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US 12,654,778 B1Granted
Vehicle with armored hood
AssigneeOshkosh Defense, LLC
InventorsJeff Taylor, Tim Booms
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Abstract
A vehicle includes a chassis, a tractive element coupled to the chassis, a hood, and a hinge assembly pivotally coupling the hood to the chassis. The hinge assembly includes a first plate fixedly coupled to the hood, the first plate defining a first hinge pin aperture, a second plate coupled to the chassis, the second plate defining a second hinge pin aperture, a hinge pin extending through the first hinge pin aperture and the second hinge pin aperture, and a spring configured to bias the hood toward a raised position.
Claims19
A vehicle comprising:
- a chassis;
- a tractive element coupled to the chassis;
- a hood;
- and
- a hinge assembly pivotally coupling the hood to the chassis, the hinge assembly including:
- a first plate fixedly coupled to the hood, the first plate defining a first hinge pin aperture;
- a second plate coupled to the chassis, the second plate defining a second hinge pin aperture;
- a hinge pin extending through the first hinge pin aperture and the second hinge pin aperture;
- and
- a spring configured to bias the hood toward a raised position;
- wherein the first plate defines a first locking pin aperture, wherein the second plate defines a second locking pin aperture, and wherein the hinge assembly includes a locking pin configured to be received by the first locking pin aperture and the second locking pin aperture to selectively limit movement of the hood relative to the chassis;
- wherein the locking pin is configured to be received by the first locking pin aperture and the second locking pin aperture to selectively hold the hood in the raised position;
- and
- wherein the hood is repositionable between the raised position and a lowered position below the raised position, wherein the first plate further defines a third locking pin aperture, and wherein the locking pin is configured to be received by the third locking pin aperture and the second locking pin aperture to selectively hold the hood in the lowered position.
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A vehicle comprising:
- a chassis;
- a tractive element coupled to the chassis;
- a hood;
- and
- a hinge assembly pivotally coupling the hood to the chassis, the hinge assembly including:
- a first plate fixedly coupled to the hood, the first plate defining a first hinge pin aperture;
- a second plate coupled to the chassis, the second plate defining a second hinge pin aperture;
- a hinge pin extending through the first hinge pin aperture and the second hinge pin aperture;
- and
- a spring configured to bias the hood toward a raised position, wherein the spring is a first torsion spring, the hinge assembly further comprising a second torsion spring configured to bias the hood towards the raised position, wherein the hinge pin extends through the first torsion spring and the second torsion spring, and wherein the first plate is received between the first torsion spring and the second torsion spring.
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A vehicle comprising:
- a chassis;
- a tractive element coupled to the chassis;
- a hood;
- and
- a hinge assembly pivotally coupling the hood to the chassis, the hinge assembly including:
- a first plate fixedly coupled to the hood, the first plate defining a first hinge pin aperture;
- a second plate coupled to the chassis, the second plate defining a second hinge pin aperture;
- a hinge pin extending through the first hinge pin aperture and the second hinge pin aperture;
- and
- a spring configured to bias the hood toward a raised position;
- wherein the hood is a first hood, wherein the vehicle is reconfigurable between (a) a first configuration in which the hinge assembly couples the first hood to the chassis and (b) a second configuration in which the hinge assembly and the first hood are removed and a second hood is coupled to the chassis, and wherein the first hood provides a greater damage resistance than the second hood.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.