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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 22, 1993
Filed:
Dec. 04, 1990
Applicant:
Inventor:
Michel Vives, Eysines, FR;
Assignee:
Societe Europeenne de Propulsion, Suresnes, FR;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F41H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
89 3602 ; 89 3611 ; 109 82 ;
Abstract
The armor for providing ballistic protection comprises an armor plate for stopping projectiles with an auxiliary plate disposed in front thereof at a determined spacing therefrom, the auxiliary plate being constituted by a ceramic plate pierced by a large number of cells distributed in a regular mesh and constituted by blind holes extending perpendicularly to the rear face of the auxiliary plate and opening out into the front face thereof. The effect of the auxiliary plate is to destabilize and to score the projectiles so as to enhance their tendency to shatter on striking the armor plate.