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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 14, 2024
Filed:
Nov. 23, 2021
Applicant:
Bae Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc., Nashua, NH (US);
Inventors:
Mark J. Dube, McDade, TX (US);
William J. Elliott, Kyle, TX (US);
Assignee:
BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc., Nashua, NH (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 11/04 (2006.01); F16F 7/09 (2006.01); F16F 15/02 (2006.01); F16F 15/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 11/04 (2013.01); F16F 7/09 (2013.01); F16F 15/022 (2013.01); F16F 15/046 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus for dampening at least one optical instrument on a military platform. The apparatus includes a plate adapted to hold at least one optical instrument. The apparatus also includes at least one dampening assembly having a first end operably engaged with the plate and an opposing second end operably engaged with a platform. The at least one dampening assembly is also adapted to reduce the movement of the plate and optical device from a ballistic event created by a ballistic device on the platform.