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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 17, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 09, 2012
Pal-v Europe, N.v., Raamsdonksveer, NL;
Michael Alwin William Stekelenburg, Vught, NL;
Christiaan Cornelis Klok, Rotterdam, NL;
Louis Petrus Valentijn Marie Van Rijn, Berkel en Rodenrijs, NL;
Wouter Adriaan Soethoudt, The Hague, NL;
Robert Christiaan Wegerif, Apeldoorn, NL;
PAL-V EUROPE N.V., Raamsdonksveeer, NL;
Abstract
The present invention discloses a vehicle () capable of being converted between a flying condition and an automotive riding condition. The vehicle has a telescopically extendable tail () comprising a first tubular tail segment () and a second tail segment () disposed axially slideable within the first tubular tail segment. The tail is provided with at least two form-closing coupling members () located at an axial distance (LI) from each other for providing a force-transferring coupling between the second tail segment () and the first tubular tail segment () in the extended state of the second tail segment (), each of said form-closing coupling members () capable of transferring torque and transverse forces, and each of said form-closing coupling members () coming into engagement by axial displacement of the second tail segment () in the outward direction.