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Laminated ballistic sheet

US7923094B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateNov 26, 2008
Grant dateApr 12, 2011
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Expiry dateApr 10, 2029

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  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T428/2913
  • WIPO fieldOther special machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A non-woven ballistic material that demonstrates exceptional ballistic properties which ballistic material is fabricated by the lamination or angular lamination of a plurality of wide sheets of UHMWPE comprising a plurality of strips of highly oriented ultra high molecular weight polyethylene partially overlapped or abutted longitudinally to define joints between adjoining strips wherein the thickness of the joint is less than about 80% of the thickness of the sum of the thicknesses of the adjoining strips that make up the joint.

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