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US 12,584,715 B1Granted
Military vehicle with battery armor
AssigneeOshkosh Defense, LLC
InventorsChad Smith, Nader Nasr, Rachell Harsh, Mike J. Bolton, Bradon Zeitler, Ryan Crabtree, Micah Richmond, Jacob Leeman
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Abstract
A military vehicle includes a passenger capsule having a floor sidewalls, and a belly deflector arranged beneath the floor, and a battery armor assembly coupled to an exterior surface of the belly deflector. The battery armor assembly includes an inner plate coupled to the exterior surface, an outer plate, and a battery unit arranged between the inner plate and the outer plate.
Claims20
A military vehicle comprising:
- a passenger capsule including a floor, sidewalls, and a belly deflector arranged beneath the floor;
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- a battery armor assembly coupled to an exterior surface of the belly deflector, wherein the battery armor assembly includes an inner plate coupled to the exterior surface, an outer plate, and a battery unit arranged between the inner plate and the outer plate, wherein the outer plate forms at least a portion of an armor housing, and the armor housing and the battery unit are configured to eject in response to an impact event.
A military vehicle comprising:
- a passenger capsule including a floor, a roof, and sidewalls;
- a door mounted to the passenger capsule;
- and
- a battery armor assembly coupled to an exterior surface of the passenger capsule beneath the floor, wherein the battery armor assembly includes an inner plate coupled to the exterior surface, an outer plate arranged external to the passenger capsule, and a battery unit arranged between the inner plate and the outer plate, wherein the outer plate forms at least a portion of an armor housing, and the armor housing and the battery unit are configured to eject in response to an impact event.
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A military vehicle comprising:
- a passenger capsule including a floor, sidewalls, and a belly deflector arranged beneath the floor, wherein the military vehicle is reconfigurable between an A-kit configuration and a B-kit configuration,
- in the A-kit configuration, a primary energy storage system is arranged within the passenger capsule;
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- in the B-kit configuration, a supplemental energy storage system is removably coupled to an exterior surface of the belly deflector, the supplemental energy storage system including a battery unit that is configured to protect the exterior surface of the belly deflector and supplement an energy storage capacity of the primary energy storage system, wherein the battery unit is arranged within an armor housing including an inner plate coupled to the exterior surface and an outer plate, wherein the battery unit and the outer plate are configured to eject in response to an impact event.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.