Patent application number | Description | Published |
20090044694 | Adjustable louvered armor window system - The adjustable louvered armor window system invention comprises angled louvers made of the lightweight opaque armor. For the front window a viewing window of ballistic glass can be installed, the rear or sides could be solid armor. The louvers have overlaps to provide for gap protection. When no threat is present, the louvers are in the full open position. Once a threat is detected, then the louvers are closed. The movement of the louvers can be accomplished by a push/pull cable, hydraulic pressure, air pressure or other means. The system in the fully open position allows for a complete unobstructed viewing area. In the semi-deployed or partial down position, the system provides partial ballistic coverage for the occupant, and still allows for some occupant vision capability. In the fully deployed, or fully closed position, the system provides full ballistic coverage for the occupant, with a small viewing area or port, which is made of ballistic grade transparent armor. | 02-19-2009 |
20120255428 | V-shaped blast shield for protection against IEDs - An armor blast shield for use on the bottom of a vehicle to protect occupants of the vehicle from improvised explosive devices. A preferred embodiment is configured in a V-shaped configuration formed by at least two planar blast resistant panels and an I-beam having channels with inclined walls which receive the panels at an obtuse angle. The panels are adhesively adhered to the I-beam channel walls and at least one bolt is secured through the I-beam and a panel to provide superior blast resistant performance as compared to welded panels. | 10-11-2012 |
20130111734 | Method of attaching a blast shield to a space frame vehicle - A method to attach a V-shaped or parabolic-shaped blast shield or other blast shields, to the bottom of a vehicle space frame that serves the purpose of redirecting the blast forces away from the crew compartment of the vehicle. Inner beams that run the length or width of the blast shield, align with the space frame running in the same direction. The beams are attached with bolts going through the top of each beam and into a threaded boss welded in the space frame. To attach the sides of the blast shield to the space frame, a rail adapter bracket mounts to the bottom of the space frame that has threaded bosses welded into the space frame. Slotted holes for forward and back and side-to-side adjustment on an adapter bracket are employed to help attach the blast shield to the space frame. | 05-09-2013 |
20140023456 | Armor Bolts - An armor bolt, that is, a bolt in which the bolt head is fabricated from an armor plate and then attached, such as by welding, to a threaded stud or shaft to form the threaded portion of the armor bolt. A preferred embodiment of the invention employs a hex-shaped bolt head cut with a laser or water jet cutter from armor steel plate meeting Mil-A-12560 or Mil-A-46100. The diameter of the bolt head is determined by the hole size in the armor to be attached to the vehicle and the diameter of the threaded stud or shaft. The thickness or height of the bolt head is dictated by the ballistic threat it needs to stop. The threaded shaft in a preferred embodiment is resistance welded to be perpendicular to the head at the center of one face of the hex head. | 01-23-2014 |