Vehicle cell and protected vehicle
AssigneeRheinmetall Landsysteme GmbH
InventorThorben Klieves
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Abstract
A vehicle cell for a protected vehicle includes an assembly having a structural component, an additional component arranged within the vehicle cell, and a connection and decoupling apparatus that connects the additional component to the structural component. The connection and decoupling apparatus is configured to mechanically decouple the additional component from the structural component in the event of a deformation of the structural component resulting from a blast acting on the structural component. In one example the connection and decoupling apparatus is a hook and loop fastener.
Claims17
A vehicle cell for a protected vehicle, comprising:
- an assembly, comprising:
- a structural component;
- an additional component arranged within the vehicle cell;
- and
- a connection and decoupling apparatus, configured to connect the additional component to the structural component,
- wherein the connection and decoupling apparatus is further configured to mechanically decouple the additional component from the structural component in an event of a deformation of the structural component resulting from a blast acting on the structural component,
- wherein the connection and decoupling apparatus (35) further comprises a hook and loop fastener,
- wherein the additional component is positively connected to the structural component by the connection and decoupling apparatus,
- wherein the connection and decoupling apparatus further comprises a first connection and decoupling element assigned to the structural component and a second connection and decoupling element assigned to the additional component,
- wherein the first connection and decoupling element and the second connection and decoupling element engage positively with one another to connect the additional component to the structural component,
- wherein the first connection and decoupling element is oriented perpendicularly to the structural component, and
- wherein the second connection and decoupling element is oriented perpendicularly to the additional component.
A vehicle cell for use with a protected vehicle, comprising:
- a structural component at least partially defining an interior of the vehicle cell;
- an additional component positioned in the interior of the vehicle cell;
- a first carrier element connected to the structural component;
- a second carrier element connected to the additional component;
- a connection and decoupling apparatus configured to connect the additional component to the structural component, the connection and decoupling apparatus comprising:
- a first connection and decoupling element connected to the first carrier element;
- and
- a second connection and decoupling element connected to the second carrier element, the first connection and decoupling element and the second connection and decoupling element configured to at least one of materially bond, positively connect, or force-fit connect together,
- wherein on deformation of the structural component from receipt of a blast force exterior to the vehicle cell, the first connection and decoupling element and the second connection and decoupling element automatically mechanically decouple thereby disconnecting the additional component from the structural component thereby reducing acceleration and movement of the additional component relative to the structural component as a result of the blast force.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.