US20200182592A1 - Armoured vehicle undershield - Google Patents

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US20200182592A1
US20200182592A1 US16/637,701 US201716637701A US2020182592A1 US 20200182592 A1 US20200182592 A1 US 20200182592A1 US 201716637701 A US201716637701 A US 201716637701A US 2020182592 A1 US2020182592 A1 US 2020182592A1
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
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  • Embodiments of the present invention relate to an undershield for an armoured vehicle.
  • they relate to an undershield for counteracting an explosion underneath an armoured vehicle.
  • Armoured vehicles comprise armour for protecting the vehicle and its occupants against projectiles, shrapnel and blast emanating from explosive devices, such as mines or improvised explosive devices (IEDs).
  • explosive devices such as mines or improvised explosive devices (IEDs).
  • an armoured vehicle undershield for a land-based armoured vehicle comprising: an underside guard; one or more casings coupled to the underside guard; and a fibre reinforced composite material encased by the one or more casings.
  • an armoured vehicle undershield for a land-based armoured vehicle comprising: an underside guard having a length, a width and a depthwise; a first plurality of elongate casings, having a fibre reinforced composite material therein, coupled to the underside guard and arranged along lengthwise relative to the underside guard; and a second plurality of elongate casings, having a fibre reinforced composite material therein, coupled to the underside guard and arranged widthwise relative to the underside guard.
  • an armoured vehicle undershield for a land-based armoured vehicle comprising: an underside guard; and one or more casings encasing fibre reinforced composite material.
  • an armoured vehicle comprising an armoured vehicle undershield as described above.
  • FIG. 1A illustrates a perspective view of an underside guard of an armoured vehicle undershield
  • FIG. 1B illustrates a cross-sectional view of the underside guard
  • FIG. 2A illustrates a perspective view of a casing containing a fibre reinforced composite material
  • FIG. 2B illustrates a cross-sectional view of the casing
  • FIG. 3A illustrates a perspective view of the armoured vehicle undershield
  • FIG. 3B illustrates a cross-sectional view of the armoured vehicle undershield.
  • Embodiments of the invention relate to an undershield 100 of an armoured vehicle.
  • the undershield 100 is for positioning at the underside of an armoured vehicle, for example, to protect the vehicle and its occupants against projectiles, shrapnel and blast emanating from explosive devices, such as mines or improvised explosive devices (IEDs).
  • explosive devices such as mines or improvised explosive devices (IEDs).
  • FIG. 1A illustrates a perspective view of an underside guard 10 of the armoured vehicle undershield 100 .
  • FIG. 1B illustrates a cross-sectional view of the underside guard 10 .
  • the underside guard 10 may be for positioning at the underside of a land-based armoured vehicle. When the underside guard 10 forms part of a vehicle, it is arranged to face ground. It might be the lowermost portion of the hull of the vehicle. The underside guard 10 may otherwise be termed as a “belly plate”.
  • the underside guard 10 may be formed from one or more metals, such as steel. In some embodiments, the underside guard is formed from such as Hardox® or Armox® ballistic steel. The underside guard 10 may be cast or forged.
  • the illustrated example of the underside guard has a length L G , a width W G and a depth D G .
  • the length L G may be greater than the width W G , which in turn may be greater than the depth D G .
  • the length L G and the width W G of the underside guard 10 are for alignment with the length and width of an armoured vehicle, respectively.
  • the length L G of the underside guard 10 can be considered to extend in a first dimension
  • the width W G of the underside guard 10 can be considered to extend in a second dimension
  • the depth D G of the underside guard 10 can be considered to extend in a third dimension.
  • the first, second and third dimensions are orthogonal/perpendicular to one another.
  • the underside guard 10 includes a first side wall 11 , a second side wall 12 , a first angled/sloping wall 13 , a second angled/sloping wall 14 and a base 15 .
  • the first sloping wall 13 connects the first side wall 11 with the base 15 .
  • the second sloping wall 14 connects the second side wall 12 with the base 15 .
  • the base 15 is the lowermost portion of the underside guard 10 when the underside guard 10 forms part of an armoured vehicle.
  • the tapered walls 13 , 14 reduce the width of the underside guard 10 as they extend downwards in the depth dimension D G .
  • the purpose of the sloping walls 13 , 14 is to direct gas, projectiles, shrapnel, blast and ejector away from the underside of an armoured vehicle, in order to mitigate or prevent damage from mines or IEDs, for example.
  • FIG. 2A illustrates a casing 20 containing a fibre reinforced composite material 31 .
  • FIG. 2B illustrates a cross-sectional view of the casing 20 .
  • the casing 20 may be formed from one or more metals, such as steel.
  • the illustrated casing 20 is elongate in shape and can be considered to be a closed conduit in which the fibre reinforced composite material 31 is encased. While the illustrated casing 20 has a rectangular cross-section, in other examples it could have a different cross-section such as a square cross-section or a circular cross-section.
  • the casing 20 has a length L C , a width W C and a depth Dc.
  • the length L C is (much) greater than both the width W C and the depth Dc.
  • the length L C might be at least five times greater than both the width W C and the depth Dc.
  • the length L C might be at least seven times greater than both the width W C and the depth Dc.
  • the width W C is greater than the depth Dc in the illustrated example, although this might not be the case in other examples.
  • the casing 20 includes an upper wall 21 , a first side wall 22 , a second side wall 23 and a base 24 .
  • the upper wall 21 extends in the length L C and width W C dimensions.
  • the first and second side walls 22 , 23 are separated from each other in the width dimension W C and extend in the length dimension L C and the depth dimension Dc.
  • the base 24 is separated from the upper wall 21 in the depth dimension Dc and extends in the length dimension L C and the width dimension W C .
  • the casing 20 defines a cavity in which the fibre reinforced composite material 31 is positioned.
  • the cavity 20 is open-ended at the faces of the casing 20 defined by the width dimension W C and the depth dimension Dc.
  • each of these faces may be closed off by another wall.
  • the fibre reinforced composite material 31 may comprise a matrix and at least one fibrous material.
  • the at least one fibrous material may comprise at least one of carbon fibre, glass fibre, boron fibre, aramid fibre and ultra-high-molecular-weight polyethylene.
  • the fibre reinforced composite material 31 may comprise a mixture of different types of fibres, such as two or more from the above list.
  • the fibre reinforced composite material 31 may comprise an inner/core fibrous material and an outer fibrous material that (at least partially) surrounds the inner fibrous material.
  • the inner fibrous material may, for example, be an electrically conductive material such as carbon fibre and the outer fibrous material may be an electrically insulative material such as glass fibre.
  • the electrically insulative material may electrically insulate the electrically conductive material from the (electrically conductive) casing 20 a - 20 j . This may, for example, help to reduce or eliminate electrochemical corrosion that might otherwise occur if the electrically conductive material were present in a (conductive) casing without the electrically insulative material to insulate it from the casing.
  • the matrix may, for example, comprise a thermosetting resin or thermoplastic material.
  • the fibre reinforced composite material 31 may substantially fill the cavity that is defined by the casing 20 . It may, for example, be shaped as a beam within the cavity of the casing 20 .
  • the fibrous material(s) may contain fibres that have a length that is aligned with the length L C of the casing 20 .
  • the fibre reinforced composite material 31 may, for example, exhibit an elastic modulus of at least 70 GPa (e.g. for glass fibre), and preferably at least 230 GPA (e.g. for carbon fibre), in response to the application of a force to the material 31 that is directed in a substantially vertical direction (aligned with the depth dimension Dc in FIGS. 2A and 2B ), substantially perpendicular to the length of the fibres in the fibrous material.
  • the fibre reinforced composite material 31 may, for example, have a tensile strength of at least 2.5 GPa.
  • FIG. 3A illustrates a perspective view of the armoured vehicle undershield 100 .
  • FIG. 3B illustrate a cross-sectional view of the armoured vehicle undershield 100 .
  • the illustrated armoured vehicle undershield 100 comprises the undershield guard 10 , a plurality of casings 20 as described above in relation to FIGS. 2A and 2B , and fibre reinforced composite material 31 encased by the casings 20 a - 20 j .
  • Some of the casings 20 a - 20 h are rectangular in cross-section and some of the casings 20 i , 20 j are square in cross-section.
  • a first plurality of the casings 20 a , 20 b , 20 c are arranged lengthwise relative to the underside guard 10 . That is, to some extent the lengths of the casings 20 a , 20 b and 20 c extend along the length L G of the underside guard 10 . For instance, the lengths of the casings 20 a , 20 b and 20 c could be arranged diagonally relative to the length L G of the underside guard 10 . In the illustrated example, the lengths of the casings 20 a , 20 b and 20 c parallel with the length L G of the underside guard 10 , but that need not necessarily be the case in every example.
  • the first plurality of casings 20 a , 20 b , 20 c are situated on the base 15 of the underside guard 10 in the example. They may be coupled to the underside guard 10 via a direct connection (e.g. by welding) to the base 15 of the underside guard 10 . Alternatively, coupling between some or all of the first plurality of casings 20 a , 20 b , 20 c and the underside guard 10 may be formed by integrally forming that/those casings 20 a , 20 b , 20 c and the underside guard 10 as a single part.
  • a portion of the casings 20 a , 20 b , 20 c may be provided by the underside guard 10 , such as the base 24 , and the other walls 21 - 23 forming the casings 20 a , 20 b , 20 c may be connected to the underside guard 10 , for example by welding.
  • a second plurality of casings 20 d - 20 h are arranged widthwise relative to the underside guard 10 . That is, to some extent the lengths of the casings 20 d - 20 h extend along the width dimension W G of the underside guard 10 . For instance, the lengths of the casings 20 d - 20 h could be arranged diagonally relative to the width dimension W G of the underside guard 10 (and diagonally relative to the lengths of the first plurality of casings 20 a - 20 c ).
  • the lengths of the casings 20 d - 20 h are parallel with the width dimension W G of the underside guard 10 and substantially perpendicular to the lengths of the first plurality of casings 20 a - 20 c , but that need not necessarily be the case in every example.
  • the second plurality of casings 20 d - 20 h is situated on the first plurality of casings 20 a - 20 c and the tapered walls 13 , 14 of the underside guard 10 in the example.
  • Each of the second plurality of casings 20 d - 20 h is coupled to the underside guard 10 . This may be via a direct connection to one or more of the first plurality of casings 20 a - 20 c (e.g. by welding) and/or via a connection to the tapered walls 13 , 14 of the underside guard 10 (e.g. by welding).
  • the coupling between some or all of the second plurality of casings 20 d - 20 h and the first plurality of casings 20 a - 20 c and/or the coupling between some or all of the second plurality of casings 20 d - 20 h and the underside guard 10 may be formed by integrally forming that/those casings 20 d - 20 h with the first plurality of casings 20 a - 20 c and/or the underside guard 10 as a single part.
  • a portion of the casings 20 d - 20 h may be provided by the first plurality of casings 20 a - 20 c and/or underside guard 10 , such as the base 24 , and the other walls 21 - 23 forming the casings 20 d - 20 h may be connected to the underside guard 10 , for example by welding.
  • a third plurality of casings 20 i - 20 j are arranged lengthwise relative to the underside guard 10 . That is, to some extent the lengths of the casings 20 i - 20 j extend along the length dimension L G of the underside guard 10 . For instance, the lengths of the casings 20 i - 20 j could be arranged diagonally relative to the length dimension L G of the underside guard 10 .
  • the lengths of the casings 20 i - 20 j are parallel with the length dimension L G of the underside guard 10 , parallel with the lengths of the first plurality of casings 20 a - 20 c and perpendicular to the lengths of the second plurality of casings 20 d - 20 h , but this need not necessarily be the case in every example.
  • the third plurality of casings 20 i - 20 j is spaced from the first plurality of casings 20 a - 20 c in both the depth dimension D G of the underside guard 10 and the width dimension W G of the underside guard 10 .
  • FIGS. 3A and 3B illustrate the third plurality of casings 20 i - 20 j situated on the second plurality of casings 20 d - 20 h .
  • the third plurality of casings 20 i - 20 j are coupled to the underside guard 10 .
  • they may be connected to the side walls 11 , 12 (e.g. by welding) and/or connected to the second plurality of casings 20 d - 20 h (e.g. by welding).
  • the coupling between some or all of the third plurality of casings 20 i - 20 j and the second plurality of casings 20 d - 20 h and/or the coupling between some or all of the third plurality of casings 20 i - 20 j and the underside guard 10 may be formed by integrally forming that/those casings 20 i - 20 j with the second plurality of casings 20 i - 20 j and/or the underside guard 10 as a single part.
  • a portion of the casings 20 i - 20 j may be provided by the second plurality of casings 20 d - 20 h (such as the base 24 ) and/or underside guard 10 (such as a side wall 22 , 23 ) and the other walls forming the casings 20 i - 20 j may be connected to the underside guard 10 , for example by welding.
  • the underside guard 10 provides an outer surface of a vehicle and faces ground in use. As shown most clearly in FIG. 3B , a sandwich structure is provided by each of the first, second and third casings 20 a - 20 i containing the fibre reinforced material 31 which provides reinforcement in the depth dimension D G . The presence of the fibre reinforced composite material 31 provides particular resistance to shearing, for example.
  • the first layer of casings 20 a - 20 c is positioned above the lowermost outer surface of the underside guard 10 (provided by the base 15 ) in the depth dimension D G and below the second and third layers of casings 20 d - 20 i .
  • the second layer of casings 20 d - 20 h is positioned above the first layer of casings 20 a - 20 c and below the third layer of casings 20 i - 20 j in the depth dimension D G .
  • the third layer of casings 20 i - 20 j is positioned above the second layer of casings 20 d - 20 h in the depth dimension D G .
  • the armoured vehicle undershield 100 illustrated in FIGS. 3A and 3B and described above provides a particularly robust defence against explosions that occur underneath or at the side of a vehicle.
  • the strength and resistance to deformation provided by the sandwich structure formed by the casings 20 a - 20 j and the fibre reinforced composite material 31 contained within them is greater than that of the casings 20 a - 20 j alone and the underside guard 10 alone.
  • the presence of the fibre reinforced composite material 31 within the casings 20 a - 20 j and its arrangement in the undershield 100 mitigates or prevents deformation of the undershield 100 following an explosion.
  • Earlier prior art undershields that do not include fibre reinforced composite material 31 may be more prone to deforming in response to an explosion and therefore offer less protection for the vehicle and its occupants.
  • the armoured vehicle undershield 100 described above also has an advantage in that its depth dimension D G is relatively compact, which means that the armoured vehicle may in turn have a reduced height, and thereby provide a smaller target for enemies to attack.
  • the casings 20 a - 20 j may be shaped differently (e.g. have a different cross-sectional shape). Some of the casings 20 a - 20 j may have a different structure, such as the third plurality of casings 20 i - 20 j , which could instead be made from solid metal without any fibre reinforced composite material 31 .

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