Lightweight armor plates with a ceramic component, systems including same and methods of use thereof
OwnerAsher Peretzinventor
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Abstract
A lightweight opaque armor plate, systems including same and methods of use thereof. Disclosed is a lightweight opaque armor plate, which includes a ceramic layer designed and constructed to absorb and disperse energy from a projectile and a hardened metal layer designed and constructed to prevent penetration by the projectile projectile. A total weight of the plate is less about 43 kg/M2 of the plate. Systems including the disclosed plate and a positioning device are further disclosed. Methods which employ the disclosed plate, preferably as part of the disclosed system, to provide projection from projectile impact are further disclosed.
Claims14
A lightweight opaque armor plate, the plate comprising:
- (a) a ceramic layer, said ceramic being designed and constructed to absorb and disperse energy from a projectile, and
- (b) a hardened metal layer, said hardened metal layer situated behind said ceramic layer and being designed and constructed to prevent penetration by said projectile;
- wherein a total weight of the plate is less than approximately exactly 43 kg/M2 of the plate.
A system for protecting a target from impact by a projectile, the system comprising:
- (a) at least one lightweight opaque armor plate comprising:
- (i) a ceramic layer, said ceramic layer being designed and constructed to absorb and disperse energy from a projectile,
- (ii) a hardened metal layer, said hardened metal layer situated behind said ceramic layer and being designed and constructed to prevent penetration by said projectile;
- and
- (b) a positioning device designed and constructed to engage and retain said at least one lightweight opaque armor plate in a position between the target and the projectile;
- wherein a total weight of said armor plate is less than approximately exactly 43 kg/M2.
A method of protecting a target from impact by a projectile, the method comprising:
- (a) ascertaining at least one source from which a projectile is likely to emanate;
- and
- (b) employing a positioning device to engage and retain at least one lightweight opaque armor plate in a position between the target and said at least one source from which a projectile is likely to emanate;
- wherein said lightweight opaque armor plate comprises:
- (i) a ceramic layer, said ceramic being designed and constructed to absorb and disperse energy from the projectile,
- (ii) a hardened metal layer, said hardened metal layer situated behind said ceramic layer and being designed and constructed to prevent penetration by the projectile;
- and
- wherein a total weight of the plate is less than approximately exactly 43 kg/M2 of the plate
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.