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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. 09, 1998
Filed:
Aug. 26, 1996
Michael Cohen, Mobile Post North Yehuda, IL;
Avinoam Israeli, Mobile Post North Yehuda, IL;
Kibbutz Kfar Etzion, , IL;
Abstract
The invention provides a composite armor material for absorbing and dissipating kinetic energy from high velocity, armor-piercing projectiles, comprising a panel consisting essentially of a single internal layer of high density ceramic pellets having an A1.sub.2 O.sub.3 content of at least 85% and a specific gravity of at least 2.5, said pellets being directly bound and retained in panel form by a solidified material which is elastic at a temperature below 250.degree. C., the majority of said pellets each having a major axis in the range of about 3-12 mm, and being bound by said solidified material in a plurality of superimposed rows, wherein a majority of each of said pellets is in contact with at least 4 adjacent pellets, and the total weight of said panel does not exceed 45 kg/m.sup.2.
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