EP0416355A3 - Equilibrator for a gun mounting, in particular a heavy gun mounting - Google Patents

Equilibrator for a gun mounting, in particular a heavy gun mounting Download PDF

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Publication number: EP0416355A3
Authority: EP; European Patent Office
Prior art keywords: gun mounting; equilibrator; heavy; mounting; gun
Prior art date: 1989-09-06
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.): Granted

Application number

EP19900115894

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German (de)

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EP0416355B1 (en

EP0416355A2 (en

Inventor

Heinrich Dipl.-Ing. Sommer

Peter Muehlhausen

Horst Dipl.-Ing. Wollmert

Current Assignee (The listed assignees may be inaccurate. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the list.)

Wegmann and Co GmbH

Original Assignee

Wegmann and Co GmbH

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1989-09-06

Filing date

1990-08-20

Publication date

1992-03-18

1989-09-06 Priority claimed from DE19893929550 external-priority patent/DE3929550A1/en

1990-08-20 Application filed by Wegmann and Co GmbH filed Critical Wegmann and Co GmbH

1991-03-13 Publication of EP0416355A2 publication Critical patent/EP0416355A2/en

1992-03-18 Publication of EP0416355A3 publication Critical patent/EP0416355A3/en

1994-11-30 Application granted granted Critical

1994-11-30 Publication of EP0416355B1 publication Critical patent/EP0416355B1/en

2010-08-20 Anticipated expiration legal-status Critical

Status Expired - Lifetime legal-status Critical Current

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Classifications

- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F41—WEAPONS
- F41A—FUNCTIONAL FEATURES OR DETAILS COMMON TO BOTH SMALLARMS AND ORDNANCE, e.g. CANNONS; MOUNTINGS FOR SMALLARMS OR ORDNANCE
- F41A27/00—Gun mountings permitting traversing or elevating movement, e.g. gun carriages
- F41A27/30—Stabilisation or compensation systems, e.g. compensating for barrel weight or wind force on the barrel

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General Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
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EP90115894A 1989-09-06 1990-08-20 Equilibrator for a gun mounting, in particular a heavy gun mounting Expired - Lifetime EP0416355B1 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

Application Number	Priority Date	Filing Date	Title
DE19893929550 DE3929550A1 (en)	1988-09-02	1989-09-06	Compensation for unbalance of heavy gun - connects barrel to torsion bar by spring connecting link and arm
DE3929550		1989-09-06

Publications (3)

Publication Number	Publication Date
EP0416355A2 EP0416355A2 (en)	1991-03-13
EP0416355A3 true EP0416355A3 (en)	1992-03-18
EP0416355B1 EP0416355B1 (en)	1994-11-30

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ID=6388708

Family Applications (1)

Application Number	Title	Priority Date	Filing Date
EP90115894A Expired - Lifetime EP0416355B1 (en)	1989-09-06	1990-08-20	Equilibrator for a gun mounting, in particular a heavy gun mounting

Country Status (3)

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US (1)	US5101708A (en)
EP (1)	EP0416355B1 (en)
DE (1)	DE59007830D1 (en)

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US5413028A (en) *	1993-11-12	1995-05-09	Cadillac Gage Textron Inc.	Weapon stabilization system
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CN106807020A (en) *	2016-12-13	2017-06-09	湖北江山重工有限责任公司	A kind of leaf spring balancing machine
CN114476897A (en) *	2022-02-25	2022-05-13	四川中陆嘉诚科技有限公司	Lifting device

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GB191503271A (en) *	1914-03-12	1915-06-14	Arthur Trevor Dawson	Improvements in or relating to the Elevating Gear of High-angle Guns.
GB204683A (en) *	1922-09-28	1924-02-07	Cie Forges Et Acieries Marine	Improvements in ordnance mountings
DE445552C (en) *	1925-10-14	1927-06-17	Rheinische Metallw & Maschf	Rohrrücklaufgeschuetz
US1722397A (en) *	1928-09-12	1929-07-30	Rheinische Metallw & Maschf	Carriage for automatic firearms
DE714635C (en) *	1937-06-19	1941-12-03	Rheinmetall Borsig Ag	Spring balancer for guns
US3434383A (en) *	1968-04-17	1969-03-25	Us Army	Energy discharge device
DE3642628A1 (en) *	1986-12-13	1988-06-23	Wegmann & Co	Unbalanced compensation device for a weapon system, especially in the case of a heavy weapon
EP0357940A1 (en) *	1988-09-02	1990-03-14	Wegmann & Co. GmbH	Equilibrating device for a gun, especially a heavy-calibre gun

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US877521A (en) *	1906-08-24	1908-01-28	Charles Prosper Eugene Schneider	Gun-carriage for recoiling guns.
US1079816A (en) *	1913-02-13	1913-11-25	Krupp Ag	Wheeled gun-carriage.
US1374862A (en) *	1918-11-26	1921-04-12	Newton D Baker	Machine-gun mount
US2564360A (en) *	1939-11-09	1951-08-14	Hammar Victor	Balancing system for gun elevating mechanism
US2600462A (en) *	1947-02-24	1952-06-17	Ralph C Bateman	Torsional equalizer suspension device
NL127195C (en) *	1964-01-09

1990
- 1990-08-20 EP EP90115894A patent/EP0416355B1/en not_active Expired - Lifetime
- 1990-08-20 DE DE59007830T patent/DE59007830D1/en not_active Expired - Fee Related
- 1990-08-31 US US07/576,625 patent/US5101708A/en not_active Expired - Lifetime

Patent Citations (8)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number	Priority date	Publication date	Assignee	Title
GB191503271A (en) *	1914-03-12	1915-06-14	Arthur Trevor Dawson	Improvements in or relating to the Elevating Gear of High-angle Guns.
GB204683A (en) *	1922-09-28	1924-02-07	Cie Forges Et Acieries Marine	Improvements in ordnance mountings
DE445552C (en) *	1925-10-14	1927-06-17	Rheinische Metallw & Maschf	Rohrrücklaufgeschuetz
US1722397A (en) *	1928-09-12	1929-07-30	Rheinische Metallw & Maschf	Carriage for automatic firearms
DE714635C (en) *	1937-06-19	1941-12-03	Rheinmetall Borsig Ag	Spring balancer for guns
US3434383A (en) *	1968-04-17	1969-03-25	Us Army	Energy discharge device
DE3642628A1 (en) *	1986-12-13	1988-06-23	Wegmann & Co	Unbalanced compensation device for a weapon system, especially in the case of a heavy weapon
EP0357940A1 (en) *	1988-09-02	1990-03-14	Wegmann & Co. GmbH	Equilibrating device for a gun, especially a heavy-calibre gun

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DE59007830D1 (en)	1995-01-12
US5101708A (en)	1992-04-07
EP0416355B1 (en)	1994-11-30
EP0416355A2 (en)	1991-03-13

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