Survivability enhancement
US5191166A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 10, 1991 |
| Grant date | Mar 2, 1993 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 10, 2011 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
- CPC primaryF41H5/0492
- WIPO fieldOther special machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
An applique armor system includes a plurality of armor tiles, each armor tile being a composite armor member with a sheet ceramic armor component, an impedance match enhancing sheet member of material such of metal or polymer material adhered to the surface of the ceramic sheet member remote from the anticipated direction of attack, and a compliant separable fastener component of extended area type secured to a surface of the composite armor tile, the ceramic sheet member preferably having a thickness at least ten times the thickness of the impedance match enhancing sheet member.
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