DEVICE FOR VEHICLE BOTTOM SEALING FOR NEGOTIATING WATER OBSTACLES Russian patent published in 2009 - IPC F41H7/03 

FIELD: machine building.

SUBSTANCE: proposed invention relates to vehicles and represents a device designed to seal vehicle bottom for negotiating water obstacles. The device is made in the form of sealing covers of the engine cooling system inlet and outlet and comprises a sealing cover of the line feeding air to air cleaner with latches, outlet valves and drives of the aforesaid covers and valves. The aforesaid drive represents a system of levers, lengthwise and crosswise tie-rods with stops fixed to interact with the sealing covers stops and outlet valves' latch. The drive comprises also a mechanism of the said tie-rods translation representing an actuator and three-arm rotary push-rod arranged to interact, by the said arms with the help of a pin fitted in the arm slot, with the actuator pus-rod of the lengthwise and one of the crosswise tie-rods.

EFFECT: unlocking of sealing cover latches and locking of outlet valves with no moving elements outside vehicle body.

5 cl, 2 dwg