Blast hop mitigation device

摘要

A structure for protecting vehicle occupants from blasts beneath a vehicle, the structure having a mechanism for mitigating vehicle hop caused by the blasts. The structure comprises a rigid V shaped hull section of the vehicle located on an underside thereof. The V shaped hull section has an oblique body panel facing outboard and downward relative to the vehicle. The structure also has a wall panel disposed adjacently above and along the oblique body panel and a border defined by a juncture of the oblique body panel and the wall panel. A flat, blade-like blast deflector vane is located proximally along the border and is positioned outboard of both the oblique body panel and the wall panel. The vane is disposed at an acute angle with the oblique body panel and is solidly attached to the V shaped hull section.

主权项

1. A structure for protecting vehicle occupants from a blast beneath a vehicle, the structure mitigating vehicle hop caused by the blast wherever the blast occurs under the vehicle, the structure comprising:
a vehicle hull; a V shaped hull section of the vehicle hull, the V shaped hull section located on an underside of the vehicle, the V shaped hull section having an oblique body panel facing outboard and downward relative to the vehicle; a wall panel of the vehicle disposed adjacently above and along the oblique body panel; a border defined by a juncture of the oblique body panel and the wall panel; means for creating a downward force on the vehicle in response to the blast, the creating means being a blast redirection structure consisting of a flat, blade-like blast deflector vane located along the border and located entirely outboard of the oblique body panel and the wall panel, the blast deflector vane disposed at an acute angle βwith the oblique body panel; and the blast deflector vane attached to the V shaped hull section.