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Armour plate composite with ceramic impact layer
Assignee: Akzo NV
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Filing: 1987-02-20
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Granted: 1989-06-06
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Expires: 2007-02-20
Abstract
Abstract The preferred embodiment of the armor plate composite according to the invention is composed of four main components, viz. the ceramic impact layer, the sub-layer laminate, the supporting element and the backing layer. The ceramic impact layer is excellently suitable for blunting the tip of a projectile. The sub-layer laminate of metal sheets alternating with fabrics impregnated with a viscoelastic synthetic material is perfectly suitable to absorb the kinetic energy of the projectile by plastic deformation, sufficient allowance for said plastic deformation being provided by the supporting honeycomb shaped layer. The backing layer away from the impact side and consisting of a pack of impregnated fabrics still offers additional protection. The optimum combination of said four main components gives a high degree of protection of the resulting armour plate at a limited weight per unit of surface area.
Inventors
- 👤 Laurens B. Vogelesang
- 👤 Marcel L. C. E. Verbruggen
- 👤 Cornelis G. Paalvast
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-04 18:12
CPC Classifications
B; B32; B32B; B32B15/00; B32B15/04; B32B15/08; F; F41; F41H; F41H5/00; F41H5/02; F41H5/04; F41H5/0414; B32B15/14; B32B15/20; B32B18/00; B32B3/00; B32B3/10; B32B3/12; B32B5/00; B32B5/02; B32B5/024; B32B2250/00; B32B2250/42; B32B2260/00; B32B2260/02; B32B2260/021; B32B2260/04; B32B2260/046; B32B2307/00; B32B2307/50; B32B2307/54; B32B2307/56; B32B2571/00; B32B2571/02; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S428/00; Y10S428/911; Y10T; Y10T428/00; Y10T428/24; Y10T428/24149
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 16
Claim 1
Independent Claim
156 words
An armor plate composite comprising: a hard impact layer based on ceramic material; and an energy absorbing sub-layer attached to the impact layer and containing fiber layers impregnated with a bonding material; the sub-layer being formed by a laminate of alternating fiber layers and metal plates; said laminate comprising at least three metal plates; at least one fiber layer being attached to and interposed between each pair of subsequent metal plates; each metal plate being formed of an aluminum alloy; said ceramic impact layer having a total thickness of more than 3 mm; said fiber layers in the sub-layer laminate being in the form of a woven fabric; the fibers in said fiber layers in the sub-layer laminate having a modulus of elasticity in the range of 1×10 4 up to 25×10 4 N/mm 2 ; and said ceramic impact layer having a thickness which is greater than the thickness of each of said metal plates.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
156 words
An armor plate composite comprising: a hard impact layer based on ceramic material; and an energy absorbing sub-layer attached to the impact layer and containing fiber layers impregnated with a bonding material; the sub-layer being formed by a laminate of alternating fiber layers and metal plates; said laminate comprising at least three metal plates; at least one fiber layer being attached to and interposed between each pair of subsequent metal plates; each metal plate being formed of an aluminum alloy; said ceramic impact layer having a total thickness of more than 3 mm; said fiber layers in the sub-layer laminate being in the form of a woven fabric; the fibers in said fiber layers in the sub-layer laminate having a modulus of elasticity in the range of 1×10 4 up to 25×10 4 N/mm 2 ; and said ceramic impact layer having a thickness which is greater than the thickness of each of said metal plates.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
31 words
An armor plate according to claim 1, wherein said ceramic impact layer has a hardness in the range of 1000 to 10,000 da N/mm 2 determined by the Vickers hardness measurement.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
18 words
An armor plate according to claim 1, wherein said ceramic impact layer is substantially formed from aluminum oxide.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
21 words
An armor plate according to claim 1, wherein said ceramic impart layer has a total thickness of 5 to 15 mm.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
31 words
An armor plate according to claim 1, wherein the impact side of the ceramic impact layer is coated with a relatively thin antispall layer in the form of a woven fabric.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
20 words
An armor plate according to claim 1, wherein said sub-layer laminate has a total thickness of 5 to 20 mm.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
23 words
An armor plate according to claim 1, wherein the metal plates in said sub-layer each have a thickness of 0.1 to 2.0 mm.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
16 words
An armor plate according to claim 1, wherein said sub-layer comprises 5 to 20 metal plates.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
36 words
An armor plate acording to claim 1, wherein the fibers in said fiber layers in the sub-layer laminate have a modulus of elasticity in the range of 8×10 4 up to 15×10 4 N/mm 2 .
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
35 words
An armor plate according to claim 1, wherein the fibers in said fiber layers in the sub-layer laminate are of a material selected from the group of poly-paraphenylene terephthalamide, glass, polyethylene, polyvinyl alcohol or polyacrylonitril.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
25 words
An armor plate according to claim 1, wherein the fibers in said fiber layers in the sub-layer laminate are in the form of filament yarns.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
74 words
An armor plate according to claim 1, wherein the fiber layers in the sub-layer laminate are impregnated with a bonding material formed by a visco-elastic substance of which the tangent of the loss angle δ, measured at 20° C. and a frequency of 1 Hertz, has the values 0.01<tangent δ<100 and the loss-shear modulus G", also measured at 20° C. and a freuency of 1 Hertz, has the values 10 2 Pa<G"<10 9 Pa.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
69 words
An armor plate according to claim 12, wherein the fiber layers in said sub-layer laminate are impregnated with a visco-elastic substance of which the tangent of the loss angle δ, measured at 20° C. and a frequency of 1 Hertz, has the values 0.3<tangent δ<2 and the loss-shear modulus G", also measured at 20° C. and a frequency of 1 Hertz, has the values 10 4 Pa<G"<10 6 Pa.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
31 words
An armor plate according to claim 1, wherein the sub-layer laminate is attached to a joining supporting element layer in the form of a honeycomb structure consisting of an aluminum alloy.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
45 words
An armor plate according to claim 14, comprising a back layer attached to the side of the supporting element layer opposite to the side thereof attached to the sub-layer laminate, said back layer being formed by a laminate of interbonded impregnated layers of woven fabrics.
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