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Patent No.:

US 8689671 B1

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Date of Patent:
Apr. 08, 2014

Filed:

Sep. 27, 2007
Applicants:

Alan R. Hummel, Winchester, VA (US);

David J. Kraft, Howell, MI (US);

Terry L. Shirley, Stephens City, VA (US);

William F. Brown, Columbus, IN (US);

Ray K. Orndorff, Middletown, VA (US);

Inventors:

Alan R. Hummel, Winchester, VA (US);

David J. Kraft, Howell, MI (US);

Terry L. Shirley, Stephens City, VA (US);

William F. Brown, Columbus, IN (US);

Ray K. Orndorff, Middletown, VA (US);

Assignee:

Federal-Mogul World Wide, Inc., Southfield, MI (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F41H 5/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

An article of armor includes a friction material operative to prevent penetration of a ballistic projectile. The armor is also operative to prevent penetration of a plurality of ballistic projectiles at a single point of impact. The armor may include a backing, or a facing, or may comprise an intermediate layer between a backing and facing in any combination. The armor of the invention applied directly to or attached to an article to be armored so as to cover all or any portion of the article. The backing and facing may include a friction material or a non-friction material. The friction material is a composite of a resin binder agent, a fibrous support structure, a friction modifier system, and a wear system.


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