International Truck Intellectual Property Company, LLC

Navistar Defense, LLC

James Goodwin Rasico

Craig Alan Newman

Gordon J Wolverton

David M Gerst

Timothy Oselett

Dale Scott Norman

David Merill Gerst

Joseph A Calash

Jeffrey Michael Fsadni

Anthony Scott Beggs

Paul R Pasternak

Jeffrey A Mears

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

An armored vehicle cab with enhanced blast protection accomplished with wedge to wedge interfaces between the cab doors and the cab side walls that are approximately 90 degrees out of synch with each other to provide both fore/aft and vertical buffering of blast force applied to the cab floor in order to shift energy from cab door hinges to the wedges (and the structures to which they are mounted) which are in contact with each other. These enhancements will maintain door functionality post blast event (door will open and close).

Armored vehicle cab

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

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Farmington, MI, United States of America

James Goodwin Rasico