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US 4,362,083 AGranted
Casing for an armoured vehicle
AssigneeSulzer Brothers Limited
InventorHermann Straub
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Abstract
The casing is welded together from a number of inner wall plates and outer wall plates. Near the abutting plates, an arcuate member in the form of a shell or a tube is welded in, in order to form the edges of the walls. The arcuate members cooperate with the plates to form closed box girders. The welded construction has greatly reduced internal stresses.
Claims11
A casing of an armoured vehicle comprising
- at least one pair of intersecting walls, one of said walls having an outer plate with a longitudinal edge and an inner plate and the other of said walls having at least one outer plate with a longitudinal edge;
- an arcuate shell between said longitudinal edges of said intersecting walls, said arcuate shell having a curvilinear cross-section with a pair of edges;
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- welds securing said edges of said shell to respective plates of said plates and each said plate to said shell to define a closed box girder along said longitudinal edges.
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A casing of an armoured vehicle comprising
- a first wall having a pair of parallel plates;
- a second wall having a pair of parallel plates, said second wall being disposed at an angle to said first wall with an inner plate of each wall welded to each other;
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- an arcuate shell having a pair of edges welded respectively to said inner plates of said walls in bridging relation and being welded to the outer plate of each wall intermediately of said edges.
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A casing of an armoured vehicle comprising
- a first wall including at least one plate;
- a second wall having a pair of parallel plates, said second wall being disposed at an angle to said first wall;
- an arcuate shell having a first edge welded to said plate of said first wall, a second edge welded to the inner plate of said second wall, an interior intermediate surface between said edges welded to an edge of said inner plate, and an exterior surface welded to the outer plate of said second wall.
A casing of an armoured vehicle comprising
- at least one pair of intersecting walls, each of said walls having an outer plate with a longitudinal edge and an inner plate;
- an arcuate shell between said longitudinal edges of said intersecting walls;
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- welds securing each said outer plate and each said inner plate to said shell at two generatrices thereof and near said edges of said inner plates in bridging relation to define a closed box girder along said edges.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.