Composite shock resisting bodies
First Claim
1. AN ARMOR PLATE COMPRISING A COMPOSITE PRODUCT CONSISTING OF A WROUGHT ALUMINUM ALLOY BODY, A PLURALITY OF CELLS DEFINED BY SAID BODY, AND A MATERIAL OF HIGH HARDNESS FILLING SAID CELLS SAID BODY PROVIDING A WALL PORTION SUBJECT TO IMPACT AND ADAPTED TO BE PIERCED WHILE ABSORBING A PORTION OF THE ENERGY OF THE IMPACT THE THICKNESS OF SAID WALL PORTION COMPRISING ABOUT 10 TO 30 PERCENT OF THE THICKNESS OF SAID BODY, SAID HARD MATERIAL AND THE REMAINDER OF SAID BODY ABSORBING THE BALANCE OF THE ENERGY OF THE IMPACT, SAID CELLS COMPRISING FROM 30 TO 50 PERCENT OF THE CROSS SECTIONAL AREA OF SAID BODY, AND SAID BODY DEFINING A THICK WALL PORTION OF THE SIDE OF SAID CELLS OPPOSITE SAID THIN WALL PORTION, THE THICKNESS OF SAID THICK WALL PORTION BEING FROM 40 TO 60 PERCENT OF THE THICKNESS OF SAID BODY.
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Abstract
A shock resisting composite product characterized by maximum resistance with minimum density formed from a wrought alloy of aluminum having cells formed therein which are packed with a hard material in a compact or fritted condition.
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2 Claims
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1. AN ARMOR PLATE COMPRISING A COMPOSITE PRODUCT CONSISTING OF A WROUGHT ALUMINUM ALLOY BODY, A PLURALITY OF CELLS DEFINED BY SAID BODY, AND A MATERIAL OF HIGH HARDNESS FILLING SAID CELLS SAID BODY PROVIDING A WALL PORTION SUBJECT TO IMPACT AND ADAPTED TO BE PIERCED WHILE ABSORBING A PORTION OF THE ENERGY OF THE IMPACT THE THICKNESS OF SAID WALL PORTION COMPRISING ABOUT 10 TO 30 PERCENT OF THE THICKNESS OF SAID BODY, SAID HARD MATERIAL AND THE REMAINDER OF SAID BODY ABSORBING THE BALANCE OF THE ENERGY OF THE IMPACT, SAID CELLS COMPRISING FROM 30 TO 50 PERCENT OF THE CROSS SECTIONAL AREA OF SAID BODY, AND SAID BODY DEFINING A THICK WALL PORTION OF THE SIDE OF SAID CELLS OPPOSITE SAID THIN WALL PORTION, THE THICKNESS OF SAID THICK WALL PORTION BEING FROM 40 TO 60 PERCENT OF THE THICKNESS OF SAID BODY.
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2. A construction in accordance with claim 1 wherein said hard material comprises at least one of the members selected from the group consisting of an alloy of cobalt, chromium and tungsten, the nitrides and carbides of boron, tungsten and vanadium, steel, silica, magnesia and corundum.
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