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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4492282 | Six-wheel armored vehicle A six-wheel armored vehicle has each wheel driven by an engine mounted between the front wheels and to the side of a driver's station disposed in the beveled shaped nose of the vehicle. Terrain in front and to the sides of the vehicle may be viewed by a d... | 01/08/1985 |
| 4484765 | Suspension system for wheeled vehicles A suspension system for wheeled vehicles, particularly adapted to extended travel suspension systems for armored wheeled vehicles in which each of the front and rear vehicle wheel assemblies is mounted on a trailing arm suspension. The front suspension sy... | 11/27/1984 |
| 4326445 | Armored underbody for road vehicle An armored underbody for a road vehicle is disclosed as including fabricated armor plate to protect both the vehicle underbody components and the vehicle occupant compartment from projectiles such as deflected bullets or shrapnel. A plurality of armor pro... | 04/27/1982 |
| 4325283 | Armored grille A vehicle body armored grille (20) disclosed has particular utility with a front engine compartment opening (24) and includes vertically spaced louvers (26) of an improved armor plate construction for stopping projectiles from passing through the grille. ... | 04/20/1982 |
| 4242951 | Air intake vent for armored vehicle An air intake vent (20) for the cowl opening (24) of an armored vehicle includes a front armor plate (26) extending upwardly from the cowl (22) forward of the opening and a holder (30) for mounting an air filter (32) over the cowl opening, and the vent al... | 01/06/1981 |
| 4213376 | Storage and feeding apparatus for ammunition belts Apparatus (14) for storing and feeding an ammunition belt (16) is disclosed as including a storage compartment (22) for the belt which is adapted to feed an automatic gun upon belt movement through the compartment in a feed direction. Dividers (24) are sp... | 07/22/1980 |
| 4196653 | Auxiliary firing mechanism An auxiliary firing mechanism (26) used to actuate a tripper for a gun trigger includes a remote actuator (28) connected to the tripper by an elongated connector such as a cable (30) that is moved by the cooperable action of a control member (68) and a ro... | 04/08/1980 |
| 4174653 | Armored wheeled vehicle with displaceable wheel well fairing panels An armored wheeled vehicle is disclosed in which the front wheels are disposed within recessed wheel wells formed in the vehicle hull. The wheel wells are covered by means of spring biased fairing panels, disclosed by plates which are pivotally mounted on... | 11/20/1979 |
| 4162555 | Wiper drive assembly A wiper drive assembly (20) disclosed is particularly adaptable for use with angularly skewed vision blocks (22) of an armored car. A hollow guide (28) of the assembly includes elongated first and second guide portions (30,32) that are adapted to extend a... | 07/31/1979 |
| 4159669 | Hatch for armored vehicles A hatch for an armored vehicle having a viewing block integral therewith to be moved with the hatch as the hatch is opened and closed. The hatch is mounted for guided movement on a downwardly sloping surface of the armored vehicle so as to move down and a... | 07/03/1979 |
| 4158986 | Armored vehicle An armored wheeled vehicle configured for maximum resistance to penetration by frontally directed weapons fire while affording excellent visibility at the driver station and an extended field of fire for the weapon observation station, having an armored h... | 06/26/1979 |
| 4058256 | Water cannon A water cannon adapted for controlling large crowds of unruly people in a highly effective, yet non-lethal fashion. The cannon can be mounted on an appropriate vehicle, such as an armored car, so as to make it mobile and its supporting system completely s... | 11/15/1977 |
