Blast mitigating restraint system

US10845164B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• BAE Systems Land & Armaments L.P. · US

Inventors

• Brian H. Kariya · Los Gatos, US
• Roy John Buchmann · San Jose, US
• Parmjit Paul Singh · Pleasanton, US
• Mei Lam · Austin, US
• Scott Greenlee · San Jose, US
• Jeff Faul · Los Gatos, US
• Wing Ng · Sha Tin, CN
• Michael McCullough · San Jose, US
• Stu Nakashima · San Jose, US
• Yaping Zhu · Highland Park, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 30, 2017
• Grant date: Nov 24, 2020
• Expiry date: Jan 4, 2038

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B62D55/1083
• WIPO field: Other special machines
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A torsion bar restraint system for tracked combat vehicles that aids in the improvement of occupant survival rates when associated with asymmetric threats. The blast mitigating restraint system can reduce the dynamic deflection of torsion bars based on the severity of the blast impulse as needed. Systems comprise one or more components that secure the torsion bar to the hull for protecting against dynamic deflection and lateral displacement. The two disclosed components, an end restraint device and an M-Ring restraining device, can be used in conjunction or independently from each other based on the type of threat likely to be encountered.