IPC분류정보
국가/구분 |
United States(US) Patent
등록
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국제특허분류(IPC7판) |
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출원번호 |
US-0654649
(2003-09-02)
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발명자
/ 주소 |
- Helms,James
- Buckner,Thomas G.
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출원인 / 주소 |
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대리인 / 주소 |
Ware, Fressola, Van Der Sluys &
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인용정보 |
피인용 횟수 :
4 인용 특허 :
7 |
초록
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A stealth weapon module (10) including a weapon support cage (11) and a weapon (12), with the weapon module (10) able to be stowed beneath a retractable hard roof (15). The roof (15) is raised and lowered by a hydraulic motor ( 16), and includes a stabilizing cloth (15b) that keeps the roof (15), m
A stealth weapon module (10) including a weapon support cage (11) and a weapon (12), with the weapon module (10) able to be stowed beneath a retractable hard roof (15). The roof (15) is raised and lowered by a hydraulic motor ( 16), and includes a stabilizing cloth (15b) that keeps the roof (15), made of interconnected slats (15a), from pulling apart or otherwise changing shape as it is raised and lowered, even at rates of travel of several inches per second. The weapon module (10), with any of various different roof designs including the retractable hard roof (15), can be incorporated into either a transportable shell (20), able to be moved from one application to another, or can be built into (and so specially adapted to) a structure, such as the back/cab of a sports utility vehicle.
대표청구항
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What is claimed is: 1. A system comprising: a weapon support cage (11) having a frame (11 a) and a lift platform (14) attached to the frame (11 a) for raising and lowering a weapon (12), and having a retractable roof (15) for covering the weapon (12) when the weapon is in its lowered position, and
What is claimed is: 1. A system comprising: a weapon support cage (11) having a frame (11 a) and a lift platform (14) attached to the frame (11 a) for raising and lowering a weapon (12), and having a retractable roof (15) for covering the weapon (12) when the weapon is in its lowered position, and also having means (16) for deploying and retracting the roof (15), the weapon support cage (11) responsive to hoist control signals for raising and lowering the lift platform (14) and for retracting and deploying the roof (15); and an operator control station (40) for providing the hoist control signals; characterized in that the roof (15) is made substantially of a hard material (15a) and is provided as a bendable structure such that the roof can be rolled from a flat configuration to a rolled up configuration and conversely, and the roof is rolled up as it is retracted; further characterized in that the roof (15) is deployed and retracted using a hydraulic motor (16); and further characterized in that the hydraulic motor ( 16) is provided with hydraulic fluid at a plurality of pressures so as to provide a corresponding plurality of motor speeds at a given load. 2. The system of claim 1, further characterized in that: the roof (15) is a bendable structure comprising elongated slats ( 15a) each interconnected to at least one other along an edge so as to be able to be wound from a flat configuration to a rolled-up configuration and conversely. 3. The system of claim 2, further characterized in that: the roof (15) has a substantially non-extensible cloth (15 b) adhered to a face of the roof (15) so as to extend across at least some or substantially all of the slats (15a) forming the face of the roof (15). 4. The system of claim 3, further characterized in that: the cloth (15b) is of a material having an especially low coefficient of thermal expansion. 5. The system of claim 4, further characterized in that: the cloth (15b) is an acrylic yarn. 6. A system comprising: a weapon support cage (11) having a frame (11 a) and a lift platform (14) attached to the frame (11 a) for raising and lowering a weapon (12), and having a retractable roof (15) for covering the weapon (12) when the weapon is in its lowered position, and also having means (16) for deploying and retracting the roof (15), the weapon support cage (11) responsive to hoist control signals for raising and lowering the lift platform (14) and for retracting and deploying the roof (15); and an operator control station (40) for providing the hoist control signals; characterized in that the roof (15) is made substantially of a hard material (15a) and is provided as a bendable structure such that the roof can be rolled from a flat configuration to a rolled up configuration and conversely, and the roof is rolled up as it is retracted; further characterized in that the roof (15) is deployed and retracted using a hydraulic motor (16); and further characterized in that: the hydraulic motor (16) has a veined structure and a shaft (16a) coupled to the veined structure, and has an opening to a hydraulic line (25) through which hydraulic fluid is forced from a hydraulic reservoir ( 22) by a pump (21), and also having a hydraulic line (25 ) for returning hydraulic fluid to the hydraulic reservoir (22), the veined structure configured so as to turn the hydraulic motor shaft (16a) in one or another direction in response to a difference in pressure in hydraulic lines (25) connected to the hydraulic motor (16). 7. A system comprising: a weapon support cage (11) having a frame (11 a) and a lift platform (14) attached to the frame (11 a) for raising and lowering a weapon (12), and having a retractable roof (15) for covering the weapon (12) when the weapon is in its lowered position, and also having means (16) for deploying and retracting the roof (15), the weapon support cage (11) responsive to hoist control signals for raising and lowering the lift platform (14) and for retracting and deploying the roof (15); and an operator control station (40) for providing the hoist control signals; characterized in that the roof (15) is made substantially of a hard material (15a) and is provided as a bendable structure such that the roof can be rolled from a flat configuration to a rolled up configuration and conversely, and the roof is rolled up as it is retracted; further characterized in that the roof (15) is deployed and retracted using a hydraulic motor (16); and further characterized in that: the hydraulic motor (16) has a protruding shaft (16a) on which a drive gear ( 16b) is mounted on which in turn a timing belt (19 a) is wound which in turn is wound onto a timing gear (19 b) on a timing axle (19c) rotatably connected to the weapon support cage (11) and having a sprocket (20) for mating with recesses between the slats (15a) of the roof (15) and so providing purchase for urging the roof (15) from a retracted configuration to a deployed configuration, and vice versa. 8. The system of claim 1, further characterized in that the weapon support cage (11) is enclosed in a shell (20) having an electric power interface (230) for receiving electric power, a control signal interface (250) for receiving the control signals, and a sensor signal interface (240) for providing the sensor signals, wherein the shell (20) is transportable intact from one application to another. 9. The system of claim 8, further characterized in that the shell is provided with attachment means (20b) so as to fit as a cab or fixture to any vehicle or vessel of a predetermined one or more types. 10. A system comprising: a weapon support cage (11) having a frame (11 a) and a lift platform (14) attached to the frame (11 a) for raising and lowering a weapon (12), and having a retractable roof (15) for covering the weapon (12) when the weapon is in its lowered position, and also having means (16) for deploying and retracting the roof (15), the weapon support cage (11) responsive to hoist control signals for raising and lowering the lift platform (14) and for retracting and deploying the roof (15); and an operator control station (40) for providing the hoist control signals; characterized in that the roof (15) is made substantially of a hard material (15a) and is provided as a bendable structure such that the roof can be rolled from a flat configuration to a rolled up configuration and conversely, and the roof is rolled up as it is retracted; further characterized in that the weapon support cage ( 11) is enclosed in a shell (20) having an electric power interface (230) for receiving electric power, a control signal interface (250) for receiving the control signals, and a sensor signal interface (240) for providing the sensor signals, wherein the shell (20) is transportable intact from one application to another; and further comprising a weapon module (10) including the weapon support cage (11) and also including the weapon (12), and wherein the weapon module (10) is further responsive to weapon control signals by which the weapon (12) is operative, and provides sensor signals conveying information acquired from sensors ( 12a) also included as part of the weapon module (10), and further wherein the operator control station (40) is responsive to the sensor signals and provides the weapon control signals. 11. A method for raising a weapon (12) from a concealed position and for lowering the weapon (12) back to the concealed position, comprising: a step of housing the weapon (12) in a weapon support cage (11) having a frame (11a) and a lift platform (14) attached to the frame (11a) for raising and lowering the weapon (12), and having a retractable roof (15) for covering the weapon (12) when the weapon is in its lowered position, and also having means (16) for deploying and retracting the roof (15), the weapon support cage (11) responsive to hoist control signals for raising and lowering the lift platform ( 14) and for retracting and deploying the roof (15); and a step of controlling the position of the roof (15) and the lift platform (14) via an operator control station ( 40) providing the hoist control signals; characterized in that the roof (15) is made substantially of a hard material (15a) and is provided as a bendable structure such that the roof can be rolled from a flat configuration to a rolled up configuration and conversely, and the roof is rolled up as it is retracted; further characterized in that the roof (15) is deployed and retracted using a hydraulic motor (16); and further characterized in that: the hydraulic motor ( 16) has a veined structure and a shaft (16a) coupled to the veined structure, and has an opening to a hydraulic line (25) through which hydraulic fluid is forced from a hydraulic reservoir ( 22) by a pump (21), and also having a hydraulic line (25 ) for returning hydraulic fluid to the hydraulic reservoir (22), the veined structure configured so as to turn the hydraulic motor shaft (16a) in one or another direction in response to a difference in pressure in hydraulic lines (25) connected to the hydraulic motor (16). 12. The method of claim 11, further characterized in that: the roof (15) is a bendable structure comprising elongated slats (15a) each interconnected to at least one other along an edge so as to be able to be wound from a flat configuration to a rolled-up configuration and conversely. 13. The method of claim 12, further characterized in that: the roof (15) has a substantially non-extensible cloth (15 b) adhered to a face of the roof (15) so as to extend across at least some or substantially all of the slats (15a) forming the face of the roof (15). 14. The method of claim 12, further characterized in that: the cloth (15b) is of a material having an especially low coefficient of thermal expansion. 15. The method of claim 11, further characterized in that: the hydraulic motor (16) is provided with hydraulic fluid at a plurality of pressures so as to provide a corresponding plurality of motor speeds at a given load. 16. The method of claim 11, further characterized in that the weapon support cage (11) is enclosed in a shell (20) having an electric power interface (230) for receiving electric power, a control signal interface (250) for receiving the control signals, and a sensor signal interface (240) for providing the sensor signals, wherein the shell (20) is transportable intact from one application to another.
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