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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7946210 | Vehicle protective structure A protective structure for a vehicle having an opening on an upper surface is provided. One embodiment of the invention has at least a partial enclosure around an area defined laterally by the vehicle opening with an overhead and side protective capability. An embod... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7789010 | Adjustable louvered armor window system The adjustable louvered armor window system invention comprises angled louvers made of the lightweight opaque armor. For the front window a viewing window of ballistic glass can be installed, the rear or sides could be solid armor. The louvers have overlaps to provi... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7404352 | Personal armor Devices, systems and methods for shielding a person's neck and head are disclosed. The exemplary device may have an exterior portion running lengthwise approximately the length of a forearm and at least two angled surfaces widthwise for deflecting a projectile. The ... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7163731 | Lightweight armor against firearm projectiles An armor assembly for protecting a body disposed behind said armor assembly, wherein the armor assembly comprises at least one layer of material made of an essentially brittle material, said layer extending slanted relative the expected trajectory of an oncoming fir... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7082868 | Lightweight armor with repeat hit and high energy absorption capabilities A lightweight armor with repeat hit capability includes at least one layer of material that absorbs energy upon being impacted by an object through a reversible phase change and/or an elastic strain deformation of at least 5%. Once the energy of the object has been ... | 08/01/2006 |
| 5756921 | Weapon system gun port EMI-EMP seal This invention relates to an EMI and EMP shield configured to arrest electromagnetic contamination of sensitive electrical and microprocessor equipment. Particularly, the present invention enables a positive dynamic seal for moving parts and joints by mea... | 05/26/1998 |
| 5578784 | Projectile stopping system A projectile interceptor launches a projectile catcher into the path of a projectile. In one embodiment, signals indicative of the path of a projectile are received by the projectile interceptor. A flinger mechanism has a projectile catcher releasably att... | 11/26/1996 |
| 5447091 | Dynamic rotating ballistic shield A dynamic rotating ballistic shield for protecting an enclosed viewing dee. A rotating inner armor sleeve around the device includes a sleeve opening. When the sleeve aligned with a cap opening of an outer armor cap which concentrically surrounds the rot... | 09/05/1995 |
| 5402704 | Armor for defeating kinetic energy projectiles An improvement to existing embedded armor found in tank systems that seeks to degrade the performance of kinetic energy projectiles, traveling at speeds ranging from high to supersonic is provided. Improvements are achieved by employing a mechanical means... | 04/04/1995 |
| 5398592 | Modular protection system The invention provides modular armor for a vehicle. The modular armor comprises an outer cover with a plurality of mounting racks attached to the vehicle. Armor panels may be added to or removed from the mounting racks as needed.... | 03/21/1995 |
| 5375505 | Dynamic rotating ballistic shield A dynamic rotating ballistic shield for protecting an enclosed viewing dee. A rotating inner armor sleeve around the device includes a sleeve opening. When the sleeve aligned with a cap opening of an outer armor cap which concentrically surrounds the rot... | 12/27/1994 |
| 5293806 | Reactive armor A reactive armor structure is disclosed for protecting a vehicle. A housing ncloses a chamber attached to the vehicle. A reactive armor sandwich with two rigid plates is mounted transversely across the chamber. The reactive armor sandwich is designed so th... | 03/15/1994 |
