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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 09, 2013
Filed:
Apr. 28, 2011
Regis Luther, Naperville, IL (US);
Walter John Budd, Rochester, MI (US);
Louis Caballero, Saline, MI (US);
David M Gerst, Fort Wayne, IN (US);
Craig Alan Newman, East Lansing, MI (US);
Mike Kochman, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Regis Luther, Naperville, IL (US);
Walter John Budd, Rochester, MI (US);
Louis Caballero, Saline, MI (US);
David M Gerst, Fort Wayne, IN (US);
Craig Alan Newman, East Lansing, MI (US);
Mike Kochman, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
International Truck Intellectual Property Company, LLC, Lisle, IL (US);
Abstract
The disclosed vehicle armor includes a first layer forming an interior bottom surface of the cabin and comprised of a high-strength metal material, a second layer forming an exterior bottom surface of the cabin and comprised of a high-strength metal material, and, a middle layer sandwiched between the first and second layers and comprised of a polymer material. The underbelly device is configured having a plurality of high areas and low areas creating deflection faces and separation distances between an interior of the cabin and an exterior threat. A second, multi-layer composite structure, forming an interior floor of the cabin, may be incorporated as a fragmentation penetration barrier.