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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:
Jul. 04, 2000
Filed:
Jun. 11, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Mark Albert Middione, Scotts Valley, CA (US);
Ron Eugene Musante, Los Altos, CA (US);
James Robert Turner, Campbell, CA (US);
Assignee:
United Defense, L.P., Arlington, VA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F41H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
89 3608 ; 52464 ; 5250605 ; 89 3604 ; 296188 ; 403386 ;
Abstract
The invention provides clamps for providing a compliant mounting surface which protects the edges of brittle materials, which can be constituent components in armor panels. Thus the invention prevents concentrated loads around the armor. The invention is modular and allows for modular placement of a plurality of spaced apart armor panel layers.