Matthew T Mullarkey

US Patent:

20100282062, Nov 11, 2010

Filed:

Jan 9, 2008

Appl. No.:

11/971475

Inventors:

Ajit Y. Sane - Medina OH, US
Matthew T. Mullarkey - Bay Village OH, US
Samuel Robert Skaggs - Santa Fe NM, US
Jeff Lennartz - Cleveland OH, US
Mark Russell - Cleveland OH, US

Assignee:

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY HOLDINGS, LLC - Cleveland OH

International Classification:

F41H 5/04

US Classification:

89 3602, 89902, 89912, 89937

Abstract:

A hybrid armor architecture is provided that is effective against explosively-formed and other high-energy ballistic projectiles. The architecture includes at least one laminate reactive armor panel including a layer of non-explosively reactive material sandwiched between outer layers of a ductile material, an armor plate disposed behind the laminate reactive armor panel, and a flyer plate disposed behind the armor plate. The flyer plate or a portion thereof is configured to move toward and impact a body panel that is being protected on impact of a high-energy ballistic projectile with the flyer plate or the portion thereof, to thereby increase the total area of impact with the body panel relative to the projectile alone.