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7389718 Ballistic blanket  
A ballistic blanket is provided and includes a pliable outer shell or housing that encompasses an inner ballistic core which is housed or contained within an inner shell or housing. Secured to...
7383762 Ceramic pellets and composite armor panel containing the same  
The invention provides a composite armor plate for absorbing and dissipating kinetic energy from high velocity, armor-piercing projectiles, as well as from soft-nosed projectiles, the plate...
7383761 Methods and apparatus for providing ballistic protection  
Methods and apparatus for providing ballistic protection and stopping high-velocity rounds or explosives. The apparatus may include a ballistic panel for providing ballistic protection. The...
7370567 Armored plating system  
An improved armored plating system having a series of elongate tubes arranged in parallel fashion to form a protective array. Each tube has a rectilinear cross section with slanted sidewalls so...
7357061 Non-explosive energetic material and a reactive armor element using same  
The present invention provides elements for making a protective reactive armor to be fitted on the outside of an enclosure liable to be exposed to attack by shaped-charge warheads and other...
7357060 Vehicle armor  
A vehicle is armored the steps of sequentially making a steel plate with a thickness of 4 mm to 15 mm of by weight 0.2 to 0.4% carbon, 0.3 to 0.8% silicon, 1.0 to 2.5% manganese, max. 0.02%...
7350450 Armor structures  
An armor structure includes first and second layers individually containing a plurality of i-beams. Individual i-beams have a pair of longitudinal flanges interconnected by a longitudinal...
7343843 Explosive effect mitigated containers and enclosing devices  
Containers and enclosing devices such as pipes or tires can be protected from explosive shocks and blasts by incorporating blast mitigating material in at least one of the top and bottom sides of a...
7340779 Flexible spike/ballistic penetration-resistant articles  
An article is disclosed to protect a wearer from spike and ballistic threats that is made from a spike resistant panel and a ballistic resistant panel. Each panel is made from flexible fabric...
7332221 Boron carbide composite bodies, and methods for making same  
A composite body produced by a reactive infiltration process that possesses high mechanical strength, high hardness and high stiffness has applications in such diverse industries as precision...
7331270 Pultruded non-metallic damage-tolerant hard ballistic laminate and method of manufacture thereof  
A lightweight and highly effective armor in which engineered ballistic broad goods are encased in exacting alignment within a specialized housing, composed of a polymeric composite, which is...
7322771 Joint for bullet traps  
An improved joint utilizes a facing strip which is configured to extend away from a pair of plates held by the facing strip as one moves toward the middle of the facing strip. When the steel plates...
7322267 Enhanced light weight armor system with reactive properties  
A light-weight armor system for retrofitting onto light vehicles, such as HMMWVs, trucks, or helicopters, or incorporating into a vehicle to protect against HEAT or high explosive warheads. The...
7300893 Armor including a strain rate hardening elastomer  
Protection against blast and ballistic damage is improved by encapsulating or sandwiching rigid inclusions (for example, tiles) or a rigid plate by a high-strain rate hardening elastomer. Typical...
7299736 Controlled-harm explosive reactive armor (COHERA)  
A Controlled-Harm Explosive Reactive Armor (COHERA) is made of explosive layered between two plates of material with predetermined fragmentation having controlled harm prevention properties. The...
7288493 Body armor with improved knife-stab resistance formed from flexible composites  
Flexible body armor formed from flexible composites which have improved knife-stab resistance. The body armor is formed from composites which include layers of a fabric base, formed from high...
7284470 Ballistic resistant devices and systems and methods of manufacture thereof  
A projectile resistant device for use in armor includes a ceramic component; and at least a first component adhered to the ceramic component on at least one side thereof. Preferably the first...
7284469 Protection from kinetic threats using glass-ceramic material  
A method for protecting an object from kinetic threats using a glass-ceramic is disclosed. The energy of impact is dissipated as a localized pulverization of the glass-ceramic without extensive...
7270045 System and method for induced acceleration mitigation for seat occupant  
A system for mitigation of induced acceleration to an occupant of a vehicle seat includes a substantially non-deforming structure having a top side with the vehicle seat mounted thereon and a...
7251835 Soft armor  
Soft armor is disclosed. The soft armor comprises an armor structure having a threat side and an inner side inward of the threat side. The armor structure is formed from soft armor material, and...
7225717 Vehicle armor system  
An armor system is provided for installation in a vehicle having a body structure. The armor system includes frame members joined to form a framework having openings. The framework is joined to the...
7222562 Electromagnetic vehicle cover  
A multi-layered protective cover ( 10 ) for the exterior of a vehicle, held in place over the hood by means of a main strap ( 12 ), a main strap lock ( 14 ), and an underside lock ( 16 ). Rounded...
7216576 Trampoline responsive armor panel  
An armor panel for defeating a projectile strike including (a) a substantially planar core structure having spaced, generally parallel-planar strike and opposite faces, and elongate,...
7213497 Inflatable trajectory altering and blast energy absorption system  
An inflatable trajectory altering and blast energy absorption system has a plenum with walls that are spaced apart from one another when the plenum is inflated. Flexible members, dispersed in the...
7213494 Blast protection structures  
A blast protection structure is formed of one or more bags, generally shown as ( 1 ) in FIG. 2 . Such bags comprise an upper and lower compartment, with the lower compartment having a reinforcing...
7194944 Bullet trap  
A bullet trap is disclosed which is formed without intervening sidewalls to enable cross-shooting and the like with reduced risk or ricochet or damage to the bullet trap. Furthermore, the bullet...
7191694 Edge reinforced brittle armor system  
An edge reinforcement for brittle armor plates is described and claimed herein for improving the ballistic performance of the outer peripheral margins of such plates to incoming threat projectiles....
7188559 Fabrication of interleaved metallic and intermetallic composite laminate materials  
Typically 20–40 films of a tough first metal, normally 0.1–1.0 mm thick films of titanium, nickel, vanadium, and/or steel (iron) and alloys thereof, interleaved with a like number of films of a...
7178445 Ballistic protection  
The present invention relates to ballistic protection for use in personal equipment or in vehicles of various types such as cars, helicopters and boats or for use in permanent or temporary...
7163731 Lightweight armor against firearm projectiles  
An armor assembly for protecting a body disposed behind said armor assembly, wherein the armor assembly comprises at least one layer of material made of an essentially brittle material, said layer...
7150217 Protective body armor  
A cup-shaped protective body armour ( 10 ) to give impact protection is in the form of an outer skin ( 11 ) and a honeycomb lining ( 13 ) formed integrally with each other of a substantially...
7146899 Bullet-resistant hand-held defensive object  
A bullet-resistant defensive device is disclosed made up of layers of bullet resistant material layered together and connected along their peripheral edge on a frame to form a planar shield. The...
7117780 Composite armor plate  
The invention provides a composite armor plate for absorbing and dissipating kinetic energy from high-velocity projectiles, the plate comprising a single internal layer of pellets which are bound...
7104178 Active armor including medial layer for producing an electrical or magnetic field  
An active armor system, which includes a first armor layer and a second armor layer. An interior space is interposed between the first and second armor layer. A third layer is also positioned...
7104177 Ceramic-rich composite armor, and methods for making same  
Silicon infiltration technology, e.g., siliconizing or reaction-bonding, is used to produce ceramic-rich composite bodies having utility as ballistic armor. In the main embodiment of the invention,...
7102814 Personal portable blankets as an infrared shielding device for field activities  
A system shields IR emissions from remote sensors and has a flexible outer metallic layer extending to cover objects emitting IR energy on the covered ground. The outer layer is conductive of heat...
7100490 Body armor  
An armor, especially a body armor has at least one layer and preferably a multiplicity of layers of a woven ballistic fabric with titanium beads or disks threaded onto the yarns at the crossovers...
7082868 Lightweight armor with repeat hit and high energy absorption capabilities  
A lightweight armor with repeat hit capability includes at least one layer of material that absorbs energy upon being impacted by an object through a reversible phase change and/or an elastic...
7080587 Armor module  
An armor module comprising a rigid casing having a front face, a top face and a bottom face, and a plurality of multi-layer planner cassettes fixedly mounted within the casing. Each cassette has a...
7077306 Ceramic armor and method of making by encapsulation in a hot pressed three layer metal assembly  
A ceramic armor is disclosed in several embodiments. In a first embodiment, a metal base plate has a metal frame assembled on it having a central opening into which the ceramic material is placed....
7077048 Multi-layered trap ballistic armor  
A momentum trap ballistic armor comprises an accelerating layer, a plug layer adjacent to the accelerating layer, and an energy absorbing layer. The plug layer includes an opening and at least one...
7069836 Ceramic armor and method of making by encapsulation including use of a stiffening plate  
A ceramic armor is disclosed in several embodiments. In a first embodiment, a metal base plate has a metal frame assembled on it having a central opening into which the ceramic material and...
7063374 Safety shield window insert  
A safety device for an automobile. The safety device being a window insert designed to fit within the standard frame of a window and be retrained within the frame by the upper edge of the window...
7026045 Multilayer composite armour  
The invention relates to the area of armor and in particular to multilayer armor having a composite layer containing a first material made of a metal or an alloy and a second material where the...
7010811 Lightweight soft body-armor product  
A ballistic panel is provided for being incorporated into a lightweight soft body-armor product adapted for covering an area of the body. The ballistic panel includes an assembly of woven fabric...
6995103 Toughness enhanced silicon-containing composite bodies, and methods for making same  
A silicon-containing composite body that would otherwise be brittle can be engineered to exhibit enhanced fracture toughness. Specifically, a silicon-ceramic composite body is produced, preferably...
6990887 Protective shield  
A pivotally adjustable shield includes a first member having substantially planar front and rear surfaces and an edge portion integral therewith. The shield further includes a second member having...
6990886 Reinforced multilayer fabric and method of preparation  
An unfinished reinforced multilayer fabric ( 11 ), able to produce a finished reinforced multilayer fabric ( 18 ) which includes an initial layer ( 12 ) of threads ( 13 ) parallel with each other,...
6979660 Polyethylene protective yarn  
High strength polyethylene yarns useful in ballistic-resistant, cut-resistant and other applications, fabrics produced from these yarns and the methods by which the yarns and fabrics are made. An...
6955112 Multi-structure metal matrix composite armor and method of making the same  
A lightweight armor system may comprise multiple reinforcement materials layered within a single metal matrix casting. These reinforcement materials may comprise ceramics, metals, or other...
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