ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,523,451, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to Rheinmetall Landsysteme GmbH (UnterluB, Germany).
"Vehicle cell and protected vehicle" was invented by Thorben Klieves (Trendelburg, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle cell for a protected vehicle includes an assembly having a structural component, an additional component arranged within the vehicle cell, and a connection and decoupling apparatus that connects the additional component to the structural component. The connection and decoupling apparatus is configured to mechanically decouple the additional component from the structural component in the event of a deformation of the...