between a protracted position for road use, and a retracted position for marine use. Suspension device can be operatively ... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7228927 | Vehicle protection against the effect of a land mine A vehicle with protection against the effects of an exploding land mine is provided, in which a military wheeled vehicle is provided with wheel axels and drives built into front and/or rear building blocks. The vehicle is divided into multiple building blocks, altho... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7211983 | Amphibious off-road vehicle The invention concerns an off-road vehicle, in particular of the amphibious type, having a left wheel-train (6, 7, 8) and a right wheel-train, arranged to propel the vehicle on both land and water, propulsion resources (10) to drive the said wheel trai... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7128175 | Multi-terrain amphibious vehicle A multi-terrain amphibious vehicle for travel across various types of surfaces and upon various bodies of water. The vehicle has an elongated longitudinally extending chassis having a bottom surface having a centerline. A plurality of left side propulsion units and ... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7089822 | Power train for amphibious vehicle A power train for an amphibious vehicle includes an engine and transaxle arranged North-South, driving front, rear, or all four road wheels. A power take off with optional decoupler and constant velocity joint drives marine drive. The power take off may be taken fro... | 08/15/2006 |
| 6997130 | Motorboat engine cover A motorboat engine cover made from a metal panel having a plurality of air passages cut therethrough, wherein the air passages are formed such that the panel has no air pockets on its underside, and wherein the metal panel is configured to be mounted horizontally ab... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6945832 | Suspension arrangement Vehicle suspension having a control arm pivotally mounted to vehicle body. Wheel support is pivotally mounted to the control arm. A hydraulic strut is pivotally mounted to body at trunnion mount. The wheel may be protracted to be placed vertically on the road surfac... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6808430 | Amphibious vehicle An amphibious vehicle which on land looks remarkably like a conventional automobile. The wheels may be raised when the vehicle is in the water. The engine is placed in the stern, directly over the jet and transaxle, which provides room for four passengers. The vehic... | 10/26/2004 |
| 6319079 | Amphibious robot mine locator The amphibious robot mine locator may be used in water-based and land-based environments to locate mines and other hazards. In a water-based environment a diver controls movement of the amphibious robot mine locator. In a land-based environment movement o... | 11/20/2001 |
| 6174209 | Amphibious robot mine locator The amphibious robot mine locator may be used in water-based and land-based environments to locate mines and other hazards. In a water-based environment a diver controls movement of the amphibious robot mine locator. In a land-based environment movement o... | 01/16/2001 |
| 6077134 | Combination bicycle and boat A combination bicycle and boat has a frame; a buoyant rear wheel; and a buoyant front wheel driven by a pair of pedals. The frame is a rigid construction that supports the user on the front and rear wheels for mobility. The frame has a seat and rotatably ... | 06/20/2000 |
| 5881831 | Multi-terrain amphibious vehicle A multi-terrain amphibious vehicle adapted for travel across surfaces of various type and attributes is provided. The vehicle includes a chassis assembly (10) which extends in a longitudinal direction; a plurality of propulsion members rotatably coupled t... | 03/16/1999 |
| 5755602 | Nautical propulsion device A nautical propulsion device for amphibious vehicle wherein the rims 2 of the driving wheel tires 1 are provided with vanes 3 rotating with the wheels. Each of these wheels comprises, in the region where the liquid leaves the vanes 3, an open delivery cha... | 05/26/1998 |
| 5299523 | Amphibious land reclamation vehicle A lightweight floatable vehicle which includes an articulated main frame to which a variety of earthworking and dredging equipment may be mounted and which is supported and propelled by four independently powered, hollow, generally circular pods which are... | 04/05/1994 |
| 5031565 | Two-level sea-land creeping vehicle A two-level sea-land creeping vehicle formed by three main parts: a frustoconical bow portion which is movable independently but connected to the central part or compartment in the form of a drop of water, which is flat in the lower part and which is fixe... | 07/16/1991 |
| 4878451 | All-terrain amphibian vehicle An amphibious vehicle may be connected end-to-end with a series of other similar vehicles to provide an amphibious vehicle train. Each vehicle has a hull with a plurality of wheels mounted on each side. Two drive trains are provided for driving the trains... | 11/07/1989 |
| 4744781 | Amphibious toy vehicle An amphibious toy vehicle having paddles located within the wheels of the toy vehicle which can be extended outside the wheels in order to propel the vehicle forward and backward in water. A flotation chamber is provided at the bottom of the vehicle. A ge... | 05/17/1988 |
| 4716850 | Floatation assembly for off-road vehicle The floatation assembly includes a pair of inverted U-shaped rails, the legs of which are adapted to be secured to the front and to the rear of the vehicle frame, with the bight portion of the rails extending substantially horizontally over a vehicle driv... | 01/05/1988 |
| 4664051 | Three wheeler flotation conversion kit A conversion kit adapted to be retro-fitted to conventional three wheeled vehicles for floating them over water. The flotation kit includes a front frame assembly having a pair of rigid, elongated front frame members semi-permanently coupled to the front ... | 05/12/1987 |
| 4552538 | Multidirectional amphibious safety vehicle A multidirectional amphibious safety vehicle comprises an outer cylindrical shell having two opposite ends and a longitudinal axis therethrough; a stationary central pipe having two opposite ends and extending along the longitudinal axis of the outer cyli... | 11/12/1985 |
| 4395237 | Amphibious bicycle An amphibious vehicle comprises a bicycle wherein the ends of the front wheel shaft and the rear wheel hub shaft are laterally outwardly projected; a water-surface floating apparatus composed of floats each being provided with a foldable air-tight bag and... | 07/26/1983 |
| 4387661 | Amphibious motor-driven cycle An amphibious two-wheeled cycle having an occupant-receiving hull secured to and receiving a frame and provided with front and rear wheel wells, a steerable front wheel supported by the frame and partially received in the front wheel well, and a motor-dri... | 06/14/1983 |
| 4357893 | All-terrain vehicle of the motorcycle type A motorcycle having a body carried on front and rear power-driven wheels in which the wheels are provided with novel tread design cooperating with the body and portions thereof to literally pump water rearwardly while confining it to ridge or crest form c... | 11/09/1982 |
| 4289214 | Multi-purpose vehicle A multi-purpose four-wheel drive vehicle having four-wheel steering. The vehicle according to the present invention incorporates a number of features, some of which are individually known in the prior art but which, when combined in a single vehicle, cons... | 09/15/1981 |
