Active armor systems
US8074554B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | May 4, 2011 |
| Grant date | Dec 13, 2011 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 4, 2031 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S428/911
- WIPO fieldOther special machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
An improvement in an electric armor system designed to prevent, among other things, a rocket-propelled grenade (RPG) from penetrating the hull of a fighting vehicle. The system includes a self-clearing electrode that will make the system less vulnerable to non-plasma objects that might otherwise short out the active armor electrodes. It optionally further allows for the early initiation of current flow at the point of penetration making it even easier to defeat incoming threats by allowing more time to break-up an incoming plasma jet.
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