Patent ID: 7895932
Filing Date: 2011-03-01
Classification: F41H

Abstract:
1. A vehicle-top, gun-turret, shroud-dome structure for mounting over a vehicle-top gun and for enclosing a gunner, the shroud-dome structure, in operable condition relative to a vehicle and its top gun, comprising: a turret shroud having a generally annular base mounted on and rising above the vehicle and including an open, upper margin which is spaced above the top of the vehicle; and an optically clear dome structure constructed to mate with, seal to, and rise above said open, upper margin; wherein said turret shroud and said dome structure provide, for a gunner enclosed thereby, anti-shock, anti-ballistic and anti-blast shockwave protection, with said turret shroud, in configuration, having an inwardly sloping lower region terminating in a curved portion which flows into an outwardly sloping portion, said inwardly sloping portion extending downwardly towards a condition of contact with the vehicle top, and said outwardly sloping portion having said open upper margin located at the top thereof, and wherein said curved portion and said outwardly sloping portion extend over about two-thirds of the turret shroud periphery.