F41H 11/16 - Definition

Definition statement

This subclass covers:

Self-propelled vehicles dedicated to the clearing of land mines and self-propelled vehicles that have permanent or temporary fittings so that they can also, beside their normal task, be used for clearing land mines.

Mine-clearing devices or systems for clearing land mines that can be attached to non-dedicated vehicles on a pre-determined or on ad-hoc basis.

Sacrificial or decoy remote controlled vehicles that are have no land mine clearing systems per-se but are intended to activate or trigger the detonation of a land mine or IED.

Sacrificial or decoy systems attachable to a self-propelled vehicle.

Systems or vehicles using a vehicle mounted disruptor to neutralize land mines, UXOs or IEDs with a high pressure water jet, e.g. "wheel barrow" type robotic systems or using vehicle mounted devices for destroying land mines, UXOs or IEDs contactless by means of rays, beams or waves of radiation, heat, sound etc.

Informative references

Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:

Armoured vehicles	F41H 7/02
Armour protection for vehicles against mine attacks	F41H 7/04

Synonyms and Keywords

In patent documents the following abbreviations are often used:

EMP	electro-magnetic pulse