Amphibious motorcycle

Abstract

The present invention discloses an amphibious motorcycle, comprising a motorcycle body, a power float and a folding and unfolding connection system for installing the power float on the side of the motorcycle body, wherein the folding and unfolding connection system comprises a lifting mechanism for the power float to slide vertically, a horizontal unfolding mechanism for the power float to unfold horizontally at the bottom and a fixing mechanism for fixing the power float after unfolding; the power float is installed on the motorcycle body in a foldable and lifting manner through the folding and unfolding connection system, which is conducive to realizing flexible conversion of the motorcycle according to the use environment and realizing amphibious use, and the motorcycle has a simple and flexible body shape, a narrow width when used on land, strong passability, and is easy to operate and highly practical.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The present invention relates to the technical field of motorcycles, and in particular to an amphibious motorcycle. Background Art

[0002] Traditional locomotives or motorcycles are two-wheeled or three-wheeled vehicles driven by gasoline engines and steered by handlebars. They are light, flexible, and fast, and are widely used for patrols, passenger and cargo transportation, and are also used as sports equipment. In general, motorcycles are divided into street cars, road racing motorcycles, off-road motorcycles, cruisers, touring cars, amphibious motorcycles, etc.; and amphibious motorcycles can not only travel on land, but also in water, which greatly improves the applicable scenarios of motorcycles. When considering the structure of amphibious motorcycles, most inventors unilaterally pursued the effect of motorcycles floating on the water, while ignoring the size limitations of the motorcycles themselves, which made the motorcycles they invented appear too bloated and not practical in the market, and made people doubt whether they were motorcycles.

[0003] Therefore, in order to solve the above problems, an amphibious locomotive is needed, which can be used amphibiously in water and on land, has a simple and flexible body, is easy to operate, and is highly practical. Summary of the invention

[0004] In view of this, the purpose of the present invention is to overcome the defects in the prior art and provide an amphibious locomotive that can be used both on land and in water and has a simple and flexible shape, is easy to operate, and is highly practical.

[0005] An amphibious motorcycle of the present invention comprises a motorcycle body, a power float and a folding and unfolding connection system for mounting the power float on the side of the motorcycle body, wherein the folding and unfolding connection system comprises a lifting mechanism for the power float to slide vertically, a horizontal unfolding mechanism for the power float to unfold horizontally at the bottom and a fixing mechanism for fixing the power float after unfolding.

[0006] Furthermore, the lifting mechanism includes a vertical slide rail fixed to the motorcycle body and a slider that cooperates with the slide rail in a single degree of freedom. The vertical slide rail includes at least a front vertical slide rail and a rear vertical slide rail along the longitudinal direction. The horizontal expansion mechanism is a hinge that rotates the power floating plate to install it on the slider.

[0007] Furthermore, the vertical slide rail is provided with a vertically arranged dovetail strip groove, the sliding block is fixedly provided with a dovetail-shaped protrusion conformably embedded in the dovetail strip groove, the upper end of the dovetail strip groove is open, and the lower end is closed.

[0008] Furthermore, the lower side surface of the slider extends downward to form an extension section, and the hinge is installed at the lower end of the extension section.

[0009] Furthermore, the fixing mechanism is a supporting fixing rod that supports and fixes the motorcycle body and the power floating plate.

[0010] Furthermore, the supporting fixing rod includes a swinging support rod and a connecting fixing rod. The inner end of the swinging support rod is hinged to the motorcycle body in a single-degree-of-freedom swinging manner, and the outer end of the swinging support rod is vertically fixed to the longitudinally arranged connecting fixing rod. A binding fixing hole is opened on the lateral outer side of the power floating plate. After the connecting fixing rod is fixed to the power floating plate through the binding fixing hole, the swinging support rod, the motorcycle body and the power floating plate form a triangular supporting and fixing structure.

[0011] Furthermore, the supporting fixing rod is a rectangular frame rod.

[0012] Furthermore, a battery and a driving pump body are arranged in the power floating board, and the power floating board is control-connected to a power floating board controller fixed to a handlebar of a motorcycle body.

[0013] Furthermore, a foldable footrest is provided at the bottom of the motorcycle body.

[0014] The beneficial effects of the present invention are as follows: the amphibious motorcycle disclosed in the present invention realizes that the power float is installed on the motorcycle body in a foldable and lifting manner through the retractable connection system, which is conducive to the flexible conversion of the motorcycle according to the use environment and realizes amphibious use. It has a simple and flexible body shape, a narrow width when used on land, strong passability, and is easy to operate and highly practical. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0015] The present invention will be further described below in conjunction with the accompanying drawings and embodiments:

[0016] Figure 1 This is a schematic diagram of the structure of the power floating plate of the present invention when it is not deployed;

[0017] Figure 2 It is a schematic diagram of the structure of the power floating plate of the present invention after being unfolded;

[0018] Figure 3 This is a top view of the dynamic floating plate of the present invention after it is unfolded;

[0019] Figure 4 It is a schematic diagram of the structure of the hinge and the slider in the present invention. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0020] Figure 1 This is a schematic diagram of the structure of the power floating plate of the present invention when it is not deployed; Figure 2 It is a schematic diagram of the structure of the power floating plate of the present invention after being unfolded; Figure 3 This is a top view of the dynamic floating plate of the present invention after it is unfolded; Figure 4It is a structural schematic diagram of the hinge and the slider in the present invention. As shown in the figure, the amphibious locomotive in this embodiment includes a motorcycle body 1, a power float 2 and a folding and unfolding connection system for installing the power float 2 on the side of the motorcycle body 1, the folding and unfolding connection system includes a lifting mechanism for the power float 2 to slide vertically, a horizontal unfolding mechanism for the power float 2 to be horizontally unfolded at the bottom and a fixing mechanism for fixing the power float 2 after unfolding; the power float 2 includes a float body and a power system arranged in the float body, the power system includes a water pump, an air pump or a propeller as an underwater propeller, etc., which belongs to the prior art and is not repeated here; the power float 2 is installed on the motorcycle body 1 in a foldable and lifting manner through the folding and unfolding connection system, which is conducive to realizing the flexible conversion of the locomotive according to the use environment and realizing amphibious use, and has a simple and flexible body shape, a narrow width when used on land, strong passability, and easy operation and strong practicality.

[0021] In this embodiment, the lifting mechanism and the horizontal expansion mechanism realize the lifting and unfolding of the power floating plate 2 through the electric slide rail in the prior art; the electric slide rail is all the existing electric drive slide rail technology that can achieve the purpose of the present invention, realizes the automatic lifting and folding and unfolding of the floating plate, and improves the folding and unfolding efficiency. The electric slide rail can adopt all the electric mechanisms in the prior art that can achieve the purpose of the present invention, which will not be repeated here.

[0022] In this embodiment, the lifting mechanism includes a vertical slide rail 3 fixed to the motorcycle body 1 and a slider 4 that cooperates with the slide rail in a single degree of freedom. The vertical slide rail 3 includes at least a front vertical slide rail and a rear vertical slide rail in the longitudinal direction. The horizontal expansion mechanism is a hinge 5 that rotates the power floating plate 2 and installs it on the slider 4; the vertical slide rail 3 includes a front vertical slide rail and a rear vertical slide rail, and the motorcycle body 1 is provided with vertical slide rails 3 on both sides of the left and right sides. One connecting block of the hinge 5 is fixed to the slider 4, and the other connecting block of the hinge 5 is fixed to the power floating plate. During lifting, the hinge 5, the slider 4 and the floating plate can be lifted and lowered at the same time, and the floating plate rotates relative to the slider 4 through the hinge 5 with the rotating shaft of the hinge 5. The rotating shaft of the hinge 5 is arranged along the front-to-back longitudinal direction. The longitudinal direction is the front-to-back direction of the motorcycle body 1, and the transverse direction represents the left and right direction of the motorcycle body 1.

[0023] In this embodiment, the vertical slide rail 3 is provided with a vertically arranged dovetail strip groove 6, and the slider 4 is fixedly provided with a dovetail-shaped protrusion that fits into the dovetail strip groove 6, and the upper end of the dovetail strip groove 6 is open and the lower end is closed; of course, the slide groove of the vertical slide rail 3 can also be other shapes, and the dovetail strip groove 6 structure is conducive to stable sliding and has high strength of the connection structure.

[0024] In this embodiment, the lower side surface of the slider 4 extends downward to form an extension section 4a, and the hinge 5 is installed at the lower end of the extension section; by setting the extension section, it is beneficial to increase the descending height of the power float 2, thereby ensuring that the power float 2 is relatively lowered while the lowest point of the vertical slide rail 3 is relatively high. When the slider 4 slides up to store the power float 2, the vertical slide rail 3 is at a high distance from the ground, ensuring that the motorcycle body 1 has strong passability; as shown in the figure, by designing the length of the swing support rod and the installation position of the hinge and the power float, the unfolded left and right power floats can be spliced ​​into a whole power float and located directly under the motorcycle.

[0025] In this embodiment, the fixing mechanism is a supporting and fixing rod between the motorcycle body 1 and the power floating plate 2; the supporting and fixing rod includes a swinging support rod 7 and a connecting and fixing rod 10, the inner end of the swinging support rod 7 is hinged to the motorcycle body 1 in a single-degree-of-freedom swinging manner of the swinging support rod, and the outer end of the swinging support rod is vertically fixed to the longitudinally arranged connecting and fixing rod 10, and the power floating plate 2 is provided with a binding fixing hole 8 on the lateral outer side, and a binding rod is fixedly arranged in the binding fixing hole, and the binding rod is bound and fixed with the connecting and fixing rod, and the connecting and fixing rod is fixed to the power floating plate 2 through the binding fixing hole 8 so that the swinging support rod, the motorcycle body 1 and the power floating plate 2 form a triangular supporting and fixing structure; the supporting and fixing rod is a rectangular frame rod; as shown in the figure, the swinging support rod is L-shaped and the end is rotatably installed on the vertical guide rail. Of course, the surface of the power floating plate 2 can be recessed to form a limiting strip groove for accommodating the connecting and fixing rod, so as to further ensure the stability of the connection between the connecting and fixing rod and the power floating plate 2 and improve the stability of the power floating plate 2.

[0026] In this embodiment, the power float 2 is provided with a battery and a propulsion pump body 9. The power float 2 can be electrically connected to the power float 2 controller fixed to the handlebar of the motorcycle body 1 through a control line to facilitate the operation and control of the power float 2. The power float 2 controller is a prior art and will not be described in detail here.

[0027] In this embodiment, a foldable footrest is provided at the bottom of the motorcycle body 1, and the lateral inner end of the foldable footrest is installed at the bottom of the side of the motorcycle body 1 in a single degree of freedom rotation manner along a vertical line. The foldable footrest helps to avoid the movement of the power float 2.

[0028] Finally, it should be noted that the above embodiments are only used to illustrate the technical solution of the present invention rather than to limit it. Although the present invention has been described in detail with reference to the preferred embodiments, those skilled in the art should understand that the technical solution of the present invention can be modified or replaced by equivalents without departing from the purpose and scope of the technical solution of the present invention, which should be included in the scope of the claims of the present invention.

Claims

1. An amphibious locomotive, characterized in that: The invention comprises a motorcycle body, a power floating plate and a folding and unfolding connection system for installing the power floating plate on the side of the motorcycle body, wherein the folding and unfolding connection system comprises a lifting mechanism for the power floating plate to slide vertically, a horizontal unfolding mechanism for the power floating plate to be horizontally unfolded at the bottom and a fixing mechanism for fixing the power floating plate after being unfolded; the lifting mechanism comprises a vertical slide rail fixed to the motorcycle body and a slider matched with the slide rail in a single degree of freedom, wherein the vertical slide rail comprises at least a front vertical slide rail and a rear vertical slide rail in the longitudinal direction, and the horizontal unfolding mechanism is a hinge for rotatably installing the power floating plate on the slider; the fixing mechanism is a supporting fixing rod between the motorcycle body and the power floating plate; The supporting fixing rod includes a swinging support rod and a connecting fixing rod. The inner end of the swinging support rod is hinged to the vertical slide rail in a single-degree-of-freedom swinging manner, and the outer end of the swinging support rod is vertically fixed to the longitudinally arranged connecting fixing rod. A binding fixing hole is opened on the lateral outer side of the power floating plate. After the connecting fixing rod is fixed to the power floating plate through the binding fixing hole, the swinging support rod, the motorcycle body and the power floating plate form a triangular supporting and fixing structure.

2. The amphibious vehicle according to claim 1, characterized in that: The vertical slide rail is provided with a vertically arranged dovetail strip groove, the sliding block is fixedly provided with a dovetail-shaped protrusion which is conformably embedded in the dovetail strip groove, the upper end of the dovetail strip groove is open, and the lower end is closed.

3. The amphibious vehicle according to claim 2, characterized in that: The lower side surface of the slider extends downward to form an extension section, and the hinge is installed at the lower end of the extension section.

4. The amphibious vehicle according to claim 3, characterized in that: The supporting and fixing rod is a rectangular frame rod.

5. The amphibious vehicle according to claim 1, characterized in that: A battery and a driving pump body are arranged inside the power floating board, and the power floating board is control-connected with a power floating board controller fixed to a handlebar of a motorcycle body.

6. The amphibious vehicle according to claim 1, characterized in that: A foldable footrest is arranged at the bottom of the motorcycle body.

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