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US 11,466,953 B2Granted
Internal equilibrator for elevating struts of artillery systems
AssigneeMandus Group LLC
InventorsJerome Curtis Nathan, John Michael Stanley
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Abstract
An elevating assembly that includes an elevating strut that is manipulated mechanically between a first retracted configuration and a second extended configuration for moving the gun. An internal chamber can be defined within the elevating strut for compressible fluid. A pressure of the compressible fluid within the elevating strut can be tuned and maintained in order to reduce the weight of the gun overcome by the elevating strut during the manipulation.
Claims20
An artillery system, comprising:
- a base;
- a gun supported by the base;
- an elevating assembly having an elevating strut manipulateable between a first retracted configuration and a second extended configuration, the elevating strut being configured to cause the gun to move relative to the base in response to a manipulation between the first retracted configuration and the second extended configuration, and wherein the elevating strut includes an internal chamber having a compressible fluid therein and operative to reduce a weight of the gun overcome by the elevating assembly during the manipulation;
- and
- an accumulator fluidically coupled to the internal chamber and operable to provide additional compressible fluid to the internal chamber in response to a manipulation of the elevating assembly between the first retracted configuration and the second extended configuration, the accumulator defining a storage volume and having a floating piston within the storage volume, wherein the floating piston is configured to control a rate of the additional compressible fluid provided to the internal chamber.
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An elevating assembly for an artillery system, comprising:
- an elevating strut having a first portion associated with a base of the artillery system, and a second portion associated with a gun of the artillery system, the first and second portions moveable relative to one another and configured to define an internal chamber therein for compressible fluid;
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- an accumulator defining a storage chamber for a compressible fluid, the accumulator comprising within the storage chamber a floating piston, wherein the floating piston divides the storage chamber and floats therein,
- wherein, in response to a movement of the first portion relative to the second portion:
- the elevating strut causes the gun to move relative to the base, and
- a quantity of the compressible fluid is transferred from the storage chamber and into the internal chamber using the floating piston.
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An elevating assembly for an artillery system, comprising:
- an elevating strut having a first portion associated with a base of the artillery system, and a second portion associated with a gun of the artillery system and moveable relative to the first portion, wherein the second portion comprises an outer tube and an inner tube, the inner tube positioned within the outer tube and arranged to define an internal chamber therebetween for compressible fluid;
- a seal assembly connected to the first portion and slidably engaged with the inner and outer tubes to define a fluid seal between the internal chamber of the elevating strut and an external environment, and maintain the fluid seal as the first and second portions move relative to one another;
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- an accumulator defining a storage chamber for the compressible fluid, the storage chamber fluidly connected with the internal chamber;
- wherein, in response to a movement of the first portion relative to the second portion:
- the elevating strut causes the gun to move relative to the base;
- and
- a quantity of the compressible fluid is transferred from the storage chamber and into the internal chamber.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.