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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 15, 2010
Filed:
Aug. 12, 2005
Applicants:
Susan C. Chang, Canonsburg, PA (US);
Douglas J. Merriman, Wheeling, WV (US);
Inventors:
Susan C. Chang, Canonsburg, PA (US);
Douglas J. Merriman, Wheeling, WV (US);
Assignee:
Touchstone Research Laboratory, Ltd, Triadelphia, WV (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B32B 3/26 (2006.01); B32B 3/00 (2006.01); B32B 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A blast energy mitigating composite useful for protecting a surface or an object from a blast, shock waves, or stress waves caused by a sudden, violent release of energy is described. Certain configurations of the blast energy mitigating composite may include a energy mitigating units contained in an energy mitigating matrix. The energy mitigating units may comprise a porous energy mitigating material such as carbon foam.