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7628104 Methods and apparatus for providing ballistic protection  
Methods and apparatus for providing ballistic protection and stopping high-velocity rounds or explosives. A ballistic panel for providing protection includes a three-dimensional core designed as a...
7603939 Ceramic bodies for armor panel  
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...
7600808 Utility vehicles with special cab  
A utility vehicles, in particular for military purposes, with a chassis and a cab arranged on the frame of said chassis so that it can be tilted. The cab has a front module and a rear module. The...
7597040 Composite containment of high energy debris and pressure  
A protective device for use in containing high energy debris and pressure is provided which employs a plurality of energy absorption elements disposed on an outer surface of a rigid inner sheet,...
7546796 Armor and method of making same  
An armor includes a face sheet, a spall liner, and a core disposed between the face sheet and the spall liner. The core includes a polymeric matrix and a plurality of ceramic rods disposed in the...
7540229 Explosive reactive armor with momentum transfer mechanism  
Disclosed is an explosive reactive armor with a momentum transfer mechanism by developing a new protection mechanism in which a momentum transfer mechanism by detonation of a reactive material is...
7540240 Protection device for military or civilian vehicles against magnetic detection mines  
A protection device for land vehicles against mines, wherein it incorporates a metallic plate positioned under the vehicle so as to normalize the magnetic field generated by the vehicle and/or by...
7533924 Energy absorbing device for a vehicle seat  
An energy absorbing device for reducing acceleration transmitted to a seated occupant in a vehicle as a result of a high energy impact. The device comprises a first energy absorbing mechanism...
7493844 Vehicle security partition  
Disclosed is an integrated vehicle and personal ballistic protection system providing a combination of space utilization, portability and increased personal safety. Also disclosed are kits for...
7490539 Lightweight composite armor  
Improved composite armor designs use optimally shaped ceramic pellets and a web system for patterning the pellets, improving manufacturability, and providing additional structural reinforcement....
7478580 Sculpted transparent armor  
A gunner protection apparatus for a tactical or armored vehicle having a turret or hatch opening that exposes crewmembers to enemy threats. The gunner protection apparatus includes a turret portion...
7472637 Hierarchical material assemblies and articles for use in projectile impact protection  
A hierarchical composite armor is disclosed for protection against projectile impact comprising a plurality of platelets and a matrix substrate. The plurality of platelets are distributed in at...
7421936 Systems and methods for explosive blast wave mitigation  
The invention in various embodiments is directed to systems and methods for mitigating damage from a shock wave using a gas having a specific impedance less than air.
7401540 Highly survivable urban utility vehicle (HSUUV)  
The Highly Survivable Urban Utility Vehicle (HSUUV) redistributes armor in a unique way on a truck type wheeled vehicle so as to defeat Improvised Explosive Devices (IED) to include armor piercing...
7393045 Two-piece armored cab system  
A system for a two-piece armored cab includes an upper cab portion, a lower cab portion, and a vehicle chassis system. The upper cab portion and the lower cab portion are armored to provide...
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...
7357062 Mine resistant armored vehicle  
A blast-resistant armored land vehicle that may include a monocoque body comprised of sheet material with the bottom portion of the vehicle being substantially V-shaped. The apex of the V is...
7325475 Modular structure  
A modular structure is disclosed that includes a variety of separate units having an armored panel secured to a frame portion. The units, which exhibit a variety of shapes and dimensions, may be...
7255034 Mine-detonation-resistant understructure for a vehicle  
An inwardly bend bottom plate, having at least one bending line, is provided on the underside of an armored vehicle body as a protection against mine detonation and can be additionally armored by...
7228927 Vehicle protection against the effect of a land mine  
A vehicle with protection against the effects of an exploding land mine is provided, in which a military wheeled vehicle is provided with wheel axels and drives built into front and/or rear...
7225718 Military vehicle window cover  
A window cover for a military vehicle which includes both upper and lower armored plates angled away from an underlying vehicle window, an upper reflector overlying the underside of the upper...
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...
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...
7114764 Mine and collision protection for passenger vehicle  
Many military land vehicles are not designed to withstand extreme forces concomitant exploding mines. A vehicle's capacity to protect its occupants is inventively enhanced by structurally...
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...
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...
7059236 Apparatus and method for ballistic protection of vehicle undercarriages  
An elongate ballistic protection apparatus is described and claimed herein which has minimal weight and maximum flexibility to conform to the most contorted and undulating ground surfaces. In use,...
6964219 Blast resistant partitions  
The invention provides an array of blast-resistant partitions arranged to subdivide a predetermined space into a multiplicity of interconnected subspaces and thereby to substantially confine an...
6962102 Armour constructions  
An applique armour panel for fitting to a substrate and for protecting the substrate from missile or other projectile attack which panel comprises an exterior plate ( 1 ), an interior plate ( 4 )...
6952990 Land mine overpass tread design  
A land mine pressure fuse avoidance system has a base. A tread on the base contacts the ground around a land mine and independently distributes pressures around the ground. The tread has plural...
6923107 Armored vehicle, especially combat tank  
An armored vehicle, especially combat vehicle, having an outer wall ( 1 ) in which is disposed an air inlet opening ( 2 ) behind which a radiator is positioned in the interior of the vehicle. To...
6880445 Explosive matrix for a reactive armor element  
A reactive armor element for protection against a shaped-charge warhead, comprising a casing fitted with an outer metal cover plate, and at least one explosive matrix extending between the metal...
6792843 Armor-plating composite  
A composite material for armor plating with improved multihit behavior includes at least: a front layer, facing the impact side and mounted on a first sub-layer, the front layer including a...
6779431 Arrangement for protecting the crew of a military vehicle from mine explosion consequences  
An arrangement is provided to protect the occupants of a military vehicle in the event of a percussive-type impact on a surface of the vehicle, such as a mine explosion below the vehicle. The...
6718861 Momentum trap ballistic armor system  
A momentum trap ballistic armor system comprises an accelerating layer and a plug layer adjacent to the a accelerating layer. The plug layer includes an opening and at least one plug maintained...
6708595 Laminated, reinforced glass plate  
A bullet-proof and/or shatter-proof toughened, laminated glass plate includes a stack of glass sheets. A central ballistic system (BC) of the glass plate has, at its peripheral region corresponding...
6698331 Use of metal foams in armor systems  
In a multi-layer armor system ( 10 ), useful for military vehicles, a metallic foam is provided as the shock energy-absorbing element. In a typical arrangement, the metallic foam shock-absorbing...
6658984 Anti-mine floor for an armored vehicle  
An apparatus for providing anti-mine protection for an armored vehicle, the apparatus comprising a concave floor plate ( 1 ) that provides both a sufficient ground clearance ( 3 ) and a clear...
6647857 Bullet protective sunvisor  
The invention is directed to a foldable bullet protective shield for mounting to the backside of a sunvisor of a motor vehicle, said shield having an upper portion and a lower portion, each portion...
6601497 Armor with in-plane confinement of ceramic tiles  
An armor component includes a tile having a perimeter; and a wrapping material wrapped around the perimeter of the tile. An armor system includes a back plate; at least one tile array layer...
6477934 Apparatus for protecting against the effect of land mine  
An apparatus for anti-mine protection for an armored vehicle wherein a box ( 5 ) is mounted to the underside of the vehicle floor, with the box being completely filled in the longitudinal and...
6474213 Reactive stiffening armor system  
A reactive armor structure having an outer layer and a reactive element adjacent to and integral with the outer layer is provided. The reactive element provides an amount of support to the outer...
6435071 Vehicle for traveling through hostile environments  
An inexpensive, highly maneuverable vehicle is provided for operating within the proximity of landmines. The vehicle is preferably hydrostatically propelled and includes an adjustable hydraulic...
6363830 Door structure for mine protection  
An improved blast shield for use on a wheeled military vehicle. The blast shield has at least a portion responsive to a blast under the vehicle that reacts in response to the blast to block the...
6338292 Thermal and visual camouflage system  
The invention provides camouflage in both the visual spectrum and the infrared spectrum by emulating the infrared radiation of an object's background and the visible radiation of an object's...
6327954 Lightweight armored vehicle and method of making same  
An improved lightweight armored vehicle and a cost effective method of retrofitting standard automobiles to make them lightweight armored vehicles. Metal edge channels and edge caps fit about...
6302010 Utility vehicle for rescue and defense  
A multipurpose armored utility vehicle based on a civilian production base vehicle is configured to be used in hostile and dangerous police related missions. The vehicle comprises an armored...
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