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US 6,886,447 B2Granted
Hatch assembly
AssigneeUnited Defense, L.P.
InventorsJeffrey Crotty, Stephen Sohm
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Abstract
A hatch assembly and method for using the same that allows for enhanced ease of ingress and egress through a portal of a military vehicle. The hatch is advanced and cleared away from the portal through use of a hatch operating mechanism that employs an extendable cylinder assembly to advance the hatch and a rotational assembly operably connected to the telescopic assembly to rotate the hatch so as to clear the portal.
Claims21
A hatch assembly for a portal of an armored vehicle, the hatch assembly comprising:
- a structure defining the portal in the armored vehicle;
- a hatch positionable over the portal;
- a hatch operating mechanism operably coupled to said hatch for shifting said hatch between a first position covering said portal and a second position clearing said portal, said hatch operating mechanism including an extendable assembly, presenting an extendable assembly axis, for initially advancing said hatch from said portal, and a rotational assembly for clearing said portal, wherein travel of the extendable assembly to the second position results in a hatch transverse displacement of less than one hatch diameter.
A hatch assembly for a portal comprising:
- a structure defining the portal;
- a hatch positionable over the portal;
- an extendable assembly means for advancing the hatch from the portal;
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- a rotational assembly means for clearing the hatch from the portal.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.