Patent ID: 8677876
Filing Date: 2014-03-25
Classification: F41H,F42D

Abstract:
1. An apparatus on a vehicle for containing landmine blasts, comprising: a plurality of energy dissipating struts coupled to said a vehicle and a blast plate, wherein said struts are energy absorbing and connected on one end to said vehicle and on the opposite end to said blast plate; the blast plate having a blast-resistant expanding billows, with a curtain system and an unfolding canopy mounted thereon, the expanding billows, with the curtain system and unfolding canopy providing three dimensional expansion in the event of a landmine detonation; a strut enclosure having two distinct internal control volumes separated by an internal boundary through which a strut piston extends through; a solenoid valve controlling flow between said control volumes; a probe assembly having a spherical ball connection having limited range deflection; a pressure manifold; a series of relays with communicating activation lines; a controller for sequencing and timing; and the manifold having a relay for combining the signals to activate the probe and the strut valve simultaneously together in a cycled manner, controlled by a computer and a controller to synchronize the operation of said components.