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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 27, 2009
Filed:
Dec. 05, 2007
Courtney T. Thurau, Harleysville, PA (US);
Mark David Conner, New Tripoli, PA (US);
Courtney T. Thurau, Harleysville, PA (US);
Mark David Conner, New Tripoli, PA (US);
Air Products and Chemicals, Inc., Allentown, PA (US);
Abstract
A composite material that is suitable for the protection of personnel and/or property from impact due to ballistic projectiles and method for making same are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, there is provided composite for resisting impact from an oncoming projectile having a front strike face and a back wear face comprising: an elastomer; and an impact resistive substrate wherein at least a portion of the impact resistive substrate is coated by the elastomer to provide the composite having a front strike face coating and a back wear face coating and wherein a ratio of weight of front strike face coating to back wear face coating ranges from 1:1.2 to 1:100.