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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 07, 2020
Filed:
Feb. 09, 2018
Applicant:
The Government of the United States of America, As Represented BY the Secretary of the Navy, Arlington, VA (US);
Inventors:
Alex E. Moser, Washington, DC (US);
David L. Knies, Marbury, MD (US);
Kenneth S. Grabowski, Alexandria, VA (US);
Assignee:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F41H 5/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F41H 5/02 (2013.01);
Abstract
An armor system includes an armor plate, and an appliqué affixed to an exterior of the armor plate, wherein the appliqué has a density increasing in a direction towards the armor plate and configured to minimize reflection of a blast wave from the armor plate. The coupling system comprises a binder material that surrounds filler particles configured to create an impedance gradient parallel to the impulse propagation direction.