Title:
【発明の名称】複合装甲パネル
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2002527705
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:
The invention provides a composite armor plate (28) for absorbing and dissipating kinetic energy from high velocity, armor-piercing projectiles (12), the plate (28) comprising a single internal layer of high density ceramic pellets (18) which are directly bound and retained in plate form by a solidified material (16) such that the pellets (18) are bound in a plurality of adjacent rows, characterized in that the pellets have an Al2O3 content of at least 93 % and a specific gravity of at least 2.5, the majority of the pellets (18) each have at least one axis of at least 3 mm length and are bound by the solidified material (16) in a single internal layer of adjacent rows, wherein a majority of each of the pellets (18) is in direct contact with at least 4 adjacent pellets, and the solidified material (16) and the plate (28) are elastic.
Inventors:
Cohen, michael
Application Number:
JP2000541474A
Publication Date:
August 27, 2002
Filing Date:
March 30, 1998
Export Citation:
Assignee:
Moffett Etzion
International Classes:
F41H5/04; (IPC1-7): F41H5/04
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Seiji Yanagida (1 person outside)