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Reactive personnel protection system and method

  • US 6,412,391 B1
  • Filed: 12/16/1999
  • Issued: 07/02/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/12/1997
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A reactive personnel protective system in which at least one air bag is inflated responsive to detection of a destructive object prior to contact between said object and a person, said system comprising:

  • a pressure wave detection system operable to detect the motion of the destructive object when the destructive object is airborne in space and to generate a sensor output signal representing pressure waves generated by such motion;

    at least one rapidly deployable anti-ballistic air bag; and

    a gas-generating system for rapid deployment of said air;

    wherein the detection system is further operable to process the sensor output signal and to generate a control signal for deploying the air bag, during a processing time; and

    wherein the distance between the detection system and the air bag is calculated such that the processing time is less than the flight time of the destructive object between detection of the object and reaching the air bag.

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