Patent ID: 8196503
Filing Date: 2012-06-12
Classification: F41H,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A method of assembling panels to form a hull of an armored vehicle, the method comprising: providing a set of panels designed to be attached to one another to form thereby the hull comprising a passenger cabin having an interior defined by at least some of the panels, each of the panels being manufactured at a one panel manufacture location; transporting the panels to a hull assembly location different from the panel manufacture location; and assembling the panels to one another with bolts to form the hull, wherein the panels are formed with one or more arrangements for preventing the bolts from reaching the interior of the passenger cabin in an event that the bolts become secondary projectiles; each of the bolts has an axis; the panels are assembled so that, the axis of at least one of the bolts is directed toward the interior of the passenger cabin, the arrangement comprising a shield disposed between the bolt and the interior of the passenger cabin and intersecting the axis of the bolt; and two of the panels are assembled so as to respectively constitute a horizontal roof and a vertical sidewall of the hull, the roof comprising a planar portion and at least one vertical edge which is disposed substantially perpendicularly thereto, and wherein at least a portion of the edge overlaps an upper area of the sidewall and are secured thereto with a plurality of the bolts, the shield spanning between the planar portion and the vertical edge of the roof and defining therebetween a channel adjacent the interior of the passenger cabin, the bolts being located within the channel.