148results about "Convertible vehicles" patented technology

The vehicle is provided with a loading platform (5) behind the driver's position, and with longitudinal structures which may be raised and retracted, on which are provided a number of rollers (8) with horizontal, parallel shafts which are transverse to the vehicle, on which loads may slide when these rollers are raised. It is also provided with a pair of multi-purpose plates (11), which when not needed are placed in the rear, lower area of the vehicle or behind the roll bar, and which may be coupled to either of the vehicle's sides or to its rear, so that they rest on the ground and provide loading and unloading ramps, while when they are placed on top of the platform they can increase its useful surface, or a lateral wall, depending on the position of these plates. In the center of the loading platform is also provided a large receptacle (16), closed by a pair of doors which have padding (27) on their inner surface, thereby providing seats for when persons must be carried.

An improved utility trailer for all terrain vehicles including brush and tree deflectors, spring suspension, flotation tires, enclosed storage and animal transport compartment, tail gates and side rails, dumping capability, conversion to personnel transporter further including a windshield to prevent personnel injury from low limbs and brush or mud thrown up by the ATV and an awning to provide shade and reduce heat. The trailer may also include such amenities as passenger cushions and drink holders.

A fifth wheel mounting frame can be used to convert a conventional vehicle having a fifth wheel, such as the semi-tractor, into a tow truck. The fifth wheel mounting frame advantageously mounts to the tow vehicle's fifth wheel assembly to provide stability and other advantages. Additionally, various coupling members having selectably adjustable lengths and having various coupling mechanisms are used for variable placement of the coupling mechanisms and coupling members to the frame of the fifth wheel vehicle to accommodate such things as obstructions found on the vehicle frame.

A MEUV that is able to navigate aerial, aquatic, and terrestrial environments through the use of different mission mobility attachments is disclosed. The attachments allow the MEUV to be deployed from the air or through the water prior to any terrestrial navigation. The mobility attachments can be removed or detached by and from the vehicle during a mission.

One aspect of the invention relates to a building or component kit intended for constructing different variations of vehicles. The kit includes a number of connecting members as well as unique modules; for example, wheel modules, which includes a carrier (6) with elements (17) for holding a wheel or some other kind of running member (7), as well as a number of sockets (12, 13) for receiving connecting members (4), in which sockets the connecting members can be disengageably applied. Another aspect of the invention relates to the wheel module as such.

The present invention provides a multi-stage tilting and multi-rotor flying car including: a main frame externally shaped like a rectangle and internally partitioned to have a grid structure; a body mounted at a center of the main frame in consideration of balance; a plurality of rotors mounted to the main frame to face upward; a plurality of wheels mounted to the main frame to face downward; body wings provided at opposite sides of the body; and an automatic driving controller provided in the body and controlling the rotors and the wheels, thereby having effects on spending only the minimum necessary flying time for taking off and landing in a narrow area, and improving flight performance three times higher in flight time and flight speed and five times higher in fight distance than a rotary-wing aircraft such as a helicopter while flying in the fixed-wing mode.

A convertible handle having a tongue portion and a handle portion. The handle portion has a clevis proximate a first end thereof and a gripping region proximate a second end thereof. The handle portion is pivotable with respect to the tongue portion for manually towing a towed vehicle that is attached to the tongue portion using the gripping region or attaching the clevis to a towing vehicle.

The group of inventions relates to aviation and to transport means having (static and dynamic) air discharge, in particular to self-stabilizing wing-in-ground-effect craft of types A, B and C. The following technical results are achieved: increased flight safety and maneuvering safety, increased load-bearing capacity and flight height in ground effect mode, reduced dimensions, improved take-off and landing characteristics, as well as amphibian characteristics and economic efficiency, increased functionality and a wider range of operational alignments, and greater ease of use and maintenance. This result is achieved by simultaneously applying the methods for generating a system of aerodynamic forces, the structural solutions and the piloting methods conceptually linked therewith which are proposed in the present group of inventions to “flying wing” or “composite wing” design layouts.

A multimodal vehicle includes a ground based vehicle with an attached high-capacity airfoil parachute for deployment. The ground based vehicle includes a drive system for use on either land, water or both. Furthermore, the ground based vehicle is sized and dimensioned for transport of multiple vehicles in a cargo plane. The high-capacity airfoil parachute allows high-altitude deployment of the multimodal vehicle. The risers to the parachute may be adjusted for powered parachute flight rather than free fall flight. The ground based vehicle may include a propeller for powered flight.

The invention discloses a vehicle capable of advancing in land, air and / or water, comprising a vehicle body, a main engine or a main motor and a power control and transmission system. The improvement of the invention is that a main rotating shaft extending to two sides of the vehicle body is arranged; a paddle jacket is fixed on the main shaft and provided with a paddle handle capable of rotating around the self center line; paddles are fixed on the paddle handle; the vehicle body and / or the main rotating shaft is provided with a paddle open-close control device for controlling the paddle handle and the paddles to rotate relative to the paddle jacket and the main rotating shaft; the paddle open-close control device is capable of enabling the paddles to generate one-time opening and closing in each period along with the rotation of the main rotating shaft; when the paddle open-close control device is opened, the surfaces of the paddles are positioned on a plane which is parallel or approximately parallel to the main rotating shaft; and when the paddle open-close control device is closed, the surfaces of the paddles are positioned on a plane which is vertical or approximately vertical to the main rotating shaft. The invention acquires a lifting force and a propelling force by controlling the opening and the closing of the rotating paddles in a vertical plane parallel to the vehicle body.