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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Patent No.:

US 10077974 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Sep. 18, 2018

Filed:

Aug. 24, 2016

Highly mobile vehicle suspension system with blast mitigation features

Applicant:

Pratt & Miller Engineering and Fabrication, Inc., New Hudson, MI (US);

Inventors:

Kevin R. Kwiatkowski, Ann Arbor, MI (US);

Kris Houghton, Plymouth, MI (US);

Celyn M. Evans, Milford, MI (US);

Benjamin J. Wright, New Hudson, MI (US);

Assignee:

PRATT & MILLER ENGINEERING AND FABRICATION, INC., New Hudson, MI (US);

Attorney:

Brinks Gilson & Lione

Primary Examiner:

Keith J Frisby

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F41H 7/04 (2006.01); B60G 3/20 (2006.01); B60K 17/354 (2006.01); B60K 17/16 (2006.01); B62D 21/11 (2006.01); B60G 3/00 (2006.01); B62D 5/14 (2006.01); B60G 3/14 (2006.01); B60G 17/00 (2006.01); B62D 63/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F41H 7/04 (2013.01); B60G 3/00 (2013.01); B60G 3/145 (2013.01); B60G 3/20 (2013.01); B60G 17/00 (2013.01); B60K 17/16 (2013.01); B60K 17/354 (2013.01); B62D 5/14 (2013.01); B62D 21/11 (2013.01); B62D 63/04 (2013.01); B60G 2200/13 (2013.01); B60G 2200/144 (2013.01); B60G 2200/31 (2013.01); B60G 2500/00 (2013.01); B60Y 2200/24 (2013.01);
Abstract

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 4×4 or 8×8 vehicle configurations.

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