Lightweight soft body-armor product
AssigneePTI Materials LLC
InventorAndrew Park
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Abstract
A ballistic panel is provided for being incorporated into a lightweight soft body-armor product adapted for covering an area of the body. The ballistic panel includes an assembly of woven fabric plies with warp and fill yarns formed of bundled Poly (p-phenylene-2,6-benzobisoxazole) fibers. The plies have a collective areal density of no greater than 1.0 pounds per square foot, and a V50 ballistic limit of no less than 1925 feet per second using a .22 caliber, 17 grain FSP at 0 degrees obliquity.
Claims20
A ballistic panel for being incorporated into a lightweight soft body-armor product adapted for covering an area of the body, said ballistic panel comprising an assembly of woven fabric plies with warp and fill yarns comprising bundled Poly (p-phenylene-2,6-benzobisoxazole) fibers, said fibers being stretched at a draw ratio higher than 1:1 to promote dissipation of moisture, and said plies having a collective areal density of no greater than 1.0 pounds per square foot, and a V50 ballistic limit of no less than 1925 feet per second using a .22 caliber, 17 grain FSP at 0 degrees obliquity.
A ballistic panel for being incorporated into a lightweight soft body-armor product adapted for covering an area of the body, said ballistic panel comprising an assembly of overlapping plain-weave fabric plies with warp and fill yarns comprising bundled Poly (p-phenylene-2,6-benzobisoxazole) fibers, said fibers being stretched at a draw ratio higher than 1:1 to promote dissipation of moisture, and said warp and fill yarns each weighing approximately 500 denier, and said plies having a collective areal density of no greater than 1.0 pounds per square foot, and a V50 ballistic limit of no less than 1925 feet per second using a .22 caliber, 17 grain FSP at 0 degrees obliquity.
A lightweight soft body-armor product adapted for covering an area of the body, said body-armor product comprising at least one ballistic panel including of an assembly of woven fabric plies with warp and fill yarns comprising bundled Poly (p-phenylene-2,6-benzobisoxazole) fibers, said fibers being stretched at a draw ratio higher than 1:1 to promote dissipation of moisture, and said plies having a collective areal density of no greater than 1.0 pounds per square foot, and a V50 ballistic limit of no less than 1925 feet per second using a .22 caliber, 17 grain FSP at 0 degrees obliquity.
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