HIGHLY UNIVERSALIZED RUNNING GEAR OF MODERN VEHICLES Russian patent published in 1998 - IPC

FIELD: transport engineering; running gear of vehicle designed for moving by road, by water and under water. SUBSTANCE: proposed running gear has two crawler chains arranged at sides of vehicle. Crawler chains consist of tracks made for paddling or resting through its support part against hard surface. Each track has bed, support part installed in track bed and support sheet made integral track bed and arranged square to bed. Track support part is essentially segment of wheel consisting of rubber envelope accommodating tube or of microporous rubber sheet. Running gear includes also two pairs of guide beams forming closed guides for movement of track Running gear of vehicle has hermetically sealed protective aprons covering each crawler chain from front, rear, top and sides. With vehicle moving in water, part of tracks located in lower part of crawler chain moves in water, and the rest of tracks move in air inside hermetically sealed apron. Moverover apron can play the part of pontoon to increase stability of vehicle in water. EFFECT: possibility of moving over ground, by water and under water. 17 dwg