Method and apparatus for defeating ballistic projectiles
AssigneePinnacle Armor Company
InventorsMurray L. Neal, Allan D. Bain
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for defeating high-velocity projectiles. A plurality of disks of equal size comprised of fiber induced ceramic composites are provided. The disks are laid out in an imbricated pattern row by row such that each disk in a row is in substantially a straight line with the other disks in the row and overlaps a segment of a disk in an adjacent row. The imbricated pattern is then adhered to a flexible, high tensile strength substrate and overlaid by a second high tensile strength layer such that the imbricated pattern is enveloped between the substrate and the second layer. The envelope is then coupled to a soft body armor backing.
Claims13
An apparatus comprising:
- a discus shaped disk for use in armor systems, having a radius, a first inclined surface co-extensive with a segment of the radius and a thickness, wherein the disk comprises a fiber induced composite ceramic material comprising alumina and has a hardness of at least 12 GPa, a fracture toughness of at least 3.8 MPa-m1/2.
An apparatus comprising:
- a discus shaped disk for use in armor systems, having a radius, a first inclined surface co-extensive with a segment of the radius and a thickness, wherein the disk comprises a fiber induced ceramic comprising an alumina and toughened metallic oxide composite.
An apparatus comprising:
- a discus shaped disk for use in armor systems, having a radius, a first inclined surface co-extensive with a segment of the radius and a thickness, and further having containment wrap coupled to the first inclined surface;
- wherein the containment wrap includes an adhesive substrate coat, and glass fiber material overlaying the adhesive substrate.
An apparatus comprising:
- a discus shaped disk for use in armor systems, having a radius, a first inclined surface co-extensive with a segment of the radius and a thickness, and further having containment wrap coupled to the first inclined surface;
- wherein the containment wrap includes an adhesive substrate coat, and aramid fiber overlaying the adhesive substrate.
A disk used in armor systems having a radius, a concentric dome coextensive with a portion of the radius, and a substantially flat surface circumferentially surrounding the dome.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.