Ballistic body armor damage sensing system and related methods
AssigneeOhio University
InventorsKhairul Alam, Muhammad Ali
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Abstract
A ballistic body armor damage sensing system having a body armor ballistic plate including at least one ballistic layer and at least one damage sensing layer coupled to the at least one ballistic layer and including a plurality of electrically conductive members which are positioned throughout said damage sensing layer, wherein when a fired projectile impacts the body armor ballistic plate and damages one or more of the electrically conductive members, the damaged electrically conductive members exhibit a measurable change in electrical resistance.
Claims12
A ballistic body armor damage sensing system, comprising:
- a body armor ballistic plate including at least one ballistic layer;
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- at least one damage sensing layer coupled to the at least one ballistic layer and including a plurality of electrically conductive members, positioned throughout said damage sensing layer,
- wherein when a fired projectile impacts the body armor ballistic plate and damages one or more of the electrically conductive members, the damaged electrically conductive members exhibit a measurable change in electrical resistance, and wherein the electrically conductive members include carbon fibers.
A method of assessing damage caused by a fired projectile striking ballistic body armor including at least one damage sensing layer impacted by the fired projectile, the method comprising:
- detecting, with a detecting device, an electrical characteristic of the at least one damage sensing layer having electrically conductive members damaged by the fired projectile, wherein the detected electrical characteristic includes at least one of electrical resistance or electrical current and wherein the electrically conductive members include carbon fibers;
- generating, with the detecting device, a signal corresponding to the detected electrical characteristic;
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- transmitting, with the detecting device, the signal to a receiving device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.