JUMPING VEHICLE (A) Russian patent published in 2004 - IPC

FIELD: transport engineering.

SUBSTANCE: invention relates to vehicles designed for operation under complex terrain conditions and in rarefied atmosphere. Proposed vehicle has body, platform, cabin for crew, solar batteries, engine, wheels and shock absorbers and includes additionally maneuvering engines. Wheels are furnished with individual electric drives and are installed for moving and fixing in upper and lower positions. Engine made of material with memorized shape effect and including induction heater is placed in cavity of vehicle platform and is provided with guide pipe installed in aiming device for turning at angle to horizon, pointed with its open end downwards and blind end, upwards, and containing inductor and pusher with head. Pusher is made of material with memorized shape effect, with transition point lying higher than propable temperatures of atmosphere in which vehicle operates, with possibility of changing into hot (elongated) form after delivery of electric pulse to inductor under action of electromagnetic field and heating of material of pusher higher than transition point. As a results, vehicle is pushed off from ground.

EFFECT: possibility of operation under rarefied atmosphere conditions.

4 cl, 4 dwg