Responding to an explosion local to an armoured vehicle
AssigneeAdvanced Blast & Ballistic Systems Limited
InventorRoger Mark Sloman
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Abstract
A blast countermeasure for a vehicle, such as an armoured vehicle, is provided. The blast countermeasure comprises: at least one explosive; a detonator for detonating the explosive; and at least one reflector, located at least partially above the at least one explosive, for reflecting a shock wave generated by detonation of the at least one explosive groundwards in order to apply a groundwards force to the vehicle. The vehicle may comprise: control circuitry configured to respond to detection of an explosion local to the vehicle by activating an actuator to generate a groundwards force and cause a cabin floor of the vehicle to move groundwards.
Claims20
An armoured vehicle, comprising:
- at least one detector for detecting an explosion local to the armoured vehicle;
- a cabin floor;
- at least one actuator, coupled to the cabin floor, for generating a force to cause at least a portion of the cabin floor to be pulled groundwards;
- and
- control circuitry configured to respond to detection of an explosion local to the armoured vehicle by activating the actuator to cause the cabin floor to move groundwards.
An apparatus, comprising:
- at least one detector for detecting an explosion local to an armoured vehicle;
- at least one actuator, for coupling to a cabin floor of the armoured vehicle, configured to generate a force to cause at least a portion of the cabin floor to be pulled groundwards;
- and
- control circuitry configured to respond to detection of an explosion local to the armoured vehicle by activating the actuator to cause the cabin floor to move groundwards.
A method, comprising:
- detecting an explosion local to an armoured vehicle;
- and
- pulling a cabin floor of the armoured vehicle groundwards in response to detection of the explosion.
An armoured vehicle, comprising:
- a blast shield located at the underside of the armoured vehicle;
- at least one detector for detecting an explosion local to the armoured vehicle;
- a cabin floor;
- at least one actuator, coupled to the cabin floor, for generating a force to cause at least a portion of the cabin floor to move groundwards relative to the blast shield while the actuator remains coupled to the cabin floor;
- and
- control circuitry configured to respond to detection of an explosion local to the armoured vehicle by activating the actuator to cause the cabin floor to move groundwards.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.