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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 18, 2012
Filed:
Dec. 04, 2007
Jay Sayre, New Albany, OH (US);
Scott Versluis, Dublin, OH (US);
Kary Valentine, Mars, PA (US);
Battelle Memorial Institute, Columbus, OH (US);
Abstract
A composite armor panel and a method for making the armor is disclosed. In one embodiment the armor consists of a plurality of ceramic tiles () individually edge-wrapped () with fiber or edge-wrap fabric, which are further wrapped with a face-wrap fabric, and encapsulated in a hyperelastic polymer material () permeating the fabric and fibers, with a back plate () adhered to the encapsulated tiles. In one embodiment the hyperelastic polymer () is formed from a MDI-polyester or polyether prepolymer, at lease one long-chain polyester polyol comprising ethylene/butylene adipate diol, at least one short-chain diol comprising 1,4-butanediol, and a tin-based catalyst.