Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Ammunition storage system
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Application No.: US16230679Application Date: 2018-12-21
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Publication No.: US10753693B2Publication Date: 2020-08-25
- Inventor: Kevin Lung , Steven W. Hayes , Matthew Martinez , David Rhodes , Frank Mueller
- Applicant: Moog Inc.
- Applicant Address: US NY East Aurora
- Assignee: Moog Inc.
- Current Assignee: Moog Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US NY East Aurora
- Agency: Hogdson Russ LLP
- Main IPC: F41A9/30
- IPC: F41A9/30 ; F41A9/86

Abstract:
Ammunition containers are reloadable from within an armored vehicle to supply a remote weapon system mounted externally on the vehicle. The ammunition containers are designed to be fixedly mounted within an internal compartment of a weapon turret. In a first embodiment, at least one guide wall defines a spiral guide path for an ammunition belt, and a rotatable sprocket enables the belt to be loaded into the guide path. In a second embodiment, an ammunition clamp holds a round of ammunition, and the clamp is rotatable to wind the ammunition belt about the clamp's axis of rotation. A third embodiment has a guide sprocket and an adjacent peg to facilitate reloading an ammunition belt in horizontal layers. A fourth embodiment includes a pair of spaced support rails for hanging an ammunition belt in vertical columns, wherein rear ends of the rails may be located outside the container for easier loading.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190120580A1 AMMUNITION STORAGE SYSTEM Public/Granted day:2019-04-25
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