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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 29, 2008
Filed:
Jul. 14, 2004
W. Clark Dean, Simsbury, CT (US);
Kevin G. Hawes, Windsor Locks, CT (US);
Robert Wichowski, Westfield, MA (US);
Thinh Pho, Westfield, MA (US);
W. Clark Dean, Simsbury, CT (US);
Kevin G. Hawes, Windsor Locks, CT (US);
Robert Wichowski, Westfield, MA (US);
Thinh Pho, Westfield, MA (US);
Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation, Windsor Locks, CT (US);
Abstract
A body armor assembly includes a plurality of rigid tiles that are supported in a manner to provide movement and flexibility while still providing the protection of rigid armor. In a disclosed example, a tile holder maintains a plurality of tiles in a selected alignment. The tile holder maintains a minimum overlap dimension between adjacent tiles. Some of the tiles are maintained by the tile holder in a manner that allows for the overlap dimension to increase beyond the minimum overlap dimension. In a disclosed example, at least two rigid layers have at least one ballistic material layer between them to provide a rigid armor material composition.