Stackable armored vehicle

• US 8,057,138 B2
• Filed: 07/17/2009
• Issued: 11/15/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 07/17/2009
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: International Truck Intellectual Property Co. LLC (Volkswagen AG)
• Original Assignee: International Truck Intellectual Property Co. LLC (Volkswagen AG)
• Inventors: Burns, Stephen F.
• Primary Examiner(s): GORDON, STEPHEN T
• Application Number:
  US12/504,990
• Publication Number:
  US 20110014003A1
• Time in Patent Office: 851 Days
• Field of Search: 410/31, 410/32, 410/54, 410/66, 410/67, 410/68, 410/44, 410/4, 410/56, 410/46, 296/184.1, 220/23.6
• US Class Current: 410/32
• CPC Class Codes: B62D 47/006 Vehicles which can be divided in sub-vehicles; nestable vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: F41H 7/00 Armoured or armed vehicles general vehicle aspects B60; armoured or armed ships B63G; armoured or armed aircraft B64D; mounting guns, e.g. machine guns, on vehicles F41A23/00
• CPC Class Codes: F41H 7/02 Land vehicles with enclosing armour, e.g. tanks endless-track vehicles, steering thereof B62D ; vehicles for placing portable or sectional bridges E01D15/127; vehicles carrying floating bridges E01D15/22
• CPC Class Codes: F41H 7/044 Hull or cab construction other than floors or base plates for increased land mine protection mounting of armoured plates F41H5/013
• CPC Class Codes: F41H 7/048 Vehicles having separate armoured compartments, e.g. modular armoured vehicles

Abstract

Embodiments comprise a stackable vehicle which may be supported from, or serve as support to, another like vehicle. The vehicle includes a frame and a body supported from the frame. The body includes a weight bearing roof Wheel assemblies are mounted for rotation on the frame. The body includes recesses from the roof of the body to accommodate location of wheel assemblies of a like vehicle supported on the roof Support and mounting points are located on the roof and on the frame respectively to fix location of a vehicle to be carried on top of a supporting vehicle.

Claims

1. A stackable vehicle comprises:

a vehicle frame;

a weight bearing vehicle body supported from the vehicle frame and having an upper surface;

a plurality of lower support fittings distributed about and depending from the vehicle frame;

a plurality of upper mounting fittings distributed about the upper surface of the weight bearing vehicle body;

wherein;

the weight bearing vehicle body being substantially symmetrical about a latitudinal axis;

wheels are mounted for rotation from four points on the vehicle frame; and

the weight bearing vehicle body is recessed at corners of the upper surface to accommodate wheels of another vehicle while supporting a frame of the other vehicle on the upper mounting fittings.

2. A stackable vehicle as set forth in claim 1, further comprising:

pairs of the upper mounting and lower support fittings being vertically aligned.

3. A stackable vehicle as set forth in claim 2, the weight bearing vehicle body is armored.

4. A stackable vehicle as set forth in claim 3, further comprising:

the vehicle frame is a ladder frame.