Low visibility armor structure with add-on window armor component
US5857730A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 5, 1997 |
| Grant date | Jan 12, 1999 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 5, 2017 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
- CPC primaryF41H5/226
- WIPO fieldOther special machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A low visibility interior armor construction for a door of an automotive icle is removably installed in the vehicle without structural change to the vehicle. The construction has a door panel armor component facing an inboard side of the door and a compressible pad between the inboard side of the door and the armor component. The armor component has hooks by which it hangs on the door. The armor component is tightened to the door by tensionable straps connected between the door and the armor component. The construction also has a plate of window armor alongside the door's window frame and a transparent frame forms a channel about a periphery of the plate. The frame is comprised of continuous polygonal bands forming side walls of the channel. Beds of the channel are recessed between the polygonal bands such that the transparent frame defines a continuous surface facing outboard of the vehicle. A transparent flange connects the door armor component to the transparent frame. A bracket fixed to the transparent frame has a bracket flange which lies in a channel of the door's window frame, the bracket flange being inserted between a pane of door window glass and a portion of a gasket in …
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