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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 27, 2012
Filed:
Sep. 28, 2007
John L. Decristofaro, Warren Township, NJ (US);
John A. Dispenza, Long Valley, NJ (US);
Leon Klafter, Brielle, NJ (US);
Richard T. Lagrotta, Livingston, NJ (US);
Ka-shu Lee, Rockaway, NJ (US);
John L. DeCristofaro, Warren Township, NJ (US);
John A. Dispenza, Long Valley, NJ (US);
Leon Klafter, Brielle, NJ (US);
Richard T. LaGrotta, Livingston, NJ (US);
Ka-Shu Lee, Rockaway, NJ (US);
Alcatel Lucent, Paris, FR;
Abstract
The present invention provides an initial strike-face layer for armor, a method of constructing an armor plate and armor. In one embodiment, the initial strike-face layer includes a substantially planar surface having a relief pattern with raised or recessed structures, each of the structures having sides that are oblique to the substantially planar surface.