Patent ID: 8162253
Filing Date: 2012-04-24
Classification: B60F,B64C

Abstract:
1. A convertible combined road, water, and aircraft vehicle which has a road form, a water form, and an aircraft form, comprising: a vehicle body having a passenger compartment; wheels supporting the vehicle body on the road when in the road form; a wing assembly attached to each side of the vehicle body, which support the vehicle when flying in the air in the aircraft form of the vehicle and which folds to align with sides of the vehicle body when in the road or water form of the vehicle, each wing assembly including a wing and at least one propelling device attached to the wing; a wing assembly rotating mechanism provided for each wing assembly, capable of rotating the entire wing assembly at least 90 degrees relative to the vehicle body when the vehicle is in the aircraft form so that thrust is provided by the propelling devices of the wing assembly in at least a 90 degree range; a wing assembly positioning mechanism provided for each wing assembly, capable of positioning the wing assembly between an open-winged flying position and a folded or closed-winged non-flying position; a rear propelling assembly which propels the vehicle in the air, the rear propelling assembly including a rear propelling device and a propelling device positioning mechanism which pivots the rear propelling device about a vertical axis relative to the vehicle body which maneuvers the vehicle laterally when in the air and water; and a tail assembly that comprises a pair of side vertical stabilizers connected together by a horizontal stabilizer, wherein said vertical stabilizers pivotally support the rear propelling device.