Lightweight ballistic enclosure

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9696121-B1
Application number	US-201514970918-A
Country	US
Kind code	B1
Filing date	Dec 16, 2015
Priority date	Dec 16, 2015
Publication date	Jul 4, 2017
Grant date	Jul 4, 2017

Abstract

An enclosure includes an enclosure body having an enclosure cavity, the enclosure body formed from a first material, and at least one ballistic tolerant plate disposed within the enclosure cavity to form a plurality of channel enclosures within the enclosure cavity, the at least one ballistic tolerant plate formed from a ballistic tolerant material.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A multi-channel computer assembly, comprising:
an enclosure, comprising:
an enclosure body having an enclosure cavity, the enclosure body formed from a first material; and
at least one ballistic tolerant plate disposed within the enclosure cavity to form a plurality of channel enclosures within the enclosure cavity, the at least one ballistic tolerant plate formed from a ballistic tolerant material, wherein the plurality of channel enclosures includes a first channel enclosure and a second channel enclosure; and

a multichannel computer including a plurality of redundant computer components each disposed within the respective plurality of channel enclosures, wherein the plurality of redundant computer components includes a first redundant computer component and a second redundant computer component;
wherein the at least one ballistic tolerant plate forms at least part of a first channel enclosure and at least part of a second channel enclosure, the first redundant computer component is disposed in the first channel enclosure, and the second redundant computer component is disposed in the second channel enclosure.

2. The multi-channel computer assembly of claim 1 , the enclosure body further including at least one retaining feature to engage the at least one ballistic tolerant plate.

3. The multi-channel computer assembly of claim 1 , wherein the at least one ballistic tolerant plate is bonded to the enclosure body.

4. The multi-channel computer assembly of claim 1 , wherein the at least one ballistic tolerant plate is fastened to the enclosure body.

5. The multi-channel computer assembly of claim 1 , the enclosure body further including at least one rib.

6. The multi-channel computer assembly of claim 5 , wherein at least one computer components of the plurality computer components includes a notch to interface with the at least one rib of the enclosure body.

7. The multi-channel computer assembly of claim 1 , wherein the first material includes at least one of aluminum, plastic, and composite material.

8. The multi-channel computer assembly of claim 1 , wherein the ballistic tolerant material includes at least one of steel, and composite material.

9. The multi-channel computer assembly of claim 1 , further comprising a cover to enclose the enclosure cavity.

Assignees

• Hamilton Sundstrand Corp

Inventors

• Perley David
• Trotman Kenneth J

Classifications

• F41H5/023 Primary

  Armour plate, or auxiliary armour plate mounted at a distance of the main armour plate, having cavities at its outer impact surface, or holes, for deflecting the projectile · CPC title

• G06F1/1601

  Constructional details related to the housing of computer displays, e.g. of CRT monitors, of flat displays (constructional details related to flat displays integrated in a portable computer, e.g. laptop, handheld computer G06F1/1637; constructional details related to television receivers H04N5/64) · CPC title

• F41H5/00 Primary

  Armour; Armour plates (processes for manufacturing or treating B21, C21, {heat treatment C21D9/42; wall or panel structure for safes E05G1/024}) · CPC title

• G06F1/182

  with special features, e.g. for use in industrial environments; grounding or shielding against radio frequency interference [RFI] or electromagnetical interference [EMI] · CPC title

• F41H7/00

  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 title