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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 23, 2015
Filed:
Sep. 18, 2013
The United States of America As Represented BY the Secretary of the Army, Washington, DC (US);
Nicholas Tsantinis, Auburn, MA (US);
Richard P. Gallimore, Milford, MA (US);
Gary N. Proulx, Harrisville, RI (US);
Jason C. Parker, Grafton, MA (US);
The United States of America as by the Secretary of the Army, Washington, DC (US);
Abstract
An assembly for testing a durability of a soft body armor system includes a top mounting assembly, a bottom mounting assembly, the soft body armor system being fixedly disposed between the top mounting assembly and the bottom mounting assembly, a rotary actuator coupled to the top mounting assembly, the rotary actuator configured to rotate the top mounting assembly in a range of approximately +90 degrees to and including −90 degrees, a linear bearing on each end of the bottom mounting assembly, and a bearing rod on which each linear bearing is configured to ride. A rotation of the top mounting assembly induces torsional, axial and bending forces substantially simultaneously on the soft body armor system.