CA2607622A1 - Seat for armored vehicle - Google Patents
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
- B60N—SEATS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLES; VEHICLE PASSENGER ACCOMMODATION NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
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- B60N2/04—Seats specially adapted for vehicles; Arrangement or mounting of seats in vehicles the seat or part thereof being movable, e.g. adjustable the whole seat being movable
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
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- B60N—SEATS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLES; VEHICLE PASSENGER ACCOMMODATION NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
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- B60N2/04—Seats specially adapted for vehicles; Arrangement or mounting of seats in vehicles the seat or part thereof being movable, e.g. adjustable the whole seat being movable
- B60N2/16—Seats specially adapted for vehicles; Arrangement or mounting of seats in vehicles the seat or part thereof being movable, e.g. adjustable the whole seat being movable height-adjustable
- B60N2/1605—Seats specially adapted for vehicles; Arrangement or mounting of seats in vehicles the seat or part thereof being movable, e.g. adjustable the whole seat being movable height-adjustable characterised by the cinematic
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
- B60N—SEATS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLES; VEHICLE PASSENGER ACCOMMODATION NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
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- B60N2/42—Seats specially adapted for vehicles; Arrangement or mounting of seats in vehicles for particular purposes or particular vehicles the seat constructed to protect the occupant from the effect of abnormal g-forces, e.g. crash or safety seats
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
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- F41H—ARMOUR; ARMOURED TURRETS; ARMOURED OR ARMED VEHICLES; MEANS OF ATTACK OR DEFENCE, e.g. CAMOUFLAGE, IN GENERAL
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F41—WEAPONS
- F41H—ARMOUR; ARMOURED TURRETS; ARMOURED OR ARMED VEHICLES; MEANS OF ATTACK OR DEFENCE, e.g. CAMOUFLAGE, IN GENERAL
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Abstract
An armored vehicle having a generally horizontal roof wall and a generally vertical side wall extending downward from the roof wall is provided with a seat assembly having a hanger frame fixed to at least one of the walls, clear of a floor of the vehicle, and having a generally upright side member. A support frame is shiftable at least vertically on the hanger frame along the side member. A latch can arrest the support frame at any of a plurality of vertically offset positions on the side member. A
seat is hinged on the support frame next to the side member and has a sitting part and a back part horizontally adjacent the side member. The seat is dimensioned to hold a person horizontally adjacent the side member, and elastic straps secured to the support frame and at least partially suspending the seat. A
harness is provided to hold a person in the seat.
seat is hinged on the support frame next to the side member and has a sitting part and a back part horizontally adjacent the side member. The seat is dimensioned to hold a person horizontally adjacent the side member, and elastic straps secured to the support frame and at least partially suspending the seat. A
harness is provided to hold a person in the seat.
Description
SEAT FOR ARMORED VEHICLE
SPECIFICATION
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a seat for an armored vehicle. More particularly this invention concerns such a seat that protects the seat's occupant with respect to land mines.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
A seat in an armored vehicle typically has a frame covered with a seat cover and connected to a hanger frame attached to the vehicle roof. Mounting the seat on the ceiling rather than, as is standard in most vehicles, on the floor, protects the occupants in the event of a land-mine explosion underneath the vehicle, which typically pushes up the floor.
Land mines present a great danger to vehicles and their crews due to their extremely high destructive force combined with their frequent occurrence in regions of crisis and war. Since the probability of running over mines is particularly high in the case of peacekeeping deployments, very high requirements for protection are placed even on lightly armored vehicles.
Effective protection for the crew essentially depends on the design of the seat and its attachment to the armored vehicle.
As mentioned above, attachment of the seats to the floor or to the vehicle wall is not appropriate for mine protection since in response to a mine detonation the outer shell of the vehicle facing the detonation, in most cases the vehicle floor and the lower section of the outer vehicle wall, is accelerated and dynamically deformed inward so much that the forces transferred to the occupants are a multiple of the physiologically allowable acceleration and hence very injurious.
EP 1,382,932 describes a safety system which takes into account this requisite decoupling of the seats from the vehicle floor and from the side wall of the vehicle by suspending the seat from the vehicle roof and strapping it down to the floor. Seats of this type, however, have the fundamental disadvantage that they maintain their protection only when the floor structure is not deformed, that is not shifted upward toward the roof. Due to the significant dynamic deformation of the floor structure in a mine detonation, the seat loses its stable anchorage provided by the floor straps, and thus its rigid shape as well, since the straps attached to the floor go slack. This loosening of the floor straps takes away from the safety system the rigid shape required for the protective function, and the seat system can no longer ensure an upright seat position required for the protective function in relation to the direction of acceleration, with the result that in the worst case the occupants are even accelerated together with their seat against the vehicle roof, despite the intact restraint system. Similar safety systems are described in US 3,868,143, in GB 2,276,080, and in US 2,829,702.
US 2005/0264082 describes an armored vehicle having a floor, a roof above the floor, and a side wall extending vertically between the floor and the wall. It is provided with a seat having a rigid frame, at least one ceiling mount suspending the frame from the roof, a cover on the frame forming surfaces adapted to hold a seated occupant, and a harness on the frame retaining the occupant seated on the cover. The frame and cover are wholly disengaged and disconnected from the floor. The cover includes an upright back panel engaging a back of the occupant of the seat, a seat panel engaging underneath and supporting the occupant of the seat, and a pair of side panels flanking the occupant of the seat and connected to the back panel and seat panel. The frame is designed as a rod assembly that can be completely decoupled from the vehicle floor. The disadvantage of this arrangement is that it does not allow for any adjustment of the seat longitudinally or in height, as is required for the driver and operating personnel in the vehicle so as to be able to adjust the working position ergonomically to a specific body size, since the seat is attached in a fixed position within the vehicle.
US 6,805,033 describes a vehicle seat that is integrated in a fixed rod assembly suspended from the vehicle roof and that can be slid along this obliquely upwardly extending rod assembly.
The disadvantage of this seat is the adjustment capability only in the direction of the rod assembly, there being no independent adjustment possible longitudinally or in height. Another disadvantage is the rigid seat arrangement on the rod assembly which in the event of a vertical shock load, triggered for example by a mine detonation under the vehicle, cannot take up the shock load due to the lack of an elastic suspension.
In another system the seat is also attached to the vehicle roof or in the upper side wall region. This seat, like US
2005/0264082, is also not adjustable and additionally does not any of the shock-absorbing features of US 2005/0264082.
US 4,144,797 discloses a seat for operating a weapons station. Here the seat is attached to a rotatable device suspended from the roof, and is slidable vertically along this device. Seats of this type are not suitable for mine protection purposes because here again no energy-absorbing devices are integrated and no suitable restraint devices are provided.
OBJECTS OF THE INVENTION
It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide an improved seat for an armored vehicle.
Another object is the provision of such an improved seat for an armored vehicle that overcomes the above-given disadvantages, in particular that eliminates the disadvantages described in the prior art by means of a further development of the invention described in US 2005/0264082.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
An armored vehicle having a generally horizontal roof wall and a generally vertical side wall extending downward from the roof wall is provided according to the invention with a seat assembly having a hanger frame fixed to at least one of the walls, clear of a floor of the vehicle, and having a generally upright side member. A support frame is shiftable at least vertically on the hanger frame along the side member. A latch can arrest the support frame at any of a plurality of vertically offset positions on the side member. A seat is hinged on the support frame next to the side member and has a sitting part and a back part horizontally adjacent the side member. The seat is dimensioned to hold a person horizontally adjacent the side member, and elastic straps secured to the support frame and at least partially suspending the seat. A harness is provided to hold a person in the seat.
SPECIFICATION
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a seat for an armored vehicle. More particularly this invention concerns such a seat that protects the seat's occupant with respect to land mines.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
A seat in an armored vehicle typically has a frame covered with a seat cover and connected to a hanger frame attached to the vehicle roof. Mounting the seat on the ceiling rather than, as is standard in most vehicles, on the floor, protects the occupants in the event of a land-mine explosion underneath the vehicle, which typically pushes up the floor.
Land mines present a great danger to vehicles and their crews due to their extremely high destructive force combined with their frequent occurrence in regions of crisis and war. Since the probability of running over mines is particularly high in the case of peacekeeping deployments, very high requirements for protection are placed even on lightly armored vehicles.
Effective protection for the crew essentially depends on the design of the seat and its attachment to the armored vehicle.
As mentioned above, attachment of the seats to the floor or to the vehicle wall is not appropriate for mine protection since in response to a mine detonation the outer shell of the vehicle facing the detonation, in most cases the vehicle floor and the lower section of the outer vehicle wall, is accelerated and dynamically deformed inward so much that the forces transferred to the occupants are a multiple of the physiologically allowable acceleration and hence very injurious.
EP 1,382,932 describes a safety system which takes into account this requisite decoupling of the seats from the vehicle floor and from the side wall of the vehicle by suspending the seat from the vehicle roof and strapping it down to the floor. Seats of this type, however, have the fundamental disadvantage that they maintain their protection only when the floor structure is not deformed, that is not shifted upward toward the roof. Due to the significant dynamic deformation of the floor structure in a mine detonation, the seat loses its stable anchorage provided by the floor straps, and thus its rigid shape as well, since the straps attached to the floor go slack. This loosening of the floor straps takes away from the safety system the rigid shape required for the protective function, and the seat system can no longer ensure an upright seat position required for the protective function in relation to the direction of acceleration, with the result that in the worst case the occupants are even accelerated together with their seat against the vehicle roof, despite the intact restraint system. Similar safety systems are described in US 3,868,143, in GB 2,276,080, and in US 2,829,702.
US 2005/0264082 describes an armored vehicle having a floor, a roof above the floor, and a side wall extending vertically between the floor and the wall. It is provided with a seat having a rigid frame, at least one ceiling mount suspending the frame from the roof, a cover on the frame forming surfaces adapted to hold a seated occupant, and a harness on the frame retaining the occupant seated on the cover. The frame and cover are wholly disengaged and disconnected from the floor. The cover includes an upright back panel engaging a back of the occupant of the seat, a seat panel engaging underneath and supporting the occupant of the seat, and a pair of side panels flanking the occupant of the seat and connected to the back panel and seat panel. The frame is designed as a rod assembly that can be completely decoupled from the vehicle floor. The disadvantage of this arrangement is that it does not allow for any adjustment of the seat longitudinally or in height, as is required for the driver and operating personnel in the vehicle so as to be able to adjust the working position ergonomically to a specific body size, since the seat is attached in a fixed position within the vehicle.
US 6,805,033 describes a vehicle seat that is integrated in a fixed rod assembly suspended from the vehicle roof and that can be slid along this obliquely upwardly extending rod assembly.
The disadvantage of this seat is the adjustment capability only in the direction of the rod assembly, there being no independent adjustment possible longitudinally or in height. Another disadvantage is the rigid seat arrangement on the rod assembly which in the event of a vertical shock load, triggered for example by a mine detonation under the vehicle, cannot take up the shock load due to the lack of an elastic suspension.
In another system the seat is also attached to the vehicle roof or in the upper side wall region. This seat, like US
2005/0264082, is also not adjustable and additionally does not any of the shock-absorbing features of US 2005/0264082.
US 4,144,797 discloses a seat for operating a weapons station. Here the seat is attached to a rotatable device suspended from the roof, and is slidable vertically along this device. Seats of this type are not suitable for mine protection purposes because here again no energy-absorbing devices are integrated and no suitable restraint devices are provided.
OBJECTS OF THE INVENTION
It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide an improved seat for an armored vehicle.
Another object is the provision of such an improved seat for an armored vehicle that overcomes the above-given disadvantages, in particular that eliminates the disadvantages described in the prior art by means of a further development of the invention described in US 2005/0264082.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
An armored vehicle having a generally horizontal roof wall and a generally vertical side wall extending downward from the roof wall is provided according to the invention with a seat assembly having a hanger frame fixed to at least one of the walls, clear of a floor of the vehicle, and having a generally upright side member. A support frame is shiftable at least vertically on the hanger frame along the side member. A latch can arrest the support frame at any of a plurality of vertically offset positions on the side member. A seat is hinged on the support frame next to the side member and has a sitting part and a back part horizontally adjacent the side member. The seat is dimensioned to hold a person horizontally adjacent the side member, and elastic straps secured to the support frame and at least partially suspending the seat. A harness is provided to hold a person in the seat.
Thus the support frame is articulated on the side to a support frame on which the elastic straps are attached, and this support frame is connected to a hanger frame attached to the vehicle roof.
Within the scope of the invention, the hanger frame can be designed as a the rod hanger assembly or as a partition wall suspended from the vehicle roof.
To enable height adjustment of the seat, a detent-lockable sliding guide can be provided in the lateral suspension device.
To enable longitudinal displacement of the seat, the seat frame can be connected to the lateral suspension device by means of another detent-lockable sliding guide.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWING
The above and other objects, features, and advantages will become more readily apparent from the following description, reference being made to the accompanying drawing in which:
FIG. 1 is a rear perspective view of an armored-vehicle seat according to the invention;
FIG. 2 is a front perspective view of the FIG. 1 seat;
FIG. 3 is a rear perspective view of another armored-vehicle seat according to the invention; and FIG. 4 is a front perspective view of the FIG. 3 seat.
SPECIFIC DESCRIPTION
As seen in FIGS. 1 and 2, a rigid hanger frame 1 is provided that is bolted to the generally horizontal vehicle roof indicated schematically at 13. Connected to the rod hanger frame 1 is a support frame 2 on which a seat 3 is pivotally attached. A
lower portion of the hanger frame 1 can be attached as shown to a side wall illustrated schematically at 10, which side wall 10 may itself be suspended from the ceiling. In FIGS. 3 and 4 the hanger frame 1 is only fixed to the pendant side wall 10. There is no connection whatsoever to the unillustrated floor of the vehicle having the roof 13 and side wall 10.
This seat 3 is an open framework made of tubing with a U-shaped lower part 3' forming a sitting surface and a back part also made of tubing and hinged at its lower ends about an axis extending parallel to the vehicle travel direction to the rear ends of the seat part 3'. This frame 3 is provided with a flexible seat cover which is composed in particular of two elastic straps 4, a seat surface 5 on the part 3', and a backrest 14. These components are stitched together. The seat cover is elastic fabric that may be composed, depending on requirements, of a fragment-protection fabric, or into which an additional single- or multilayer fragment-protection material is integrated.
The elastic straps 4 are each attached directly to the support frame 2, as shown by way of example in FIGS. 1 and 3. More specifically, each strap 4 is looped over the upper end of the support frame 2 and is attached somewhat lower down on the support frame 2 in order to give it maximum length and stretchability, with the front ends of the straps 4 looped around the side tubes of the seat frame part 3' so as to elastically support it.
An occupant 6 is held in the seat by a shoulder straps 7 and a lap belt 8.
In order to provide height adjustment of the seat, the frame 1 has a vertical guide rail 9 formed with a vertical row of latch holes and cooperating with a pin-type latch (12 in FIG. 4) on the frame 2 carrying the seat 3. A second such guide rail for the longitudinal displacement of the seat can be provided between the seat 3 and guide rail 9.
In the embodiment of FIGS. 3 and 4, the guide rail 9' can be fixed to the side wall 11 that is, as described above, suspended from the vehicle roof 13. For longitudinal adjustment of the seat longitudinally, a clamp or detent-type latch is integrated into the joint between the rail 9' and the seat 3, by means of which seat 3, and thus the entire seat, can be slid longitudinally along the rail 9. Since the rail 9' is not vertical but extends both vertically and somewhat horizontally, simple movement of the frame 2 along the angled rail 9' provides both vertical and horizontal (longitudinal) adjustment of the position of the seat 3 carried on the frame 2. Thus with this embodiment, it is possible to independently adjust both the height and longitudinal position of the seat 3.
The lower end of the vertically movable support frame 2 has a lower portion forming a horizontally extending table on which the seat frame 3 is shiftable and adjustable horizontally in the travel direction of the vehicle, here parallel to the side wall 10. This way the person sitting in the seat frame 3 has some front-to-back adjustability of his mine-protected seat.
In response to a mine detonation under the vehicle, occupants 6 are pressed into the ergonomically shaped seat cover on seat 3, which cover, due to the elastic material of straps 4, reduces the acceleration force acting on occupants 6. In the opposite direction, occupants 6 are restrained by belts 7 and 8.
Within the scope of the invention, the hanger frame can be designed as a the rod hanger assembly or as a partition wall suspended from the vehicle roof.
To enable height adjustment of the seat, a detent-lockable sliding guide can be provided in the lateral suspension device.
To enable longitudinal displacement of the seat, the seat frame can be connected to the lateral suspension device by means of another detent-lockable sliding guide.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWING
The above and other objects, features, and advantages will become more readily apparent from the following description, reference being made to the accompanying drawing in which:
FIG. 1 is a rear perspective view of an armored-vehicle seat according to the invention;
FIG. 2 is a front perspective view of the FIG. 1 seat;
FIG. 3 is a rear perspective view of another armored-vehicle seat according to the invention; and FIG. 4 is a front perspective view of the FIG. 3 seat.
SPECIFIC DESCRIPTION
As seen in FIGS. 1 and 2, a rigid hanger frame 1 is provided that is bolted to the generally horizontal vehicle roof indicated schematically at 13. Connected to the rod hanger frame 1 is a support frame 2 on which a seat 3 is pivotally attached. A
lower portion of the hanger frame 1 can be attached as shown to a side wall illustrated schematically at 10, which side wall 10 may itself be suspended from the ceiling. In FIGS. 3 and 4 the hanger frame 1 is only fixed to the pendant side wall 10. There is no connection whatsoever to the unillustrated floor of the vehicle having the roof 13 and side wall 10.
This seat 3 is an open framework made of tubing with a U-shaped lower part 3' forming a sitting surface and a back part also made of tubing and hinged at its lower ends about an axis extending parallel to the vehicle travel direction to the rear ends of the seat part 3'. This frame 3 is provided with a flexible seat cover which is composed in particular of two elastic straps 4, a seat surface 5 on the part 3', and a backrest 14. These components are stitched together. The seat cover is elastic fabric that may be composed, depending on requirements, of a fragment-protection fabric, or into which an additional single- or multilayer fragment-protection material is integrated.
The elastic straps 4 are each attached directly to the support frame 2, as shown by way of example in FIGS. 1 and 3. More specifically, each strap 4 is looped over the upper end of the support frame 2 and is attached somewhat lower down on the support frame 2 in order to give it maximum length and stretchability, with the front ends of the straps 4 looped around the side tubes of the seat frame part 3' so as to elastically support it.
An occupant 6 is held in the seat by a shoulder straps 7 and a lap belt 8.
In order to provide height adjustment of the seat, the frame 1 has a vertical guide rail 9 formed with a vertical row of latch holes and cooperating with a pin-type latch (12 in FIG. 4) on the frame 2 carrying the seat 3. A second such guide rail for the longitudinal displacement of the seat can be provided between the seat 3 and guide rail 9.
In the embodiment of FIGS. 3 and 4, the guide rail 9' can be fixed to the side wall 11 that is, as described above, suspended from the vehicle roof 13. For longitudinal adjustment of the seat longitudinally, a clamp or detent-type latch is integrated into the joint between the rail 9' and the seat 3, by means of which seat 3, and thus the entire seat, can be slid longitudinally along the rail 9. Since the rail 9' is not vertical but extends both vertically and somewhat horizontally, simple movement of the frame 2 along the angled rail 9' provides both vertical and horizontal (longitudinal) adjustment of the position of the seat 3 carried on the frame 2. Thus with this embodiment, it is possible to independently adjust both the height and longitudinal position of the seat 3.
The lower end of the vertically movable support frame 2 has a lower portion forming a horizontally extending table on which the seat frame 3 is shiftable and adjustable horizontally in the travel direction of the vehicle, here parallel to the side wall 10. This way the person sitting in the seat frame 3 has some front-to-back adjustability of his mine-protected seat.
In response to a mine detonation under the vehicle, occupants 6 are pressed into the ergonomically shaped seat cover on seat 3, which cover, due to the elastic material of straps 4, reduces the acceleration force acting on occupants 6. In the opposite direction, occupants 6 are restrained by belts 7 and 8.
Claims (6)
1. ~In combination with an armored vehicle having a generally horizontal roof wall and a generally vertical side wall extending downward from the roof wall, a seat assembly comprising:
a hanger frame fixed to at least one of the walls, clear of a floor of the vehicle, and having a generally upright side member;
a support frame shiftable at least vertically on the hanger frame along the side member;
latch means for arresting the support frame at any of a plurality of vertically offset positions on the side member;
a seat mounted on the support frame next to the side member and having a sitting part and a back part horizontally adjacent the side member, the seat being dimensioned to hold a person horizontally adjacent the side member;
elastic straps secured to the support frame and at least partially suspending the seat; and a harness attached to the seat and shaped to hold a person in the seat.
a hanger frame fixed to at least one of the walls, clear of a floor of the vehicle, and having a generally upright side member;
a support frame shiftable at least vertically on the hanger frame along the side member;
latch means for arresting the support frame at any of a plurality of vertically offset positions on the side member;
a seat mounted on the support frame next to the side member and having a sitting part and a back part horizontally adjacent the side member, the seat being dimensioned to hold a person horizontally adjacent the side member;
elastic straps secured to the support frame and at least partially suspending the seat; and a harness attached to the seat and shaped to hold a person in the seat.
2. ~The seat assembly defined in claim 1, wherein the hanger frame is fixed to both the roof wall and the side wall.
3. ~The seat assembly defined in claim 1, wherein the side member is a rail fixed to the side wall.
4. ~The seat assembly defined in claim 1, wherein the latch means is carried on the support frame.
5. ~The seat assembly defined in claim 1, wherein the side member has a plurality of latch holes.
6. ~The seat assembly defined in claim 1, wherein the side member extends at an acute angle the vertical and to the horizontal and the support frame is slidable along the side member.
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