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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 09, 2006
Filed:
Sep. 19, 2001
James E. Rhoads, Belcamp, MD (US);
Frederick J. Herman, Fort Worth, TX (US);
John O. Yanaros, Jr., Fort Worth, TX (US);
David S. Henn, Fort Worth, TX (US);
James E. Rhoads, Belcamp, MD (US);
Frederick J. Herman, Fort Worth, TX (US);
John O. Yanaros, Jr., Fort Worth, TX (US);
David S. Henn, Fort Worth, TX (US);
Lockheed Martin Corporation, Bethesda, MD (US);
Abstract
A structure arrangement and method for the protection of a host system against an impacting ballistic element and for providing ease of mobility. The structure arrangement includes a composite. The composite includes a matrix and a multiplicity of single-walled carbon nanotubes. The single-walled carbon nanotubes are arranged with respect to the matrix so as to define an array for engagement with an impacting ballistic element.