Ordnance – Shields – Shape or composition
Patent
1984-06-14
1985-10-08
Bentley, Stephen C.
Ordnance
Shields
Shape or composition
89 3608, 109 85, 428911, F41N 504, F41N 516
Patent
active
045452865
ABSTRACT:
This disclosure depicts a novel apparatus for providing protection to armored personnel carriers such as tanks, or other military vehicles. The invention comprises a series of rectangular armor plates mounted to the surface area of the vehicle. The armor plates adjacent one another and each plate is secured to the tank surface by a threaded fastener. The threaded fasteners maintain the plates a predetermined distance from the tank surface and maintains the plates in a substantially parallel relationship to the surface of the tank wall. Each plate has three separate tiles adhered together, one tile comprising a steel material, one tile a soft material and one tile a thermally dissipating ceramic. The means for mounting the plates to the tank surface are designed such that the energy required to break the threaded fastener upon impact by a projectile is less than the energy required for the projectile to penetrate the plate.
REFERENCES:
patent: 92302 (1869-07-01), Giambastiani
patent: 194053 (1877-08-01), Rowlinson
patent: 1287910 (1918-12-01), de Rosa
patent: 1294920 (1919-02-01), Lemiszczak
Bentley Stephen C.
Litchfield Stephen A.
Maples John S.
Patti Carmen B.
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