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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 12, 2011
Filed:
May. 29, 2009
Fielder Stanton Lyons, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Jeffrey A. Mears, Chandler, AZ (US);
Gene C. Weedon, Richmond, VA (US);
Kenneth C. Harding, Midlothian, VA (US);
Lisa Owen, Charlotte, NC (US);
Peter Anthony Russell, Liberty Township, OH (US);
Joseph Mitchell, Charlotte, NC (US);
Erik Johnson, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Fielder Stanton Lyons, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Jeffrey A. Mears, Chandler, AZ (US);
Gene C. Weedon, Richmond, VA (US);
Kenneth C. Harding, Midlothian, VA (US);
Lisa Owen, Charlotte, NC (US);
Peter Anthony Russell, Liberty Township, OH (US);
Joseph Mitchell, Charlotte, NC (US);
Erik Johnson, Phoenix, AZ (US);
BAE Systems Tensylon H.P.M, Inc., Monroe, NC (US);
Abstract
A ballistic resistant panel including a strike face portion and a backing portion. The strike face portion includes a plurality of interleaved layers of non-fibrous ultra high molecular weight polyethylene tape. The backing portion includes a plurality of interleaved layers of cross-plied fibers of ultra high molecular weight polyethylene. The entire stack of interleaved layers is compressed at high temperature and pressure to form a ballistic resistant panel having a strike face on one side. It has been found that ballistic resistance increases as the weight ratio of the strike face portion with respect to the backing portion decreases. A composite panel having a strike face Tensylon tape with at most 40% of the total weight of the panel exhibits improved ballistic resistance properties as compared to a monolithic structure of strictly interleaved layers of cross-plied high modulus fibers.