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.
Claims14
A ballistic body armor damage sensing system, comprising:
- 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, 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.
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;
- 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.