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US 5443917

CERAMIC ARMOR

Assignee

GTE PRODUCTS CORPORATION

Filed

May 24, 1991

Granted

Aug 22, 1995

Location

NATICK MA US

Abstract

A densified ceramic or cermet armor material comprises greater than fifty percent by weight titanium nitride or greater than eight percent by weight of a mixture of titanium nitride and aluminum nitride to impart low compressive strength to said armor material and may additionally comprise components suitable for densification with said titanium nitride or titanium nitride-aluminum nitride mixture where the resulting armor material has high density and low porosity with a Young's modulus greater than 200 GPa and a compressive strength of less than 5.5 GPa.

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35 USC §181 Secrecy Order

Imposed

Sep 20, 1991

Rescinded

Dec 17, 1993

Duration

2 years, 2 months

Inventor

  • 1CHRISTOPHER A. TARRY

Record Details

Patent number
US 5443917
Application
07705279
Aerospace match
No
Dataset source
35 USC §181 SO records

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