Patent ID: 9746270
Date: 2017-08-29
CPC Classifications: F41A,F41G

Claim:
1. An unmanned turret being rotatably mounted to a vehicle chassis and having an unmanned turret drive system having a turret ring gear, and first and second electrical force-producing devices to cause, when electrically powered, azimuth rotation of the unmanned turret about the turret ring gear and elevation rotation of a weapon in the turret, and a remote turret drive mechanism, the unmanned turret comprising: an azimuth ring gear independent of the turret ring gear, the turret ring gear affixed to the vehicle chassis; an elevation ring gear independent of the turret ring gear wherein the azimuth ring gear and the elevation ring gear are concentric; a first manually-operable input component rotatably coupled to the azimuth ring gear, the first manually-operable input component accessible within the vehicle chassis; a second manually-operable input component rotatably coupled to the elevation ring gear, the second manually-operable input component accessible within the vehicle chassis; a first output component mechanically coupled to the azimuth ring gear and the first electrical force-producing device of the unmanned turret to cause rotation of the first electrical force-producing device in response to manual operation of the first manually-operable input component from within the vehicle chassis; and a second output component mechanically coupled to the elevation ring gear and the second electrical force-producing device of the unmanned turret to cause rotation of the second electrical force-producing device in response to manual operation of the second manually-operable input component from within the vehicle chassis wherein the remote turret drive mechanism is interfaced within the unmanned turret drive system.