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US 2013/0340601 A1Published application
Structural panel with ballistic protection
AssigneeSikorsky Aircraft Corporation
InventorsWilliam A. Townsend, Thomas A. Carstensen, Connie E. Bird
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Abstract
An armor system which integrates ballistic protection into load bearing structure. Each armored panel is manufactured as a sandwich structure having a multiple of layers including a hard ballistic material layer of a Ceramic/CMC hybrid armor material capable of defeating high velocity Armor Piercing projectiles.
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An armored panel comprising:
- a front face layer;
- a monolithic ceramic layer adjacent to said front face layer;
- a rear face Ceramic Matrix Composite (CMC) layer continuously bonded to a rear face of said monolithic ceramic layer to provide a close thermal expansion match of said monolithic ceramic layer and said Ceramic Matrix Composite (CMC) layer;
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- a backing layer adjacent to said rear face CMC layer, to at least partially encapsulate said monolithic ceramic layer and said rear face Ceramic Matrix Composite (CMC) layer between said front face layer and said backing layer.
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An armored panel comprising:
- a front face layer;
- a hard ballistic material layer adjacent to said front face layer;
- a compressed oriented fiber spall shield layer bonded to a rear face of said hard ballistic material layer;
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- a backing layer adjacent to said compressed oriented fiber spall shield layer to at least partially encapsulate said hard ballistic material layer and said compressed oriented fiber spall shield layer between said front face layer and said backing layer. said backing layer adjacent to said front face layer along at least one edge of the armored panel to form a flange edge structure.
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An armored panel comprising:
- a front face layer;
- a hard ballistic material layer adjacent to said front face layer;
- a compressed oriented fiber spall shield layer bonded to a rear face of said hard ballistic material layer;
- a spacer layer bonded to a rear face of said compressed oriented fiber spall shield layer;
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- a backing layer adjacent to said spacer layer to at least partially encapsulate said hard ballistic material layer, said compressed oriented fiber spall shield layer and said spacer layer, said backing layer adjacent to said front face layer along at least one edge of the armored panel to form a flange edge structure.
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