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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 04, 2018
Filed:
Nov. 17, 2015
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Takaaki Oshima, Tokyo, JP;
Shinichi Sato, Tokyo, JP;
Satoru Ishikawa, Tokyo, JP;
Takashi Matsunaga, Tokyo, JP;
MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The objective of the present invention is to provide an amphibious vehicle and a method of controlling the attitude of the vehicle body of an amphibious vehicle, with which it is possible to reduce the fluid resistance when traveling on water and to improve the propulsion performance of the vehicle main body. An amphibious vehicleaccording to the present invention is characterized in being provided with: a vehicle main bodycapable of moving on water and on land; a rear flapB provided at the rear of the vehicle main body; a drive unitwhich drives the rear flapB to vary a flap angle θbetween the vehicle main bodyand the rear flapB; a detecting unitwhich detects a trim angle of the vehicle main body, a vehicle speed and the flap angle θ; and a control unitwhich controls the flap angle θon the basis of the trim angle, the vehicle speed and the flap angle θdetected by the detecting unit