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Rescinded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
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