ES2348224T3 - BRUSH FOR A MULTIFUNCTIONAL RING OF ACCOMMODATION IN SHIELDED VEHICLES. - Google Patents

Abstract

The hatch (2) for the roof of a wheeled or tracked armored vehicle (1) is fitted to a multi-function mounting ring (6), as the interface and flange ring. The hatch has the modular structure of a weapon mounting, to be replaced by a secondary armament according to the required mission. The multi-function mounting ring is built into the circular opening in the roof and welded in place. The hatch mounting (3) is fitted to the ring and secured by bolts to give a choice of a hatch or a weapon. The hatch mounting has a bearing ring, which fits the vehicle mounting ring.

Description

The invention relates to an armored and armored vehicle that is composed of conventional elements such as the drive motor, gears, wheel pairs or crawler undercarriage, a crew compartment, a housing that houses all components. and accessories, as well as an armament system.

An especially important criterion in the development of a military vehicle is its modularity. The systems, which can be adapted to the most diverse requirements, represent a great advantage not only for the user, since this allows a relatively small family of vehicles to be used very differently. This type of products also makes it possible advantageously for the systems development company and suppliers to create special solutions quickly and economically from a modular system, without major costs for modification.

A wish that customers frequently ask armored car manufacturers is the equipment of vehicles with additional weapons. This includes both the carcasses for the self-protection of vehicles subjected to a minor threat, for example, transport vehicles, as well as secondary armaments for infantry cars and battle tanks. Conditioned by the requirements and design of the vehicle, the hatch area very often represents the place of assembly of this type of armament.

The different armaments and equipment can be mounted as replaceable modules on the vehicle, in the area of the hatch, and transported at the same time.

According to the state of the art, different proposals have been made for the construction of modular vehicles and modular partial superstructures in vehicles.

In DE4219688 an armored, air-transportable vehicle is constructed from a chassis and several housing elements arranged above, a carcass element being composed of a fixed lower element in the chassis and a mobile upper element that stops transport Aerial can be inserted vertically in order to reduce the volume of the vehicle.

In DE19502036, a crawler vehicle adapts quickly and economically to different applications by presenting the structure of the barge a modular design and being composed of at least two modules.

Document DE19619865 depicts a military vehicle on wheels, which can be retrofitted and equipped with separable modules, which is composed of a basic housing to house the vehicle components and can be transformed from a diesel-mechanical drive to a

drive

diesel-electric, the that result advantageous

for

the height constructive Y the setting of the

vehicle.

From DE19927656A1 an armored transport motor vehicle is known, equipped with an unmanned turret, including the gun carriage and the on-board machine gun as armament, which is remotely operated by the crew from inside the vehicle.

In the development of armored vehicles, one or more hatches must generally be provided as entry and exit routes for the vehicle crew. The amount of hatches will depend on the space available in the roof area and the number of crew members. If an additional armament is installed, a hatch in the prior art is often replaced by a housing ring for the gun carriage of this armament.

The disadvantage of this solution lies above all in that this transformation involves the reconstruction and manufacture of a modified and, therefore, new vehicle, thus expanding the number of members of a family of vehicles. Document DE3245686 shows a hatch according to the state of the art with the hatch cover and hinge as a unit, as well as a separate hatch ring that is placed in the vehicle.

The special problem is that a completely conceivable hatch with a hatch usually implies a smaller vehicle hatch due to geometric relationships. However, this is not desired in most cases and for various reasons you want to maintain the size of a hatch. Therefore, in each case it is necessary to weigh whether a larger hatch or an armament constitutes a better support for a planned mission and for optimal equipment there are then two different vehicle variants and a greater number of vehicle types.

The aim of the invention is to create a hatch for a military vehicle that can be mounted in a replaceable manner on a multifunctional housing ring and, therefore, allows the replacement and incorporation of other functional units, for example, different armaments, instead of the hatch, without the need to subsequently make constructive modifications and related to the manufacturing technique in the vehicle.

This objective is achieved according to the invention by the features of claim 1. Other features are derived from the secondary claims.

According to the invention, a mountable hatch is used, which is carried out as an independent mounting unit and is installed by means of a multifunctional housing ring, the ring being suitable also for the housing of armaments and other construction groups. The hatch is conveniently configured for use with the ring

housing or ring with flange.

The hatch can be mounted without modifications to the vehicle as a unit on the multifunctional housing ring. The elements, which in the case of conventional hatches fixed in the vehicle are fixedly connected to the vehicle, for example, hinges, joints, are in the embodiment according to the invention in a hatch ring which is connected to the hatch cover and it will be mounted on the housing ring.

The advantages of the invention are that the hatch can be mounted on a multifunctional housing ring when there is a corresponding interface. Therefore, the user can select according to the use between the hatch and other superstructures and assemble them without large workshop costs and independently in the same vehicle.

Therefore, the most diverse superstructures can also be mounted on the multifunctional housing ring if the mission, to which the vehicle is destined, so requires. Depending on the use, the vehicle crew can disassemble the hatch and select between two or more different superstructures, for example, replace the hatch with a machine gun, and mount it in a short period of time in only one vehicle. Similarly, a manufacturer of armored vehicles can respond quickly and economically to different customer wishes.

Examples of embodiments of the invention are described schematically in the drawings, which are described in detail below. They show:

Fig. 1

a side view of the hatch,

Fig 2

a view detailed from the hatch in cut

transverse and

Fig. 3 a view of the roof of the vehicle with a hatch. Figure 1 shows a closed hatch 2 that is

mounted on a vehicle roof 1 and has a hatch hinge 3.

Figure 2 shows a hatch cover 4 which together with a hinge 3 and a hatch ring 5 forms the hatch as a functional unit. A multifunction housing ring 6 is fixedly connected, for example, by welding, with a hole in the vehicle roof 1. Several screws 7 in the circumference of the housing ring are screwed into through holes in the housing ring and corresponding threaded holes in the hatch ring 5 and fix the hatch 2 on the barge roof 1.

Figure 3 shows a vehicle roof 1 provided with multifunctional housing rings 6. A hatch 2 is mounted on a ring and a gun station 7 on a ring.

A hatch 2, for example, round, is mounted on the vehicle roof 1 of a vehicle (not shown). The hatch is composed of the individual elements hatch cover 4, hinge 3 and hatch ring 5 as functional unit. In a drill, also round, on the barge roof 1, for example, by welding, a housing ring is fixed as a multifunctional interface. This ring has several vertical holes in the circumference, by means of which a construction element can be fixed, for example, the hatch 2, which adapts to this

interface.

TO such effect, the hatch have in

correspondence

with the drills in he ring from

accommodation

drills threaded adequate in the

Hatch ring circumference and is screwed by screws 8 into the housing ring and joins detachably. List of reference numbers

Vehicle roof

6

2

Hatch

3

Hatch hinge

4

Hatch cover

5

Hatch ring

5

6 Accommodation ring

7

Weapon station

8

Screws

Claims (5)

1. Hatch (2) for a vehicle roof or tower of an armored vehicle in conjunction with a multifunctional housing ring (6), which is composed as a mounting unit and functional unit independent of a cover (4) of hatch, a hinge (3) and a hatch ring (5), the hatch being detachably attached (2) by means of the hatch ring (5) with the housing multifunction ring (6), fixed in the vehicle, on the vehicle roof (1). 2. A hatch according to claim 1, characterized in that the housing ring (6) can be fixedly attached below the hatch ring (5) preferably by a welded joint with the roof (1) of vehicle.

3.

Hatch according to one of claims 1 or 2, characterized in that the hatch (2) can be separated and removed by screws (8) arranged in the circumference of the housing ring (6) on the inside of the vehicle.

Four.

Hatch according to one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that the hatch (2) can optionally be made as a folding, sliding or rotating hatch.

5.

Hatch according to one of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that the hatch (2) is made in a gas-tight manner or atomic, biological and chemical elements (ABQ).