ARMORED REPAIR-EVACUATION VEHICLE Russian patent published in 2000 - IPC

FIELD: engineering vehicles of armored equipment, in particular, light armored repair- evacuation vehicles. SUBSTANCE: the vehicle is provided with a race accommodating a radial spherical bearing and support installed on board the vehicle. The race is fastened in a bore made in the vehicle body roof for hinge joint of the column of the support- rotary device located in the above bearing. The ball rotary support fastened on the above column is linked to the support installed on board the vehicle. The raceways of the races of the lower row of balls are made with a chamfer, and the radial clearance of the upper row of balls is smaller than that of the lower row. An opening is made in the race of the support-rotary device for installation of the revolving gear. EFFECT: provision of preset load-carrying capacity without considerable design alternations of the body of the vehicle and its mass due to prevention of axial load on the vehicle roof. 3 cl, 3 dwg