Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Armored cab for light tactical vehicles
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Application No.: US14886746Application Date: 2015-10-19
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Publication No.: US09766047B2Publication Date: 2017-09-19
- Inventor: Matthew R. Harmon , Thomas Matthew Berning , Sean Emmett Carey , Suresh Devu , Kevin M. Klatte , Mark R. Lappin , Michael D. Reynolds, Jr. , Rabih E. Tannous , Robert J. Wittman
- Applicant: BAE Systems Tactical Vehicle Systems LP
- Applicant Address: US TX Sealy
- Assignee: BAE Systems Tactical Vehicle Systems LP
- Current Assignee: BAE Systems Tactical Vehicle Systems LP
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Sealy
- Agency: Wood Herron & Evans LLP
- Main IPC: F41H7/04
- IPC: F41H7/04 ; F41H5/013

Abstract:
An armored cab comprises a top wall, two side walls, a front wall, a back wall, and a bottom wall, the cab having a longitudinal axis. The bottom wall comprises a generally centrally disposed downwardly facing smooth concave wall portion extending substantially an entire length of the cab and generally parallel to the longitudinal axis of the cab and forming a power train tunnel of the cab, and a pair of opposite laterally disposed wall portions extending substantially the entire length of the cab and generally parallel to the longitudinal axis of the cab, each of the opposite laterally disposed wall portions extending downwardly and laterally inwardly and terminating in a lowermost portion of the bottom wall on either lateral side of the concave wall portion. The concave wall portion and the opposite laterally disposed wall portions are configured so as to present a substantially reduced surface area of the lowermost portions of the bottom wall in a downwardly facing direction. The armored cab includes various additional features that improve occupant survivability.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160131458A1 ARMORED CAB FOR LIGHT TACTICAL VEHICLES Public/Granted day:2016-05-12
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