Modularized armor structure with unmanned aerial vehicle loaded and armored vehicle using the same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9952022-B2
Application number	US-201514668020-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 25, 2015
Priority date	Mar 28, 2014
Publication date	Apr 24, 2018
Grant date	Apr 24, 2018

Abstract

An armored vehicle includes: a basic armored vehicle having a predetermined basic external armor; a modularized armor structure exchangeably attached to the basic external armor; and an unmanned aerial vehicle loaded on the modularized armor structure. The modularized armor structure includes: an unmanned aerial vehicle loading section configured to load the unmanned aerial vehicle; an armoring material structure formed of armoring material; and an attaching section used to exchangeably attach the modularized armor structure to the basic armored vehicle.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A modularized armor structure comprising:
an armoring material structure formed of armoring material;
an unmanned aerial vehicle loading section configured to load an unmanned aerial vehicle outside of said armoring material structure;
an attaching section used to exchangeably attach said modularized armor structure to a predetermined basic external armor provided to an armored vehicle;
a connector electrically connected with said armored vehicle;
an antenna disposed to carry out a radio communication with a radio communication section of said unmanned aerial vehicle to allow exchange of a control signal and data between said armored vehicle and said unmanned aerial vehicle; and
a winding unit configured to wind a cable connected with said connector and said antenna,
wherein said antenna is separated from said modularized armor structure in a flight of said unmanned aerial vehicle.

2. The modularized armor structure according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a locking/unlocking mechanism disposed in said unmanned aerial vehicle loading section to lock said unmanned aerial vehicle in response to a lock command supplied from said armored vehicle and to unlock said unmanned aerial vehicle in response to a unlock command supplied from said armored vehicle.

3. The modularized armor structure according to claim 2 , wherein said locking/unlocking mechanism comprises an electromagnetic locking/unlocking mechanism.

4. The modularized armor structure according to claim 2 , wherein said locking/unlocking mechanism comprises a mechanical locking/unlocking mechanism.

5. The modularized armor structure according to claim 1 , wherein said armoring material structure formed of armoring material having a performance withstanding an attack using ammunitions which includes a bullet, a cannonball, a guided missile, an armor piercing ammunition, armor-piercing composite rigid, or an armor-piercing fin stabilized discarding sabot.

6. An armored vehicle comprising:
a predetermined basic external armor;
a modularized armor structure exchangeably attached to the basic external armor; and
an unmanned aerial vehicle loaded on said modularized armor structure,
wherein said modularized armor structure comprises:
an armoring material structure formed of armoring material;
an unmanned aerial vehicle loading section configured to load said unmanned aerial vehicle outside of said armoring material structure;
an attaching section used to exchangeably attach said modularized armor structure to said predetermined basic external armor;
a connector electrically connected with said armored vehicle;
an antenna disposed to carry out a radio communication with a radio communication section of said unmanned aerial vehicle to allow exchange of a control signal and data between said armored vehicle and said unmanned aerial vehicle; and
a winding unit configured to wind a cable connected with said connector and said antenna,
wherein said antenna is separated from said modularized armor structure in a flight of said unmanned aerial vehicle in a connection state with said unmanned aerial vehicle.

7. The armored vehicle according to claim 6 , wherein said modularized armor structure further comprises:
a locking/unlocking mechanism disposed in said unmanned aerial vehicle loading section to lock said unmanned aerial vehicle in response to a lock command supplied from said armored vehicle and to unlock said unmanned aerial vehicle in response to a unlock command supplied from said armored vehicle.

8. The armored vehicle according to claim 7 , wherein said locking/unlocking mechanism comprises an electromagnetic locking/unlocking mechanism.

9. The armored vehicle according to claim 7 , wherein said locking/unlocking mechanism comprises a mechanical locking/unlocking mechanism.

10. The armored vehicle according to claim 6 , wherein said armoring material structure formed of armoring material having a performance withstanding an attack using ammunitions which includes a bullet, a cannonball, a guided missile, an armor piercing ammunition, armor-piercing composite rigid, or an armor-piercing fin stabilized discarding sabot.

Assignees

• Mitsubishi Heavy Ind Ltd

Inventors

• Ueno Yoshihiko
• Furuya Shojiro

Classifications

• B64U2201/20

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• B64U2201/202

  using tethers for connecting to ground station · CPC title

• B64U80/86

  Land vehicles · CPC title

• B64U2101/20

  for use as communications relays, e.g. high-altitude platforms · CPC title

• B64F1/222

  for storing aircraft, e.g. in hangars · CPC title