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US 5290637

COMPOSITE METALLIC ARMOR

Assignee

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, THE, AS REPRESENTED BY THE

Filed

Nov 25, 1965

Granted

Mar 1, 1994

Location

WATERTOWN MA US

Abstract

This invention relates to an improved ballistic metallic armor and a methodf producing same. The object of this invention is accomplished by utilizing composite metallic materials made up of two but preferably three or more layers of different metals or alloys. The arrangement of the layers are made so that the front face is a hard brittle material (Rockwell C-60) designed to shatter the steel penetrator and the hardness of the layers should decrease from front to back.

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35 USC §181 Secrecy Order

Imposed

Nov 6, 1981

Rescinded

Jun 10, 1993

Duration

11 years, 7 months

Inventor

  • 1JOSEPH L. SLINEY

Record Details

Patent number
US 5290637
Application
04510158
Aerospace match
No
Dataset source
35 USC §181 SO records
Back to patent indexSource: USPTO 35 USC §181 secrecy order records