Recoil system
AssigneeBAE SYSTEMS plc
InventorEdward Elliott
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Abstract
A field gun, comprising an elevating mass and a wheeled carriage. The elevating mass includes an ordnance for firing a projectile, and a cradle for holding the ordnance at a traverse and an elevation. The ordnance includes a barrel defining a barrel axis and having a muzzle towards a front end of the field gun and a breech assembly at a rear end of the barrel. The wheeled carriage is connected to the cradle and includes at least one wheel, a rechargeable electric storage device, and a regenerative braking system, which includes a brake control configured for applying a braking force to said at least one wheel in response to movement of the wheeled carriage, said movement caused by a recoil force from the firing of the projectile from the barrel.
Claims20
A field gun, comprising:
- an elevating mass comprising
- an ordnance for firing a projectile, the ordnance comprising a barrel defining a barrel axis and having a muzzle towards a front end of the field gun and a breech assembly at a rear end of the barrel, and
- a cradle for holding the ordnance at a traverse and an elevation;
- and
- a wheeled carriage connected to the cradle and comprising
- at least one wheel,
- a rechargeable electric storage device, and
- a regenerative braking system comprising a brake control configured for applying a braking force to said at least one wheel in response to movement of the wheeled carriage, said movement caused by a recoil force from the firing of the projectile from the barrel.
A field gun, comprising:
- a gun barrel;
- and
- a wheeled carriage connected to the gun barrel and comprising
- at least one wheel,
- a rechargeable electric storage device, and
- a regenerative braking system configured for applying a braking force to said at least one wheel responsive to movement of the wheeled carriage, said movement caused by a recoil force from firing of a projectile from the gun barrel.
A field gun, comprising:
- a wheeled carriage comprising at least one wheel;
- and
- a regenerative braking system configured to generate an electrical current by decelerating the at least one wheel responsive to movement of the at least one wheel, and store the electrical current in a rechargeable electric storage device, wherein the movement of the at least one wheel is caused by a recoil force from firing of the field gun.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.