Multi-layered apparatus for stopping projectiles
AssigneeLucent Technologies Inc.
InventorsJoanna Aizenberg, Elsa Reichmanis, Oleksander Sydorenko, Brijesh Vyas
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Abstract
An apparatus comprising a stack of layers, each of the layers having one or two surfaces that contact neighboring ones of the layers. At least one of the layers comprises a mesh layer, and, a shear thickening fluid is located within the mesh layer or in another layer of the stack of layers.
Claims20
An apparatus comprising:
- a stack of layers, each of the layers having one or two surfaces that contact neighboring ones of the layers;
- wherein at least one of the layers comprises a mesh layer, and a shear thickening fluid that is located within the mesh layer or in another layer of the stack of layers.
The apparatus of clam 1, further comprising a battery, the shear thickening fluid being an electrolyte of the battery.
A method of manufacturing an apparatus, comprising forming a stack of layers, each of the layers having one or two surfaces that contact neighboring ones of the layers, wherein at least one of the layers comprises a mesh layer, and a shear thickening fluid that is located within the mesh layer or in another layer of the stack of layers.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.