Military vehicle with reconfigurable compartment
AssigneeOshkosh Corporation
InventorsGregory D. Malcolm, Matthew B. Vetting, Rodney M. Miller
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Abstract
A reconfigurable compartment for a military vehicle. The reconfigurable compartment includes a floor, a front, a rear, a roof, and sides. The floor, the front, the rear, the roof, and the sides are removably coupled with each other to define the reconfigurable compartment. At least one of the floor, the front, the rear, the roof, or the sides are function-specific and replaceable with a different function-specific at least one of the floor, the front, the rear, the roof, or the sides and thereby facilitate transitioning an overall function of the military vehicle to accommodate a variety of different vehicle applications.
Claims20
A military vehicle comprising:
- a frame;
- a vehicle body supported by the frame, the vehicle body including a compartment comprising a plurality of panels, the plurality of panels removably coupled to cooperatively define the vehicle body;
- wherein at least one of the plurality of panels of the compartment are replaceable and thereby facilitate transitioning an overall function of the military vehicle to accommodate a variety of different vehicle applications.
A reconfigurable compartment for a military vehicle comprising:
- a floor, a front, a rear, a roof, and sides, wherein the floor, the front, the rear, the roof, and the sides are removably coupled with each other to define the reconfigurable compartment;
- wherein at least one of the floor, the front, the rear, the roof, or the sides are function-specific and replaceable with a different function-specific at least one of the floor, the front, the rear, the roof, or the sides to change an overall function of the military vehicle between a plurality of overall functions.
A method of transitioning a military vehicle between a plurality of different modes, the method comprising:
- providing a military vehicle comprising a reconfigurable compartment having a floor, a front, a rear, a roof, and sides, wherein the front, the rear, the roof, and the sides are removably coupled with each other to define the reconfigurable compartment;
- removing a function-specific one of the floor, the front, the rear, the roof, or the sides;
- replacing the function-specific one of the floor, the front, the rear, the roof, or the sides with a different function-specific one of the floor, the front, the rear, the roof, or the sides to transition the military vehicle between the plurality of different modes.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.