IP Library Granted Patent US 11,976,897
Granted Patent B2
US 11,976,897 · App. 17/800,682 · Granted May 7, 2024

Projectile lift

Inventors: Jens Grünewald (Kassel Hessen, DE); Eric Prummenbaum (Kassel Hessen, DE)
Assignee: KRAUSS-MAFFEI WEGMANN GMBH & CO. KG
F41A9/21F41A9/64F41A9/83F42B39/28
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 11,976,897
App. No.
17/800,682
Granted
May 7, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A projectile lift for vertically moving ammunition elements between two storage levels of a magazine comprising a receiving tray for receiving an ammunition body and a retaining device for retaining the ammunition body, wherein the retaining device can vertically lift the ammunition elements away from the receiving tray. The disclosure also relates to a magazine including a projectile lift and a method for vertically moving ammunition elements.

Claims (19)

1. A projectile lift for the vertical movement of ammunition bodies between two storage levels in a magazine having a receiving tray for receiving an ammunition body and a holding device for holding the ammunition body,

wherein

the holding device can raise the ammunition body vertically from the receiving tray.

2. A projectile lift according to claim 1 , wherein the ammunition bodies can be displaced on the receiving tray in the longitudinal direction.

3. A projectile lift according to claim 1 , wherein the holding device can be moved relatively in respect of the receiving tray in the vertical direction.

4. A projectile lift according to claim 1 , wherein the holding device can raise the ammunition bodies from the receiving tray in the manner of a grab and deposit them on the receiving tray.

5. A projectile lift according to claim 1 , wherein the holding device can be moved in the vertical direction via a linear drive.

6. A projectile lift according to claim 5 , wherein the linear drive has at least one rotatable threaded spindle which moves the holding device in a vertical direction when rotated.

7. A projectile lift according to claim 5 , wherein the linear drive has a guide element which is arranged in the manner of a spindle nut on the threaded spindle.

8. A projectile lift according to claim 6 , further including a lifting motor which can drive the threaded spindle of a linear drive via a gearing mechanism.

9. A projectile lift according claim 1 , wherein the receiving tray can be moved in the vertical direction.

10. A projectile lift according to claim 1 , wherein the receiving tray and the holding device are coupled to one another in such a manner that the receiving tray can be moved along with the holding device, when the holding device is located within or above a limit level.

11. A projectile lift according to claim 10 , wherein the receiving tray is uncoupled from the holding device when said holding device is located below the limit level.

12. A projectile lift according to claim 1 , wherein the receiving tray is coupled to the holding device via a linear guide.

13. A projectile lift according to claim 12 , wherein the linear guide has a limit stop which limits a movement of the holding device in respect of the receiving tray.

14. A magazine having a projectile lift according to claim 1 .

15. A method for the vertical movement of ammunition bodies between two storage levels of a magazine having a receiving tray for receiving an ammunition body and a holding device for holding the ammunition body,

wherein

the holding device raises an ammunition body vertically from the receiving tray.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Nov 8, 2024
From: KRAUSS-MAFFEI WEGMANN GMBH & CO. KG
To: KNDS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH & CO. KG
Reel/Frame 069211/0087 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 18, 2022
From: GRÜNEWALD, JENS; PRUMMENBAUM, ERIC
To: KRAUSS-MAFFEI WEGMANN GMBH & CO. KG
Reel/Frame 060843/0545 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2020 104 466.6 · Feb 20, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230349652A1 · Nov 2, 2023