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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:
Jan. 20, 2004
Filed:
Jan. 18, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Henry S. Chu, Idaho Falls, ID (US);
H. Alan Bruck, Wheaton, MD (US);
Gary C. Strempek, Milford, MA (US);
Dominic J. Varacalle, Jr., Idaho Falls, ID (US);
Assignee:
Bechtel BWXT Idaho LLC, Idaho Falls, ID (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F41H 5/02 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F41H 5/02 ;
Abstract
A lightweight armor system may comprise a substrate having a graded metal matrix composite layer formed thereon by thermal spray deposition. The graded metal matrix composite layer comprises an increasing volume fraction of ceramic particles imbedded in a decreasing volume fraction of a metal matrix as a function of a thickness of the graded metal matrix composite layer. A ceramic impact layer is affixed to the graded metal matrix composite layer.