DETROIT ARSENAL—Three inventors at the U.S. Army DEVCOM Ground Vehicle Systems Center (GVSC) were awarded a U.S. patent for a gauge which allows for more consistent measurements when collecting data on military ground vehicle underbody blasts.
Late last year, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office issued a patent (number 11,187,718) for an Underbody Blast Gauge System Invention to Mechanical Engineer Dave Clark, Engineering Technician Thomas DuPont, and Biomedical Engineer Craig Foster, who all work in GVSC Survivability and Protection.
The Shock Gauge System, named “S3” by the GVSC inventors, was fabricated as a prototype measurements instrument and developed using the generic hull and drop tower apparatus at GVSC’s Occupant Protection Lab, located at Selfridge Air National Guard Base.