Title:
水陸両用車両
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2004533356
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:
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 mounted in relation to the transmission ( 37 ) to the marine propulsion unit ( 38 ) that the bottom ( 8 ) of the engine is below the axis ( 37 ) of the transmission. This ensures an advantageous metacentric height which is preferably between 370 and 180 mm.
Inventors:
Gibbs, Alan, Timothy
Application Number:
JP2002513714A
Publication Date:
November 04, 2004
Filing Date:
July 19, 2001
Export Citation:
Assignee:
GIBBS TECHNOLOGIES LTD
GIBBS TECHNOLOGIES LTD.
GIBBS TECHNOLOGIES LTD.
International Classes:
B60F3/00; (IPC1-7): B60F3/00
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Hitoshi Maeda
Shingo Nishide
Koichiro Okura
Miki Sato
Shingo Nishide
Koichiro Okura
Miki Sato