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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 04, 2014
Filed:
Jun. 27, 2011
Leonard Charles Dabich, Ii, Painted Post, NY (US);
Huan-hung Sheng, Horseheads, NY (US);
Steven Alvin Tietje, Lindley, NY (US);
Jian-zhi Jay Zhang, Ithaca, NY (US);
Parimal J. Patel, Joppa, MD (US);
Leonard Charles Dabich, II, Painted Post, NY (US);
Huan-Hung Sheng, Horseheads, NY (US);
Steven Alvin Tietje, Lindley, NY (US);
Jian-Zhi Jay Zhang, Ithaca, NY (US);
Parimal J. Patel, Joppa, MD (US);
Corning Incorporated, Corning, NY (US);
The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Army, Washington, DC (US);
Abstract
The disclosure is directed to a transparent armor laminate having a glass, glass-ceramic or ceramic strike face layer, one or a plurality of glass, glass-ceramic ('GC'), ceramic ('C') or polymeric (“P”) backing layer behind the strike face layer, one or a plurality of spall catcher (“SC”) layers behind the backing layer(s), and a thin cover glass layer laminated to the strike face, the thin layer being the first layer to be impacted by any incoming projectile or debris. The cover glass has a thickness ≦3 mm. In another embodiment the cover glass thickness is ≦1 mm. Additionally, a defrosting/defogging element is laminated between the cover glass and the strike face.