US 12,228,380 B2
Mine clearance
Jonathan Taylor, Newcastle upon Tyne (GB); Richard Cronk, Newcastle upon Tyne (GB); and Simon Gilroy, Newcastle upon Tyne (GB)
Assigned to PEARSON ENGINEERING LIMITED, Newcastle upon Tyne (GB)
Appl. No. 18/033,620
Filed by PEARSON ENGINEERING LIMITED, Newcastle upon Tyne (GB)
PCT Filed Sep. 27, 2021, PCT No. PCT/EP2021/076538
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Apr. 25, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/089857, PCT Pub. Date May 5, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 2017051 (GB), filed on Oct. 27, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0366659 A1, Nov. 16, 2023
Int. Cl. F41H 11/24 (2011.01)
CPC F41H 11/24 (2013.01) 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A deployable mine clearance device comprising a plurality of working members that are movable from a stowed position to a deployed position, the working members are biased to the deployed position, the working members comprise a front plate, a top link and a bottom link, the working members are mounted to a chassis in a row, the chassis is common to all working members in a row, in which the chassis is attachable to a host vehicle by a support structure, in which the support structure allows some movement of the chassis relative to the vehicle to enable the device to contour the ground, in which each of the plurality of working member is individually movable relative to the chassis, and in which the front plate of each of the plurality of working members is able to contour the ground.