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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Mar. 26, 2024

Filed:

May. 14, 2021
Applicants:

The Texas A&m University System, College Station, TX (US);

The Regents of the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (US);

Inventors:

Moble Benedict, College Station, TX (US);

Sean M. McHugh, San Jose, CA (US);

Chase B. Wiley, Keller, TX (US);

Ramsay A. Ramsey, College Station, TX (US);

Adam Kellen, San Antonio, TX (US);

Yin Lu Young, Ann Arbor, MI (US);

Assignees:

The Texas A&M University System, College Station, TX (US);

The Regents of the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60F 3/00 (2006.01); B63H 1/06 (2006.01); B63H 3/00 (2006.01); B63H 21/17 (2006.01); B63H 25/42 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60F 3/0007 (2013.01); B63H 1/06 (2013.01); B63H 3/00 (2013.01); B63H 21/17 (2013.01); B63H 25/42 (2013.01);
Abstract

An amphibious vehicle for traversing land and bodies of water includes a chassis, and a cycloidal propeller coupled to the chassis and which includes a plurality of cycloidal propeller blades rotatably coupled to the chassis and each extending parallel a rotational axis of the cycloidal propeller, and an extension/retraction system configured to extend the plurality of cycloidal propeller blades away from the chassis and to retract the plurality of cycloidal propeller blades towards the chassis.


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