Light armor improvement

Details Light armor improvement Light armor improvement

1993-11-22

1995-07-25

Bentley, Stephen C.

Ordnance

Shields

Shape or composition

428117, 428911, F41H 504

Patent

active

054352266

ABSTRACT:
A structural armor assembly including a superplastically formed sandwich member having on one side one face sheet of high toughness, high-strength titanium alloy material, and on the other side a second face sheet made of non-superplastically formable metal matrix composite abrasive material. Abrasive materials in the form of "KEVLAR".RTM. or "SPECTRA".RTM. are provided inside cells in the sandwich member to serve as a "catcher's mitt" to absorb part or all of the energy of the ballistic fragments after they have been abraded by the material of the second face sheet.

REFERENCES:
patent: 3969563 (1976-07-01), Hollis, Sr.
patent: 4499156 (1985-02-01), Smith et al.
patent: 5235895 (1993-08-01), Vanark et al.

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