Patent ID: 8221174
Filing Date: 2012-07-17
Classification: B60F

Abstract:
1. An amphibious vehicle comprising: a frame; two front wheels attached to the frame; port and starboard front wheel wells for the two front wheels; two rear wheels attached to the frame; port and starboard rear wheel wells for the rear wheels; a hull attached to the frame, the hull comprising; a body carried above the hull, the front wheel wells formed in at least one of the hull and the body and the rear wheel wells formed in at least one of the hull and the body; a power plant providing power; a jet drive receiving power from the power plant and residing inside the hull at the stern of the hull for providing in-water propulsion; and a drive mechanism receiving power from the power plant for driving the rear wheels for providing on-land propulsion, wherein the “V” shaped longitudinal center portion reaches outward and upward from the centerline of the hull center portion to center portion outer edges aligned approximately with wheel inside edges of the wheels, and further including port and starboard turning edges running between the port and starboard wheel wells along the center portion outer edges of the “V” shaped longitudinal center portion, the turning edges having faces facing inward to trap water during turning to facilitate the turning.