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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7421936 | Systems and methods for explosive blast wave mitigation The invention in various embodiments is directed to systems and methods for mitigating damage from a shock wave using a gas having a specific impedance less than air. ... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7152517 | Defensive shield A defensive shield for a ship has a support arm, pivotally mounted to a ship, and a shield pivotally mounted to one end of the support arm. The support arm is movable between a retracted position and a plurality of deployed defensive positions. In the deployed posit... | 12/26/2006 |
| 6886447 | Hatch assembly A hatch assembly and method for using the same that allows for enhanced ease of ingress and egress through a portal of a military vehicle. The hatch is advanced and cleared away from the portal through use of a hatch operating mechanism that employs an extendable cy... | 05/03/2005 |
| 6666124 | Fast deployment, high pressure inflatable panels and watercraft or other objects with armor or other protection Armored protective panels for inflatable (and other) boats are detailed. The panels themselves may be inflated, either separately or together, for deployment and hence need not normally impede navigation or performance of the boats. If relatively flexible... | 12/23/2003 |
| 6530337 | Underwater explosion protection for watercraft The underwater exterior surface of a watercraft is covered by a deformable protective covering formed from compartmental sections that are dimensionally sized, shaped and mechanically connected to each other for effective attachment of the assembled cover... | 03/11/2003 |
| 6474213 | Reactive stiffening armor system A reactive armor structure having an outer layer and a reactive element adjacent to and integral with the outer layer is provided. The reactive element provides an amount of support to the outer layer effective to restrain movement of the outer layer and ... | 11/05/2002 |
| 5972819 | Ceramic bodies for use in composite armor The invention provides a ceramic body for deployment in a composite armor panel, the body being substantially cylindrical in shape, with at least one convexly curved end face, wherein the ratio D/R between the diameter D of the cylindrical body and the ra... | 10/26/1999 |
| 5905225 | Armouring An up-armouring kit is suitable for use in protecting a protected zone behind a base 24 against a self forming fragment type landmine. The up-armouring kit comprises an outer wear plate 12, which is advantageously of armour plating of a composition and th... | 05/18/1999 |
| 5400688 | Missile defense system A missile defense system generates a change in density in the air path of a missile. The density change is created by a high-pressure water system which can be generated by a water jet or a body of water explosively created from a water surface. When oper... | 03/28/1995 |
| 5200256 | Composite lightweight bullet proof panel for use on vessels, aircraft and the like A lightweight armor lining for use in projecting objects such as vessels and like craft from high speed projectiles includes an extended sheet-like body having a weight of less than eight (8) pounds per square foot and having an inner strike surface being... | 04/06/1993 |
| 5070764 | Combined reactive and passive armor Reactive armor elements each holding at least one reactive assembly of the kind in which an explosive layer is sandwiched between two metal plates, which is paired with a passive assembly comprising a layer of swellable material sandwiched between two met... | 12/10/1991 |
| 4879165 | Lightweight armor Lightweight armor or high impact structures comprising lamina-like structures comprising zones of decreasing Young's modulus and increasing elongation characteristics. The structure contains at least one ionomer composite having aramid or linearly crystal... | 11/07/1989 |
| 4732803 | Light weight armor Light weight armor comprising lamina-like structures arranged with zones of decreasing Young's modulus and increasing elongation characteristics. The structure contains at least one composite having fibers arranged to dissipate impact forces laterally.... | 03/22/1988 |
| 4215645 | Shock crush sub-foundation 1. A shock crush sub-foundation comprising a base, a frame member reinforcing said base, an equipment support member, and deformation absorbing means between said frame member and said equipment support member for absorbing plastic deformation of said bas... | 08/05/1980 |
| 4135469 | Method for reducing propeller noise A method and a device for blowing gaseous medium between the propeller and the hull of a ship the vibration and noise caused in the ship by its driving propeller is considerably reduced. In order to optimize the application of this noise reducing method t... | 01/23/1979 |
| 3943870 | Pinging controlled anti-torpedo device 1. A system of the character disclosed for protecting a vessel against todo attack comprising a gimbals mechanism including an outer ring pivotally secured to said vessel and an inner ring pivotally secured to the outer ring with the axis of oscillation ... | 03/16/1976 |
