F41H 5/0492
Layered armour containing hard elements
Official title: {Layered armour containing hard elements, e.g. plates, spheres, rods, separated from each other, the elements being connected to a further flexible layer or being embedded in a plastics or an elastomer matrix}
F41H5/0492 (Layered armour containing hard elements) appears on 343 US grants and 378 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F41H- Granted patents
- 343
- Published applications
- 378
- Assignees
- 224
- Inventors
- 724
- Latest grant
- 16 Jun 2026
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| 2023 | 15 | 11 |
| 2024 | 10 | 8 |
| 2025 | 9 | 2 |
| 2026 | 2 | 5 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Multi-layer wearable body armor16 Jun 2026US 12,656,087 B1Honeywell Federal Manufacturing & Technologies, LLC
- Compact rifle protection ballistic shield27 Jan 2026US 12,535,300 B2Verco Materials, LLC
- Microlattice layers30 Sep 2025US 12,427,743 B2Vicis IP, LLC
- Laminate structure and wearable article9 Sep 2025US 12,409,639 B2Graphene Composites Ltd
- Depth-independent blast-resistant thermally-insulating ballistically-protective and ergonomically-improved segmented diver suit26 Aug 2025US 12,398,279 B2The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
- Compact rifle protection ballistic shield8 Oct 2026US 2026/0309469 A1Verco Materials, LLC
- Impact- and blast-resistant aircraft seat30 Apr 2026US 2026/0116549 A1
- Microlattice layers19 Mar 2026US 2026/0077567 A1Vicis IP, LLC
- Ballistic proection system and method therefor26 Feb 2026US 2026/0055995 A1
- Laminate structure and wearable article5 Feb 2026US 2026/0034772 A1Graphene Composites Ltd
Most cited
By later US patents
- Articulating protective system for resisting mechanical loads117US 8,978,535 B2Massachusetts Institute of Technology · 2015
- Composite armor panel110US 6,112,635 AMofet Etzion · 2000
- Ballistic armor having a flexible load distribution system102US 5,738,925 ALockheed Martin Corporation · 1998
- Protective wall structure92US 3,969,563 A1976
- Ballistic armor system81US 4,179,979 AGoodyear Aerospace Corporation · 1979