ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,741,493, issued on Sept. 22.
"Amphibious vehicle systems" was invented by Joseph Ganahl (Honolulu).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The embodiments disclose an amphibious vehicle system including a unibody, one-piece watertight buoyant body structure, filled with closed cell foam to create buoyancy in case of leakage, configured to carry at least one user and cargo, at least one motor drive system having at least one waterproof battery module, replaceable in a watertight compartment, coupled to the watertight buoyant body structure configured to drive at least one propulsion system to propel the amphibious vehicle with at least three wheel...