CA2439183A1 - Ceramic bodies and ballistic armor incorporating the same - Google Patents
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- CA2439183A1 CA2439183A1 CA 2439183 CA2439183A CA2439183A1 CA 2439183 A1 CA2439183 A1 CA 2439183A1 CA 2439183 CA2439183 CA 2439183 CA 2439183 A CA2439183 A CA 2439183A CA 2439183 A1 CA2439183 A1 CA 2439183A1
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F41—WEAPONS
- F41H—ARMOUR; ARMOURED TURRETS; ARMOURED OR ARMED VEHICLES; MEANS OF ATTACK OR DEFENCE, e.g. CAMOUFLAGE, IN GENERAL
- F41H5/00—Armour; Armour plates
- F41H5/02—Plate construction
- F41H5/04—Plate construction composed of more than one layer
- F41H5/0414—Layered armour containing ceramic material
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F41—WEAPONS
- F41H—ARMOUR; ARMOURED TURRETS; ARMOURED OR ARMED VEHICLES; MEANS OF ATTACK OR DEFENCE, e.g. CAMOUFLAGE, IN GENERAL
- F41H5/00—Armour; Armour plates
- F41H5/02—Plate construction
- F41H5/023—Armour plate, or auxiliary armour plate mounted at a distance of the main armour plate, having cavities at its outer impact surface, or holes, for deflecting the projectile
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F41—WEAPONS
- F41H—ARMOUR; ARMOURED TURRETS; ARMOURED OR ARMED VEHICLES; MEANS OF ATTACK OR DEFENCE, e.g. CAMOUFLAGE, IN GENERAL
- F41H5/00—Armour; Armour plates
- F41H5/02—Plate construction
- F41H5/04—Plate construction composed of more than one layer
- F41H5/0492—Layered armour containing hard elements, e.g. plates, spheres, rods, separated from each other, the elements being connected to a further flexible layer or being embedded in a plastics or an elastomer matrix
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Abstract
The invention provides a ceramic body for deployment in a composite armor panel, for absorbing and dissipating kinetic energy from high velocity projectiles, the body having a peg-like configuration consisting of a stem section and a head section wherein a cross-sectional area across the stem is less than a cross-sectional area across the head section.
Claims (22)
1. A ceramic body for deployment in a composite armor panel, for absorbing and dissipating kinetic energy from high velocity projectiles, said body having a peg-like configuration consisting of a stem section and a head section wherein a cross-sectional area across said stem is less than a cross-sectional area across said head section.
2. A ceramic body according to claim 1, wherein said stem section has a regular geometric cross-section.
3. A ceramic body according to claim 2, wherein said stem section has a regular polygonal cross-section.
4. A ceramic body according to claim 2, wherein said stem section has a circular cross-section.
5. A ceramic body according to claim 1, wherein said head section has a regular geometric cross-section.
6. A ceramic body according to claim 5, wherein said head section has a regular polygonal cross-section.
7. A ceramic body according to claim 5, wherein said head section has a circular cross-section.
8. A ceramic body according to claim 1, wherein said body is formed of a ceramic material selected from the group consisting of sintered oxide, nitrides, carbides and borides of alumina, magnesium, zirconium, tungsten, molybdenum, titanium and silica.
9. A ceramic body as claimed in claim 1 for absorbing and dissipating kinetic energy from high velocity armor piercing projectiles, wherein said body is made of a material selected from the group consisting of alumina, boron carbide, boron nitride, titanium diboride, silicon carbide, silicon oxide, silicon nitride, magnesium oxide, silicon aluminum oxynitride and mixtures thereof.
10. A ceramic body according to claim 1, wherein said head section is provided with a convexly curved end face.
11. A ceramic body according to claim 1, characterized in that a channel is provided in said body to reduce the weight per area thereof.
12. A ceramic body according to claim 11, wherein said channel occupies a volume of up to 25% of said body.
13. A ballistic armor panel for absorbing and dissipating kinetic energy from high velocity projectiles, said panel comprising:
a) a plurality of ceramic bodies, each of said bodies having a peg-like configuration consisting of a stem section and a head section wherein a cross-sectional area across said stem is less than a cross-sectional area across said head section; and b) a substrate for assembling said bodies in a close-packed, single layer.
array, such that each of a majority of said bodies is positioned with its head section in direct contact with the head section of at least four adjacent bodies and the stems of said bodies are supported and held by said substrate.
a) a plurality of ceramic bodies, each of said bodies having a peg-like configuration consisting of a stem section and a head section wherein a cross-sectional area across said stem is less than a cross-sectional area across said head section; and b) a substrate for assembling said bodies in a close-packed, single layer.
array, such that each of a majority of said bodies is positioned with its head section in direct contact with the head section of at least four adjacent bodies and the stems of said bodies are supported and held by said substrate.
14. A ballistic armor panel for absorbing and dissipating kinetic energy from high velocity projectiles, said panel comprising:
a) a plurality of ceramic bodies, each of said bodies having a peg-like configuration consisting of a stem section and a head section wherein a cross-sectional area across said stem is less than a cross-sectional area across said head section; and 23~
b) a substrate for assembling said bodies in a close-packed, single layer array, such that each of a majority of said bodies is positioned with its head section in direct contact with the head section of six adjacent bodies and the stems of said bodies are supported and held by said substrate.
a) a plurality of ceramic bodies, each of said bodies having a peg-like configuration consisting of a stem section and a head section wherein a cross-sectional area across said stem is less than a cross-sectional area across said head section; and 23~
b) a substrate for assembling said bodies in a close-packed, single layer array, such that each of a majority of said bodies is positioned with its head section in direct contact with the head section of six adjacent bodies and the stems of said bodies are supported and held by said substrate.
15. A ballistic armor panel for absorbing and dissipating kinetic energy from high velocity projectiles, said panel comprising:
a) a plurality of ceramic; bodies, each of said bodies having a peg-like configuration consisting of a stem section and a head section wherein a cross-sectional area across said stem is less than a cross-sectional area across said head section; and b) a plate member having a plurality of openings, each of said opening sized to receive a stem section of a body with the underside of the head section of said body overriding the periphery of said opening, such that each of a majority of said bodies is positioned with its head section in direct contact with the head section of at least four adjacent bodies inserted in said plate.
a) a plurality of ceramic; bodies, each of said bodies having a peg-like configuration consisting of a stem section and a head section wherein a cross-sectional area across said stem is less than a cross-sectional area across said head section; and b) a plate member having a plurality of openings, each of said opening sized to receive a stem section of a body with the underside of the head section of said body overriding the periphery of said opening, such that each of a majority of said bodies is positioned with its head section in direct contact with the head section of at least four adjacent bodies inserted in said plate.
16. A ballistic armor panel for absorbing and dissipating kinetic energy from high velocity projectiles, said panes comprising:
a) a plurality of ceramic bodies, each of said bodies having a peg-like configuration consisting of a stem section and a head section wherein a cross-sectional area across said stem is less than a cross-sectional area across said head section; and b) a plate member having a plurality of openings, each of said opening sized to receive a stem section of a body with the underside of the head section of said body overriding the periphery of said opening, such that each of a majority of said bodies is positioned with its head section in direct contact with the head section of six adjacent bodies inserted in said plate.
a) a plurality of ceramic bodies, each of said bodies having a peg-like configuration consisting of a stem section and a head section wherein a cross-sectional area across said stem is less than a cross-sectional area across said head section; and b) a plate member having a plurality of openings, each of said opening sized to receive a stem section of a body with the underside of the head section of said body overriding the periphery of said opening, such that each of a majority of said bodies is positioned with its head section in direct contact with the head section of six adjacent bodies inserted in said plate.
17. A ballistic armor panel according to claim 16 wherein said plate member is formed from a plurality of interconnected rings.
18. A ballistic armor panel according to claim 17 wherein said rings are further bound together by a solidified material.
19. A ballistic armor according to claim 16, wherein said panel has an inner and an outer surface, said outer surface facing the impact side and said ceramic bodies are arranged in a plurality of adjacent rows, the axis of the stems of said bodies being substantially parallel with each other and perpendicular to the surfaces of the panels.
20. A ballistic armor according to claim 17, further comprising an inner layer adjacent said inner surface of said panel, said inner layer being formed from a plurality of adjacent layers, each layer comprising a plurality of unidirectional coplanar anti-ballistic fibers embedded in a polymeric matrix, the fibers of adjacent layers being at an angle of between about 45° to 90° to each other.
21. A ballistic armor panel according to claim 13 whenever incorporated in an armored vehicle.
22. A ceramic body according to claim 1 wherein said body is formed of a transparent ceramic material.
Applications Claiming Priority (6)
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| IL15183002 | 2002-09-19 | ||
| IL151,830 | 2002-09-19 | ||
| US25611202A | 2002-09-26 | 2002-09-26 | |
| US10/256,112 | 2002-09-26 | ||
| US10/322,237 | 2002-12-18 | ||
| US10/322,237 US6860186B2 (en) | 2002-09-19 | 2002-12-18 | Ceramic bodies and ballistic armor incorporating the same |
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| CA2439183A1 true CA2439183A1 (en) | 2004-03-19 |
| CA2439183C CA2439183C (en) | 2011-04-05 |
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| EP (1) | EP1400775B1 (en) |
| AU (1) | AU2003248118B2 (en) |
| CA (1) | CA2439183C (en) |
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- 2003-09-02 CA CA 2439183 patent/CA2439183C/en not_active Expired - Fee Related
- 2003-09-04 EP EP20030255523 patent/EP1400775B1/en not_active Expired - Lifetime
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| AU2003248118A1 (en) | 2004-04-08 |
| AU2003248118B2 (en) | 2009-01-22 |
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Effective date: 20180904 |