Apparatus for providing protection from ballistic rounds, projectiles, fragments and explosives
US8074553B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 30, 2007 |
| Grant date | Dec 13, 2011 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 27, 2028 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
- CPC primaryF41H5/0414
- WIPO fieldOther special machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
An apparatus for providing protection from ballistic rounds, projectiles, fragments and explosives. The apparatus includes a core, grinding layer and bonding layer. The core is shaped and configured as a structural truss of the apparatus, in which the core includes a plurality of parallel, adjacent rows and the core distributes and dissipates force impacting on the apparatus. The grinding layer is positioned on at least one side of the core facing towards potential threats, in which the grinding layer grinds rounds, projectiles, fragments or other materials impacting the apparatus, helping to dissipate the impacting material and its momentum. The bonding layer bonds the grinding layer together and the grinding layer to the core and provides an outer coating to the apparatus on a side of the apparatus facing potential threats and through which rounds, projectiles, fragments or other materials impact and penetrate the apparatus.
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