Vehicle control device for amphibious vehicle

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9302754
APP PUB NO 20150239542A1
SERIAL NO

14422561

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Provided is a vehicle control device for an amphibious vehicle that can travel with a stable orientation even when the edge of the water consists of uneven terrain or terrain having an inclined surface along a different direction than the direction of travel. A vehicle control device for an amphibious vehicle capable of traveling on land, navigating on the water, and traveling on the edge of the water comprises a jet direction adjuster (15) for adjusting the direction of a jet created by a propeller (11), an orientation detector (31) for detecting the orientation of an amphibious vehicle (1), and a control device (30) for controlling the jet direction adjuster (15) and/or the propeller (11) on the basis of the orientation of the amphibious vehicle (1) detected by the orientation detector (31) when an edge-of-water travel mode is selected.

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MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES LTDTOKYO TOKYO METROPOLIS

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Aoki, Yasumichi Tokyo, JP 9 16

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