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Glam girl Heddy Lamar may have used her good looks to good effect on the silver screen, but she put her smarts to better use as an inventor. During World War II, she co-patented a frequency-switching system for torpedo guidance that was considered years ahead of its time.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7549366 | Hard armor composite A hard armor composite includes a rigid facing and a ballistic fabric backing. The fabric backing is carried by the facing, and includes an array of bundled high-performance fibers. The fibers have a tensile strength greater than 7 grams per denier and a denier per ... | 06/23/2009 |
| 7148162 | Ballistic laminate structure in sheet form A ballistic laminate structure includes a first high-performance unifabric composite. The unifabric composite incorporates an array of unidirectionally-oriented fiber bundles carried on a fiber-stabilizing scrim and having a tensile strength greater than 7 grams per... | 12/12/2006 |
| 5952078 | Athletic guard including energy absorbing laminate structure An athletic guard shaped to fit against a body part is provided for protecting the body part from injury. The athletic guard includes an energy absorbing laminate structure. The laminate structure includes a first array of high performance, unidirectional... | 09/14/1999 |
| 5935678 | Ballistic laminate structure in sheet form A ballistic laminate structure in sheet form includes first and second arrays of high performance, unidirectionally-oriented fiber bundles having a tensile strength greater than 7 grams per denier. The second array of fiber bundles is cross-plied at an an... | 08/10/1999 |
| 5635288 | Ballistic resistant composite for hard-armor application A ballistic resistant composite for hard-armor application is provided. The composite includes a rigid plate, and a ballistic laminate structure supported by the plate. The laminate structure includes first and second arrays of high performance, unidirect... | 06/03/1997 |
| 5443883 | Ballistic panel A ballistic laminate structure in sheet form, which includes a first array of high performance, unidirectionally-oriented fiber bundles and a second array of high performance, unidirectionally-oriented fiber bundles cross-plied at an angle with respect to... | 08/22/1995 |
| 5443882 | Armored garment A ballistic laminate structure in sheet form, which includes a first array of high performance, unidirectionally-oriented fiber bundles and a second array of high performance, unidirectionally-oriented fiber bundles cross-plied at an angle with respect to... | 08/22/1995 |
| 5437905 | Ballistic laminate structure in sheet form A ballistic laminate structure in sheet form, which includes a first array of high performance, unidirectionally-oriented fiber bundles and a second array of high performance, unidirectionally-oriented fiber bundles cross-plied at an angle with respect to... | 08/01/1995 |
