Unmanned armored minesweeping vehicle

US5856629A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Rheinmetall Industrie AG · DE

Inventors

• Hermann Grosch · Bad Doberan, DE
• Knut Krüger · Weesen, DE
• Werner Hasse · Hamburg, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: May 9, 1997
• Grant date: Jan 5, 1999
• Expiry date: May 9, 2017

Classification

• Technology area (CPC F): Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
• CPC primary: F41H11/18
• WIPO field: Other special machines
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

An unmanned armored minesweeping vehicle includes a vehicle body having a heavily armored vehicle part; a power plant accommodated in the vehicle part for propelling the vehicle; a vehicle steering control accommodated in the vehicle part; and a simulating arrangement for disguising the vehicle as a target for triggering the mines to be cleared.