Title:
BALLISTIC-RESISTANT MULTILAYERED ARMOR INCLUDING A STITCHED COMPOSITE REINFORCEMENT LAYER AND METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO2004109216
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
An armor (10) is provided that includes an outer layer (12) and a composite inner layer (14) secured to the outer layer (12). The outer layer (12) is made from a projectile-fragmenting material that is caplable of causing a projectile (20) impacting it to break apart into a plurality of projectile fragments. The inner layer (14) is formed by a stitched composite that substantially capture the projectile ftagments. The stitched composite includes at least one thread (26) stitched through at least a portion of the inner layer's thickness (28). The armor (10) is lightweight and highly ballistic-resistant, and suitable for use with any of a with range of military application, homeland defense situations, and non-military applications where excellent ballistic resistance is needed to protect individuals and/or various forms of equipment.
Inventors:
KOLLMANSBERGER RONALD B
Application Number:
PCT/US2003/027674
Publication Date:
February 03, 2005
Filing Date:
September 02, 2003
Export Citation:
Assignee:
BOEING CO (US)
International Classes:
F41H5/04; F41H7/04; (IPC1-7): F41H5/04; F41H7/04
Domestic Patent References:
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Foreign References:
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