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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 04, 2015
Filed:
Sep. 05, 2012
Basant K. Parida, Bellingham, MA (US);
Norman Dana, Albion, RI (US);
Abdullatif K. Zaouk, Jamaica Plain, MA (US);
Xudong Xin, Medford, MA (US);
Basant K. Parida, Bellingham, MA (US);
Norman Dana, Albion, RI (US);
Abdullatif K. Zaouk, Jamaica Plain, MA (US);
Xudong Xin, Medford, MA (US);
Foster-Miller, Inc., Waltham, MA (US);
Abstract
A shield includes a first body made of damping material in a solid state and which transitions to a viscous fluid state when critically stressed in compression and a plunger plate with blades extending outwardly therefrom adjacent the first body for transitioning material of the first body from a solid to a viscous fluid state locally near the blades when the blades of the plunger plate are driven into the body. The plunger plate includes a truncated-V shape, a V-shape or a double V-shape.