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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 27, 2020
Filed:
Dec. 15, 2017
Applicant:
3m Innovative Properties Company, St. Paul, MN (US);
Inventors:
Christopher R. Yungers, St. Paul, MN (US);
Subhalakshmi M. Falknor, Woodbury, MN (US);
David H. Redinger, Afton, MN (US);
Assignee:
3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY, St. Paul, MN (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 27/20 (2006.01); F41H 5/02 (2006.01); G06F 11/10 (2006.01); G11C 7/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 27/20 (2013.01); F41H 5/02 (2013.01); G06F 11/1068 (2013.01); G11C 7/1096 (2013.01);
Abstract
An armor piece may include a tested material. The armor piece also may include a plurality of electrical contacts distributed about and electrically connected to the tested material. The armor piece further may include a non-volatile memory (NVM) device. The NVM device may be hardened against exposure to x-ray radiation. The NVM device may be configured to store control voltages associated with respective electrical contacts of the plurality of electrical contacts.