Did You Know...
...that power steering was invented by independent inventor Francis W. Davis? As chief engineer in the 1920s of the truck division of the Pierce Arrow Motor Car Company, he saw how hard it was to steer heavy vehicles. So that he would be able to keep the profits from his future invention, Davis left his job, rented a small engineering shop in Waltham, Mass., and developed a hydraulic power steering system that led to power steering.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7455007 | Dual elevation weapon station and method of use A gimbaled weapon system (GWS) includes methods for implementing no fire of the weapon, including a method based on azimuth coordinates of predetermined no fire zones which are stored in a control unit, and overriding operator control of the GWS from a second observ... | 11/25/2008 |
| 6986302 | Friendly fire prevention systems and methods Systems and methods for preventing accidental friendly fire situations from occurring are provided. Locator devices provide location information of friendly forces to a plurality of command centers. The command centers also receive targeting information from friendl... | 01/17/2006 |
| 6820532 | Sponson tow plate-mounted helicopter armament apparatus and associated methods External armament apparatus, including a machine gun, an associated ammunition box for supplying belted ammunition to the gun, a flare dispenser, a missile launcher or other external stores apparatus, and a forward looking infrared sensor (FLIR), is exteriorly suppo... | 11/23/2004 |
| 6308610 | Liquid cannon having trunnion assembly A trunnion assembly for mounting a launching device including a barrel for launching a liquid or a solid including at least one horizontal locating assembly to allow limited horizontal movement of the launching device; and at least one vertical locating a... | 10/30/2001 |
| 5353680 | Machine gun apparatus Machine gun apparatus for mounting in association with a support element, such as a portion of a hatch assembly of an armored vehicle, wherein the support element has upper and lower sides which respectively correspond to the exterior and the interior of ... | 10/11/1994 |
| 5129308 | Combat vehicle with extendible combat platform A combat vehicle utilization system including a plurality of extensible elevating members each adapted for mounting to a combat vehicle at a first end and carrying a combat platform at a second end is utilized to increase armament and effectiveness of a c... | 07/14/1992 |
| 4470817 | Apparatus for limiting the firing field of a weapon, particularly an armored cannon, during practice firing Apparatus for positioning the barrel of a weapon and limiting the firing field of a weapon to a predetermined target area. The apparatus comprises at least one stationary transmitter positioned in or adjacent the firing field and at least one directional ... | 09/11/1984 |
| 4338852 | Bump stop for trunnion-mounted weapon A bump stop for a trunnion-mounted weapon that includes a torsion bar shock bsorber carried by the receiver portion of the weapon for absorbing shock loads as the weapon nears the limits of its upward and downward motion. The bump stop is advantageously ch... | 07/13/1982 |
| 4336743 | Gun mount for light automatic weapons A gun mount for light automatic weapons, comprising an upper mount having cradle means for the detachable attachment of the weapon thereto and a lower mount having a circular track and being adapted to be attached to a vehicle in such a manner that the up... | 06/29/1982 |
| 4194432 | Apparatus for maximizing the firing field of a rotatable gun An armored vehicle is provided with a gun mounted upon its top deck which gun is capable of rotation through 360° C. about a vertical axis. The gun is also simultaneously elevatable through an angle of about 70°. Located upon the deck are a plurality of... | 03/25/1980 |
| 4079658 | Vehicle gun control having deck avoidance feature Control circuitry for a gun mounted in a vehicle turret that is non-symmecal relative to the vehicle front and rear ends. The gun can slew across the front and side areas of the vehicle at a minimum elevation of -20°, but due to the turret-vehicle orien... | 03/21/1978 |
