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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8186262 | Methods and structures for sandwich panels with improved resistance to ballistic penetration Provided herein methods and structures for construction of light weight sandwich panels or load-bearing panels having improved ballistic protection. The methods disclosed can facilitate construction of a hybrid core comprising ballistic fabrics and deformable pins t... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8141470 | Vehicle protection method A structure or vehicle protection method including a removable frame on the structure or vehicle, and a net within the frame and spaced from the structure or vehicle and having a mesh size designed to disarm an incoming threat. ... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8082835 | Light weight electronic protective shield from rocket-propelled grenades An electronic shield provides protection against rocket propelled grenades. The electronic shield has a mounting frame having opposite first and second mounting surfaces. Grids of electrodes are mounted in spaced-apart relation one behind the other on the first and ... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8074552 | Flyer plate armor systems and methods In accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure, a protective armor system may include a first armor layer. The protective armor system may also include a plate that is detachably coupled to the first armor layer. The protective armor system may also have... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8069768 | Method and apparatus for defeating ballistic projectiles A method and apparatus for defeating high-velocity projectiles. A plurality tile are retained in an imbricated pattern row by row such that each disk in a row is in substantially a straight line with the other disks in the row and overlaps a segment of a disk in an ... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8047116 | Method and apparatus for defeating ballistic projectiles A method and apparatus for defeating high-velocity projectiles. A plurality of disks of equal size comprised of fiber induced ceramic composites are provided. The disks are laid out in an imbricated pattern row by row such that each disk in a row is in substantially... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8042449 | Vehicle protection system A structure or vehicle protection system including a removable frame on the structure or vehicle, and a net within the frame and spaced from the structure or vehicle and having a mesh size designed to disarm an incoming threat. ... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8037803 | Blast protection system This invention is a novel system for blast protection. It consists of lightweight, sectional or continuous barriers made of a novel blast resistant fiber reinforced polymer resin matrix composite, which may be fabricated on site. The barriers are lightweight and thi... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8037802 | Armored window system An improved transparent armor piercing protection system that acts as a vision window in an armor system. The transparent armor piercing protection system comprises ballistic plastic prisms with mirrored external surfaces disposed between armor plates so that the re... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8015909 | Ballistic armor A composite armor plate with a layer of pellets in a binder matrix, the pellets having domed front and planar back end and a reduced weight. A method of producing the plate comprises providing front and back layers, applying binder material to the pellets and the la... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8006604 | Ballistic resistant gun case and method of usage A gun case that facilitates safe handling of a gun to be contained therein. The gun case includes a pair of side walls with at least one of the side walls being formed with a ballistic resistant layer and one of the side walls being formed with a target indicia on a... | 08/30/2011 |
| 7926406 | Methods and apparatus for providing ballistic protection Methods and apparatus for providing ballistic protection and stopping high-velocity rounds or explosives and for constructing protective structures. The apparatus includes a building block, one or more ballistic panels configured to fit within the building block, ea... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7806037 | Blast protection system This invention is a novel system for blast protection. It consists of lightweight, sectional or continuous barriers made of a novel blast resistant fiber reinforced polymer resin matrix composite, which may be fabricated on site. The barriers are lightweight and thi... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7712408 | Methods and apparatus for personal safety A personal safety device for protection from a firearm attack includes a conventional accessory item adapted for use other than as a personal safety device and a bullet resistant panel that is integrated into the conventional accessory item. The conventional accesso... | 05/11/2010 |
| 7712407 | Ballistic armor A composite armor plate with a layer of pellets in a binder matrix, the pellets having domed front and planar back end and a reduced weight. A method of producing the plate comprises providing front and back layers, applying binder material to the pellets and the la... | 05/11/2010 |
| 7458305 | Modular safe room A modular bullet resistant safe room constructed of a plurality of panels and having external seam covers connected to selected panels to cover the seam where joined to adjacent panels. Top panels are oriented transverse to the longitudinal direction of the room, an... | 12/02/2008 |
| 7430952 | Protective device for the confinement of explosive objects or objects suspected to be such In various embodiments, explosive objects or objects suspected of being explosive may be substantially contained. A protective device for the confinement of explosive objects or objects suspected to of being explosive may include a sleeve. The axial ends of the slee... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7412918 | Firearm camouflage system The present invention provides a pre-packaged kit and a method for creating unique multi-toned custom patterns or camouflage on a surface, and in particular the surfaces of a firearm. The multi-toned custom patterns or camouflage are created by separating or peeling... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7407900 | Unique ballistic composition A ballistic composite comprises multiple layers of a fabric having unidirectional ballistic resistant yarns in at least two layers and a resin layer between each pair of such multiple layers adhered to the ballistic resistant yarns but not encapsulation the same and... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7383762 | Ceramic pellets and composite armor panel containing the same The invention provides a composite armor plate for absorbing and dissipating kinetic energy from high velocity, armor-piercing projectiles, as well as from soft-nosed projectiles, the plate comprising a single internal layer of pellets which are bound and retained i... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7360479 | Non-explosive energetic material and a reactive armor element using same The present invention provides elements for making a protective reactive armor to be fitted on the outside of an enclosure liable to be exposed to attack by shaped-charge warheads and other threats, such as kinetic energy projectiles and fragments, to thereby enhanc... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7357061 | Non-explosive energetic material and a reactive armor element using same The present invention provides elements for making a protective reactive armor to be fitted on the outside of an enclosure liable to be exposed to attack by shaped-charge warheads and other threats, such as kinetic energy projectiles and fragments, to thereby enhanc... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7350450 | Armor structures An armor structure includes first and second layers individually containing a plurality of i-beams. Individual i-beams have a pair of longitudinal flanges interconnected by a longitudinal crosspiece and defining opposing longitudinal channels between the pair of fla... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7350451 | Apparatus comprising an exhaust duct and anti-fratricide shield A missile launcher that combines the functionality of a gas management system and an anti-fratricide shield is disclosed. In accordance with the illustrative embodiment of the present invention, a plurality of gas-uptake ducts are arranged on a boundary that surroun... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7340779 | Flexible spike/ballistic penetration-resistant articles An article is disclosed to protect a wearer from spike and ballistic threats that is made from a spike resistant panel and a ballistic resistant panel. Each panel is made from flexible fabric layers. The fabrics in the spike resistant panel are made from first yarns... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7335331 | Method for making ceramic plates Compositions and methods of making ceramic plates are described. The compositions are water-based slurries that include filler material, one or more clay components, one or more strength or processing additives, and/or a carbon source. The filler material can includ... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7332221 | Boron carbide composite bodies, and methods for making same A composite body produced by a reactive infiltration process that possesses high mechanical strength, high hardness and high stiffness has applications in such diverse industries as precision equipment and ballistic armor. Specifically, the composite material featur... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7322267 | Enhanced light weight armor system with reactive properties A light-weight armor system for retrofitting onto light vehicles, such as HMMWVs, trucks, or helicopters, or incorporating into a vehicle to protect against HEAT or high explosive warheads. The armor system comprises multiple layers of a thin metal film. The front s... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7302880 | Ballistic shield with integral firearm A ballistic shield has a handle to allow for one arm deployment. The shield also includes an integral window and a firearm mounted to the shield that may be dischargeably operated in its mounted position. Optionally, a second firearm at a different orientation from ... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7300893 | Armor including a strain rate hardening elastomer Protection against blast and ballistic damage is improved by encapsulating or sandwiching rigid inclusions (for example, tiles) or a rigid plate by a high-strain rate hardening elastomer. Typical high-strain rate hardening elastomers include polyurea and polyurethan... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7290366 | Body mounted weapons platform A body mounted weapons platform is disclosed that attaches to a user's forearm and allows the user to mount within it one or two firearms (depending on the user's preferred embodiment) and two cameras. Both embodiments of the body mounted weapons platform will help ... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7287455 | Safety panel for handguns A safety panel is attachable to the grip of a handgun that stores rounds in the grip and that has at least one opening in the frame of the grip through which hot gases and shrapnel may pass in a blowout. The safety panel is a plate that completely covers the opening... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7288493 | Body armor with improved knife-stab resistance formed from flexible composites Flexible body armor formed from flexible composites which have improved knife-stab resistance. The body armor is formed from composites which include layers of a fabric base, formed from high tenacity fibers, and a rubber layer bonded to the fabric base. A thermopla... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7282462 | Body armor strand structure, method and performance Structure, methodology and performance involving and utilizing body armor strand material which includes an elongate strand body possessing elongate brittle ceramic surface structure, elongate ductile core structure disposed within that surface structure, and elonga... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7251835 | Soft armor Soft armor is disclosed. The soft armor comprises an armor structure having a threat side and an inner side inward of the threat side. The armor structure is formed from soft armor material, and the armor structure is substantially imperforable by rifle fire. ... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7234890 | Joint for bullet traps An improved joint utilizes a facing strip which is configured to extend away from a pair of plates held by the facing strip as one moves toward the middle of the facing strip. When the steel plates are disposed at an angle to one another, the facing strip is prefera... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7231830 | Pressure sensor with processing circuit covered by sensor chip A pressure sensor includes a connector case having a recess, in which a sensor chip is contained and an oil is filled. The recess filled with the oil is sealed by a metal diaphragm. The sensor chip for outputting signals and the circuit chip having a processing circ... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7225717 | Vehicle armor system An armor system is provided for installation in a vehicle having a body structure. The armor system includes frame members joined to form a framework having openings. The framework is joined to the inside of the body structure of the vehicle. Brackets are joined to ... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7216463 | Camouflaged structure and method of camouflaging a structure against a background having a generally uniform composition A camouflaged structure and a method of camouflaging a structure against a background having a generally uniform composition of hue, saturation and brightness. In one embodiment, the camouflaged structures comprises a cell tower (100) camouflaged to decrease ... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7213494 | Blast protection structures A blast protection structure is formed of one or more bags, generally shown as (1) in FIG. 2. Such bags comprise an upper and lower compartment, with the lower compartment having a reinforcing layer (2), preferably formed of an impact reactant s... | 05/08/2007 |
