RU2397908C1 - Automotive vehicle - Google Patents

Abstract

FIELD: transport. ^ SUBSTANCE: invention relates to automotive industry. Proposed vehicle represents small-sized car with rhombic arrangement of wheels: one wheel is mounted at car front, two wheels are arranged on car sides and one at car rear. All driven wheels feature low tread. Proposed car incorporates also: two identical steering systems arranged at car front and rear, differential gear to transmit torque to lateral outer wheel, downed rim belting car body, flexible bumper arranged along car outline, air intake and exhaust arranged on car top, above its roof, ICE mounted vertically above central two wheels. Tight car incorporates additionally two screw propellers arranged at car sides or at front and rear and hatch opening from above. Wheels suspension is designed to allow wheel lifting above body lower edge for motion on water surface using springs and hydraulic cylinders. ^ EFFECT: expanded operating performances. ^ 2 cl

Description

The invention relates to universal vehicles, convertible for movement on the surface of various environments and in them, for example on the ground, on water and under water, characterized by the location of the wheels, including armored and armed.

The closest vehicle of the same purpose to the claimed invention in terms of features is the Assbar City Car from Sbarro, which has an unusual arrangement of wheels in a rhombic pattern: one in front, one in the back and two on the sides. Thanks to what the car can turn around its axis. The car has compact dimensions: length - 3.6 m, width - 1.6 m and height 1.6 m. This car weighs only 600 kg. Despite its small size, the car can accommodate five passengers and luggage. Assystem City Car is equipped with a hybrid power plant, consisting of an electric motor and a gasoline engine, each of which can work both independently and together with the other. The electric motor power is 27 hp, the maximum speed to which it can accelerate the car is 50 km / h. When using two engines, the maximum speed of this car is 130 km / h (see materials Autonews.ru, INTERNATIONAL 78th MOTOR-SHOW AND ACCESSORIES, Geneva, march 6-15, 2008, concept from Sbarro, March 07), adopted as a prototype.

The reasons that impede the achievement of the technical result indicated below when using a well-known car adopted as a prototype include the fact that it has narrow operational capabilities due to the fact that it can only move on the earth's surface.

The invention consists in the following.

The task is to create a universal vehicle, transformed and moving on the surface of various environments and in them, used for civil and military purposes.

The technical result is the expansion of operational capabilities.

The specified technical result during the implementation of the invention is achieved by the fact that the vehicle is a small-sized car with an arrangement of wheels in a rhombic pattern: one in front, two in the middle (on the sides) and one in the back. Moreover, all-wheel drive. This vehicle is equipped with two identical vehicle steering systems located front and rear; differential - a device for transmitting torque when turning the car to the middle wheel running on the outside; the girdle of the car body with the rim lowered over the road surface; elastic bumper along the outer contour; air intake and exhaust located on top of the car, above the roof; wheels with low rims according to patent RU No. 2301155; internal combustion engine according to patent RU No. 2241131, located in a vertical position above the middle wheels. The vehicle can be used not only for civilian, but also for military purposes, for which it is carried out armored and armed. A vehicle, provided it is sealed and equipped with additional paddle wheels with vanes located in the middle (on the sides), or propellers located front and rear, can be used not only to move on the earth's surface, but also on the surface of the water and under water. In this case, the suspension should be designed so that while moving through the water, due to the presence of springs and hydraulic cylinders, the amphibian can remove the wheels above the lower edge of the casing.

If the claimed invention has the above essential features, the task can be solved and the expected technical result is achieved, i.e. expanded operational capabilities of the car: the vehicle can be converted into amphibian and used, including for military purposes.

Information confirming the possibility of carrying out the invention to obtain the above result is as follows.

The vehicle includes all systems specific to a vehicle. Its unusualness consists, first of all, in the rhombic arrangement of wheels: one in front, two in the middle (on the sides) and one in the back. In this case, all four wheels drive. In addition, it is equipped with two identical vehicle steering systems, i.e. two driver's seats are located in the middle of the passenger compartment on either side of the vertically mounted engine, one of them facing forward and the other rearward, and seats for passengers or shooters at the edges in front and behind the passenger compartment. In addition, this car has a differential - a device for transmitting torque to the middle wheel, which goes when the car turns on the outside. The car body is surrounded by a rim lowered over the road surface and an elastic bumper made of an elastic material such as rubber, including inflated air, with an insert made of light colored material such as aluminum inside. At the same time, the air intake and exhaust of the car are located above, above its roof. The wheels have a low rim (see patent RU No. 2301155). The internal combustion engine (see patent RU No. 2241131) is in a vertical position above the middle wheels.

For military use, the car can be made armored and equipped with weapons. Moreover, light material such as kerlar, carbon filaments, plexiglass can be used as armor.

The car can be turned into an amphibian, for which it must be equipped with additional paddle wheels with blades or screws in front and rear. At the same time, the car's suspension must be designed so that due to the springs and hydraulic cylinders during movement through the water, the wheels are raised above the lower edge of the housing, and the paddle wheels with swimming blades are shallowly immersed in water. In addition, the exit and entrance to the amphibian should be through the upper hatch, which is folding like an airplane.

The vehicle is operated as follows.

When using a mobile vehicle as a car, due to the location of the drive wheels in a rhombic pattern, it can rotate in place around its axis, due to the presence of two steering systems located front and rear, the car can be driven by one or two drivers (the latter is very important when using the car for military purposes) and without turning, go onto the track. If the car has a differential - a device for transmitting torque to the middle wheel running on the outside (trucks are usually equipped with such devices), turning the car will increase its stability. In addition, due to the presence of three support lines: front, middle and rear, the cross-country ability and smoothness of the car will increase, especially when overcoming various obstacles on the earth's surface (road). To protect the car from splashing water and dirt from under the wheels, it is surrounded by an apron-type rim lowered over the ground (road) surface. In order to reduce the risk of accidents, for example, in a collision with solid objects or other cars, an elastic bumper is made of an elastic material such as rubber, including air-filled, along the outer contour of the car body, and inside it there is an insert made of light but strong metal such as aluminum . Air intake and exhaust are carried out at the top of the car. To increase stability, the car is equipped with wheels with low rims (see patent RU No. 2301155), and to reduce its weight - an internal combustion engine (see patent RU No. 2241131) located vertically above the middle wheels. A car can be used not only for civilian, but also for military purposes. For this, it can be made armored and armed. When turning a vehicle into an amphibian, it will be able to move not only on the earth's surface, but also on water and under water. Thus, the vehicle is supposed to be used both for civilian and military purposes, as a car or amphibian.

The use of the invention leads to the expansion of the operational capabilities of the vehicle due to its ability to transform and the ability to move on the surface of various environments (earth, water) and in them (under water). Such a vehicle has small dimensions, low weight, high maneuverability, which is very important when there is a high traffic load and lack of parking for cars, good stability, reduction of harmful gas emissions due to the possibility of the internal combustion engine used in it even on water. In addition, with a rhombic arrangement of the wheels, the car will form not two, but three tracks, thereby reducing the impact on the earth's surface or road surface.

Claims (2)

1. A vehicle, which is a small-sized car with the wheel arrangement in a rhombic pattern: one in front, two in the middle on the sides and one in the rear, characterized in that it is equipped with four drive wheels, two identical steering systems located front and rear, differential - a device for transmitting, when the car is turned, torque to the middle wheel running on the outside, the rim surrounding the car body with a rim lowered over the road surface, an elastic bumper along the external contour, with an air intake and exhaust located on top of the car above its roof, with low-rim wheels, an internal combustion engine in a vertical position above the middle wheels, to make the car an amphibian it is sealed and equipped with additional paddle wheels with vanes located in the middle on its sides, or with two propellers, an opening hatch in front and behind and at the top, while the suspension of the wheels is designed so that when moving on water due to the presence of dinner and hydraulic cylinders could remove amphibian wheels above the bottom edge of the housing. 2. The tool according to claim 1, characterized in that the car is made armored and armed.