Towing pintle extender device

US6092827A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army · US

Inventors

• John G. Korpi · Livonia, US
• Christopher J. Bensch · Livonia, US
• Kenneth A. Greene · Gaylord, US
• Richard J. Line · Sterling Heights, US
• Peter W. Pfister · South Lyon, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 9, 1998
• Grant date: Jul 25, 2000
• Expiry date: Nov 9, 2018

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60D1/54
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A modified pintle assembly for an armored personnel carrier is secured to a swingable ramp at the rear of the carrier. The assembly comprises a back late affixed facially on the ramp and dogleg plates fixed to the back plate. The dogleg plates pivot on one of the ramp's hinges. A downwardly open shroud is fixed to the back plate and elongate plates. The shroud accommodates an extension block. An inner end of an extension block fits closely within the shroud and is pivotally connected thereto. A pintle is attached to the outer, free end of the extension block. The extension block and pintle are movable together between a deployed position in which the they extend away from the ramp and a retracted position in which they lie along the ramp. A lock pin through the shroud retains the extension block and pintle in either the deployed or the retracted position.