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Composite armor panel

  • US 6,112,635 A
  • Filed: 03/26/1998
  • Issued: 09/05/2000
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/26/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A composite armor plate for absorbing and dissipating kinetic energy from high velocity, armor-piercing projectiles, said plate consisting essentially of a single internal layer of high density ceramic pellets which are directly bound and retained in plate form by a solidified material such that the pellets are bound in a plurality of adjacent rows, wherein the pellets have an Al2 O3 content of at least 93% and a specific gravity of at least 2.5, the majority of the pellets each have at least one axis of at least 12 mm length., said one axis of substantially all of said pellets being in substantially parallel orientation with each other and substantially perpendicular to an adjacent surface of said plate, and wherein a majority of each of said pellets is in direct contact with six adjacent pellets and said solidified material and said plate are elastic.

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