International Truck Intellectual Property Company, LLC

International Truck and Engine Corporation

Navistar Defense, LLC

Gordon J Wolverton

Craig Alan Newman

James Goodwin Rasico

David M Gerst

Timothy Oselett

Joseph A Calash

Paul R Pasternak

Jeffrey A Mears

Charles W Kipfer

Norbert E Romie

David H Thomas

Anthony Scott Beggs

Jeffrey Michael Fsadni

David Merill Gerst

Dale Scott Norman

Brian P Gibbs

Gary E Monteith

Brant R Nieminski

Jeff Mears

John A Green

Louis A Carnevale

Anthony S Beggs

Louis A Camevale

Dale S Norman

Jeffrey M Fsadni

Craig A Newman

A blast-resistant escape window for an armored combat ground vehicle has a cassette which fits within, and closes, a though-opening in a frame of a windscreen. Two releasable lever-operated locking mechanisms for releasably locking the cassette in the through-opening are mounted on the windscreen at opposite sides of the through-opening. The cassette can to be pushed out of the through-opening when the locking mechanisms have been operated to release the cassette from being locked to the windscreen, thereby providing an alternative exit for personnel in the vehicle.

Blast-resistant escape window

Blast absorbing structures and system for use in absorbing blast forces exerted on a floor of a personnel cabin of a vehicle, are disclosed. The blast absorbing flexing structure comprises a bottom section forming a floor of the cabin, a first side section and opposing second side section, each side section extending from the bottom section and including a plurality of steps along a length of the second side section. The steps flex in response to a blast force. In another embodiment, the blast absorbing expanding structure comprises a force abatement device forming a floor of the cabin, a cover plate having a plurality of slots arranged around a perimeter of the plate. The cover plate is movable between a neutral position and a blast force position to diminish the blast forces prior to the blast forces to reaching an occupant of the cabin.

Vehicle floor

A dash reinforcement for a mobile vehicle with a passenger cab such as a sport utility vehicle, or medium or heavy-duty truck. The dash reinforcement may be a stamped sheet metal panel that strengthens the dash structure of the cab and provides for mounting of vehicle components. The dash reinforcement may be symmetrical about the centerline of the vehicle and this symmetry allows the panel to accommodate both left-hand drive and right-hand drive vehicle configurations. The dash reinforcement also includes 'Y' shaped passages for a driver control module and for accessory equipment such as heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) modules. The unique shape of these passages or openings adds strength to the overall dash structure and hence the cab. The dash reinforcement may be engaged to a dash panel to form a dash assembly. The dash panels made be manufactured by the same metal stamping dies moved to account for left-hand versus right-hand drive and conventional versus cab-over-engine or low front engine configuration.

Symmetrical dash reinforcement

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Gordon J Wolverton