Composite armor having a layered metallic matrix and dually embedded ceramic elements
First Claim
1. A composite ballistic armor system comprising metallic matrix material and plural embedment elements embedded in the metallic matrix material,the metallic matrix material including a first metallic matrix material and a second metallic matrix material that differs from the first metallic matrix material, the metallic matrix material configured to include a first metallic matrix layer and a second metallic matrix layer adjacent to the first metallic matrix layer, the first metallic matrix layer constituted of the first metallic matrix material, the second metallic matrix layer constituted of the second metallic matrix material,each embedment element partially embedded in the first metallic matrix layer and partially embedded in the second metallic matrix layer, andthe embedment elements non-contiguously spaced apart from each other to describe a coplanar array.
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Abstract
According to typical inventive practice, a first metallic material is poured into a mold including a bottom inside surface having regularly arrayed rises (truncated spherical convexities). The molten first metallic material cools and solidifies to include a surface correspondingly having regularly arrayed dents (truncated spherical concavities). The resultant “inner casting” is removed from and repositioned in the mold so that the inner casting'"'"'s dent-laden surface faces upward. Ceramic spheres are placed in the dents. A second metallic material (having a higher melting point than the first metallic material) is poured into the mold with the inner casting and spheres in place. The molten second metallic material cools and solidifies as an “outer casting” surrounding the inner casting and the spheres. The resultant integral armor structure includes the inner casting, the outer casting, and the spheres, each sphere embedded partially in the inner casting and partially in the outer casting.
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1. A composite ballistic armor system comprising metallic matrix material and plural embedment elements embedded in the metallic matrix material,
the metallic matrix material including a first metallic matrix material and a second metallic matrix material that differs from the first metallic matrix material, the metallic matrix material configured to include a first metallic matrix layer and a second metallic matrix layer adjacent to the first metallic matrix layer, the first metallic matrix layer constituted of the first metallic matrix material, the second metallic matrix layer constituted of the second metallic matrix material, each embedment element partially embedded in the first metallic matrix layer and partially embedded in the second metallic matrix layer, and the embedment elements non-contiguously spaced apart from each other to describe a coplanar array.
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