公开(公告)号：US20180299215A1

公开(公告)日：2018-10-18

申请号：US15520111

申请日：2015-10-20

Applicant: MOOG INC.

Inventor： Kevin LUNG ,  Steven W. HAYES ,  Matthew MARTINEZ ,  David RHODES ,  Frank MUELLER

IPC: F41A9/30 ,  F41A9/86

CPC classification number: 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.

公开(公告)号：US20190120580A1

公开(公告)日：2019-04-25

申请号：US16230679

申请日：2018-12-21

Applicant: Moog Inc.

Inventor： Kevin LUNG ,  Steven W. HAYES ,  Matthew MARTINEZ ,  David RHODES ,  Frank MUELLER

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.

公开(公告)号：US20180252490A1

公开(公告)日：2018-09-06

申请号：US15926279

申请日：2018-03-20

Applicant: Moog Inc.

Inventor： Kevin LUNG

IPC: F41A23/24 ,  F41A27/18 ,  F41A9/34

CPC classification number: F41A23/24 ,  F41A9/34 ,  F41A9/79 ,  F41A27/18

Abstract: A vehicle-mounted weapon station is configurable to adjust the height of a rotational elevation axis thereof. The weapon station is provided with at least one fixed hanging ammunition container that is reloadable under the armored protection of the vehicle and the weapon station shell. The weapon station may have both electrically-powered and manually-powered drive systems for rotating a pedestal about an azimuth axis relative to the vehicle, and for rotating weaponry and operational units about the elevation axis, wherein the electrical and manual drive systems transmit power through the same output gear.