Vehicle and structure shield hard point

US8443709B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• QINETIQ NORTH AMERICA, INC. · US

Inventors

• Michael D. Farinella · Belmont, US
• Robert Lee Cardenas · Framingham, US
• William R. Lawson · Hamilton, US
• Brendan LaBrecque · Peabody, US
• Frances Rush · Norwood, US
• David Hoadley · Lexington, US
• Michael Wheaton · Elk Grove, US
• Mike Anderson · Lowell, US
• Thomas Mann · Littleton, US
• Abed Kanaan · Still River, US
• Patrick Callahan · Maynard, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 8, 2010
• Grant date: May 21, 2013
• Expiry date: Sep 8, 2030

Classification

• Technology area (CPC F): Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
• CPC primary: F41H5/0492
• WIPO field: Other special machines
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A vehicle and structure shield hard point includes a forward facing base portion defined by a front face, sidewalls extending rearward from the front face including slots therethrough for the cords of a net, and a cavity surrounded by the sidewalls. A plug is sized to be frictionally received in the cavity of the forward facing base portion locking the cords of the net with respect to the forward facing base portion.