Kenneth A Greene

US Patent:

D631310, Jan 25, 2011

Filed:

Sep 8, 2010

Appl. No.:

29/369395

Inventors:

Jeremy A. Senyk - Macomb MI, US
Kenneth A. Greene - West Bloomfield MI, US

Assignee:

The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army - Washington DC

International Classification:

0805

US Classification:

D 8 26

US Patent:

60928271, Jul 25, 2000

Filed:

Nov 9, 1998

Appl. No.:

9/208153

Inventors:

John G. Korpi - Livonia MI
Christopher J. Bensch - Livonia MI
Kenneth A. Greene - Walled Lake MI
Richard J. Line - Sterling Heights MI
Peter W. Pfister - South Lyon MI

Assignee:

The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army - Washington DC

International Classification:

B60T 1704

US Classification:

280514

Abstract:

A modified pintle assembly for an armored personnel carrier is secured to a swingable ramp at the rear of the carrier. The assembly comprises a back late affixed facially on the ramp and dogleg plates fixed to the back plate. The dogleg plates pivot on one of the ramp's hinges. A downwardly open shroud is fixed to the back plate and elongate plates. The shroud accommodates an extension block. An inner end of an extension block fits closely within the shroud and is pivotally connected thereto. A pintle is attached to the outer, free end of the extension block. The extension block and pintle are movable together between a deployed position in which the they extend away from the ramp and a retracted position in which they lie along the ramp. A lock pin through the shroud retains the extension block and pintle in either the deployed or the retracted position.