Pratt & Miller Engineering and Fabrication, Inc.

US Government As Represented by the Secretary of the Army

Benjamin J Wright

Kevin Rudolph Kwiatkowski

Celyn M Evans

Kris Houghton

James R Fries

Chantelle M Korson

Richard R Reichenbach, Iii

In one embodiment, there is disclosed a blast mitigating differential housing for a vehicle, comprised of a first wall and a second wall in opposed spaced apart relation to each other. The first and second walls are separated by first and second side walls extending there between to define an inner space and an exterior surface. The side walls may be declined toward each other in a V shape. One of the first and second walls is equipped with an aperture to accommodate a vehicle drive line. The side walls are equipped with opposed apertures to accommodate the drive shafts and/or vehicle axles. The side walls may be further equipped with mounting structures along the exterior to accommodate a vehicle suspension system and/or steering elements. The inner space defined by the walls has a surface equipped for at least one vehicle differential mount.

Blast mitigating differential housing

In one embodiment, there is disclosed a modular, blast resistant suspension module for an armored vehicle. Each suspension module has a first and second axle assembly. The first axle assembly has a Short-Long Arm (SLA) suspension system pivotally connected to a blast resistant differential housing and the second axle assembly has a Road Arm (RA) suspension system pivotally connected to the differential housing. The suspension modules may be used to form 4&#xd7;4 or 8&#xd7;8 vehicle configurations.

Highly mobile vehicle suspension system with blast mitigation features

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Wixom, MI, United States of America

Benjamin J Wright