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Hard armor composite

US7549366B2 · kind B2 · utility

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14Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateOct 27, 2005
Grant dateJun 23, 2009
Priority date
Expiry dateOct 27, 2025

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T428/249951
  • WIPO fieldOther special machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A hard armor composite includes a rigid facing and a ballistic fabric backing. The fabric backing is carried by the facing, and includes an array of bundled high-performance fibers. The fibers have a tensile strength greater than 7 grams per denier and a denier per filament ratio of less than 5.4.

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