Patent ID: 11919345
Assignee: nan
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  F | IPC B  F

Claim 15:
16. An Amphibius Vehicle (AV), comprising:
a chassis;
front and rear wheels for on-road use;
an engine carried by the chassis;
an engine rear facing forward;
an engine front facing rearward;
a rotating engine crankshaft residing inside the engine;
a transmission rotationally coupled to the engine crankshaft at the engine rear, the transmission drives both the front and rear wheels through a transfer case;
the transfer case drives front and rear reversing differential through transfer case drive shafts; and
the front and rear reversing differentials drive the both front and rear wheels through front and rear half shafts, the front and rear reversing differentials reversing rotation of the front and rear wheels to compensate for the engine rear facing forward;
a reversing gear box rotationally driven off the engine crankshaft at the engine front, the reversing gear box reversing rotation; and
an outdrive and propeller rotationally coupled to the reversing gear box, the reversing gear box reversing rotation of the outdrive and propeller to rotation of the crankshaft.