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US 8,013,776 B2Granted
Radar camouflage fabric
AssigneeMilliken & Company
InventorAndrew D. Child
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Abstract
A radar camouflage fabric comprising a base fabric layer and a conductive garnish fabric layer attached to the base fabric layer. The conductive garnish fabric layer comprises a conductive polymer coating and a plurality of holes. The radar camouflage fabric has an average microwave transmission of less than 50% at 6-8 GHz and the conductive garnish fabric layer has an electrical surface resistance less than the electrical surface resistance of the base fabric layer.
Claims17
A radar camouflage fabric comprising:
- a base fabric layer;
- and,
- a conductive garnish fabric layer attached to the base fabric layer by a plurality of stitches in a plurality of straight lines, wherein at least a portion of the conductive garnish fabric layer is oriented out of the plane of the base fabric layer, and wherein the conductive garnish fabric layer comprises a conductive polymer coating and comprises a plurality of holes having an irregular array of hole sizes and spacing formed from an array of incisions,
- wherein the radar camouflage fabric has an average microwave transmission of less than 50% at 6-8 GHz and the conductive garnish fabric layer has an electrical surface resistance less than the electrical surface resistance of the base fabric layer.
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