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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 16, 1998
Filed:
Oct. 31, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Mark Anthony Thomas, San Jose, CA (US);
George Oliver Haskin, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
United Defense LP, Arlington, VA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B63B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
114270 ;
Abstract
The invention provides an amphibious vehicle that integrates suspension fairing with a movable bow vane. This integration, allows the suspension fairings to be stored between the bow vane and the hull of the vehicle during land use and to be automatically deployed during water use. The suspension fairing uses a deployment system connected with the bow vane deployment system, so that they are deployed and retracted as an integral system.