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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:
Aug. 28, 2007
Filed:
Apr. 27, 2004
Applicants:
Paul J. Biermann, Columbia, MD (US);
Jack C. Roberts, Columbia, MD (US);
Richard Reidy, Denton, TX (US);
Inventors:
Paul J. Biermann, Columbia, MD (US);
Jack C. Roberts, Columbia, MD (US);
Richard Reidy, Denton, TX (US);
Assignee:
The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B32B 9/00 (2006.01); B32B 15/01 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An impact resistant device is provided comprising a flexible support matrix and a plurality of energy absorbing elements operatively connected to the support matrix, each element comprising at least one ceramic material and at least one strain rate sensitive material. The impact resistant device can be worn as body armor to protect the wearer from high velocity projectiles.