Patent application number | Description | Published |
20120244769 | METHODS TO IMPROVE THE PROCESS-ABILITY OF UNI-DIRECTIONAL COMPOSITES - A method of producing composites useful for the formation of armor and armor sub-assembly intermediates. More particularly, improved ballistic resistant composites and a method for the production of ballistic resistant composites and armor sub-assembly intermediates from composites that have resin-poor surfaces resulting from the non-uniform impregnation polymeric binder materials in fiber layers. | 09-27-2012 |
20130055790 | APPARATUS AND METHOD TO MEASURE BACK FACE SIGNATURE OF ARMOR - An apparatus and method for evaluating the backface signature of flat panel ballistic resistant composites with accuracy, repeatability and improved correlation to the expected backface signature of shaped ballistic resistant composites in actual field use. | 03-07-2013 |
20130059112 | SURFACE TREATED YARN AND FABRIC WITH ENHANCED PHYSICAL AND ADHESION PROPERTIES AND THE PROCESS OF MAKING - Methods for modifying high tenacity fibers without reducing the physical strength properties of the fibers. More particularly, methods for modifying fibers with a plasma treatment or a corona treatment without reducing the physical strength properties of the fibers. | 03-07-2013 |
20130059494 | HIGH PERFORMANCE BALLISTIC COMPOSITES AND METHOD OF MAKING - Fabrication of ballistic resistant fibrous composites having improved ballistic resistance properties and retained or improved ballistic penetration resistance properties. The composites are formed from high tenacity fibers having a tenacity of at least about 33 g/denier at ambient room temperature after being modified by a plasma treatment or by a corona treatment, without tenacity loss due to said treatments. | 03-07-2013 |
20130059496 | LOW BFS COMPOSITE AND PROCESS OF MAKING THE SAME - Methods for producing composites useful for the formation of both soft and hard armor. More particularly, methods for the production of ballistic resistant fibrous composites having improved ballistic resistance properties, including low backface signature. The methods employ fiber surface treatments to improve the anchorage of substances applied onto fiber surfaces, achieving a low delamination tendency and corresponding benefits. | 03-07-2013 |
20130101787 | HIGH PERFORMANCE LAMINATED TAPES & RELATED PRODUCTS FOR BALLISTIC APPLICATIONS - Highly uniform woven fibrous structures formed from fibrous tapes, wherein the tapes constitute the warp and weft tapes of a woven fabric. The individual fibrous tapes may be woven or non-woven, and may be formed as narrow tapes or may be cut from a wider fabric web. | 04-25-2013 |
20130225022 | HIGH TENACITY HIGH MODULUS UHMWPE FIBER AND THE PROCESS OF MAKING - Processes for preparing ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene (“UHMW PE”) filaments and multi-filament yarns, and the yarns and articles produced therefrom. Each process produces UHMW PE yarns having tenacities of 45 g/denier to 60 g/denier or more at commercially viable throughput rates. | 08-29-2013 |
20140030947 | NOVEL UHMWPE FIBER AND METHOD TO PRODUCE - Processes for preparing ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene yarns, and the yarns and articles produced therefrom. The surfaces of highly oriented yarns are subjected to a treatment that enhances the surface energy at the yarn surfaces and are coated with a protective coating immediately after the treatment to increase the expected shelf life of the treatment. | 01-30-2014 |
20140065913 | NOVEL UHMWPE FIBER AND METHOD TO PRODUCE - Processes for preparing ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene yarns, and the yarns and articles produced therefrom. The surfaces of partially oriented yarns are subjected to a treatment that enhances the surface energy at the fiber surfaces and are coated with a protective coating immediately after the treatment to increase the shelf life of the treatment. The coated, treated yarns are then post drawn to form highly oriented yarns. | 03-06-2014 |
20140087125 | DURABLE SOFT BODY ARMOR - Ballistic resistant composites having improved durability. More particularly ballistic resistant composites including a protective thermoplastic overlay that enhances composite abrasion resistance while also permitting exploitation of the properties of an underlying binder system. | 03-27-2014 |
20140170429 | LAMINATES MADE FROM ULTRA-HIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT POLYETHYLENE TAPE - Disclosed are laminates from multiple stacked plies of a uni-directional tape in which the tape formed from a plurality of ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene gel spun, multi-filament yarns. The resultant laminate contains not more than five percent resin by weight. Related methods of making a laminate of this type are also disclosed. | 06-19-2014 |
20140248463 | RIGID STRUCTURE UHMWPE UD AND COMPOSITE AND THE PROCESS OF MAKING - Fabrication of ballistic resistant fibrous composites having improved ballistic resistance properties. More particularly, ballistic resistant fibrous composites having enhanced flexural properties, which correlates to low composite backface signature. The composites are useful for the production of hard armor articles, including helmet armor. | 09-04-2014 |
20140260933 | VACUUM PANELS USED TO DAMPEN SHOCK WAVES IN BODY ARMOR - Ballistic resistant composite articles having improved resistance to backface deformation. The composite articles incorporate one or more vacuum panels that mitigate or eliminate shock wave energy resulting from a projectile impact to minimize transient compression of materials behind the armor. | 09-18-2014 |
20140302273 | HIGH LAP SHEAR STRENGTH, LOW BACK FACE SIGNATURE UD COMPOSITE AND THE PROCESS OF MAKING - Fabrication of ballistic resistant fibrous composites having improved ballistic resistance properties. More particularly, ballistic resistant fibrous composites having high interlaminar lap shear strength between component fiber plies or fiber layers, which correlates to low composite backface signature. The high lap shear strength, low backface signature composites are useful for the production of hard armor articles, including helmet armor. | 10-09-2014 |