WO2001081853A1 - Improved body armor - Google Patents
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- WO2001081853A1 WO2001081853A1 PCT/US2001/013224 US0113224W WO0181853A1 WO 2001081853 A1 WO2001081853 A1 WO 2001081853A1 US 0113224 W US0113224 W US 0113224W WO 0181853 A1 WO0181853 A1 WO 0181853A1
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- impact energy
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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
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- This invention relates generally to the field of protective armor and more particularly to body armor having improved protection against blunt injury trauma.
- Body armor has been known and used to protect personnel and equipment from projectiles for centuries. Ideally, body armor should prevent injury from ballistic threats including round fragmentation or "spalling" upon striking the armor, penetration of the armor by the projectile and blunt injury trauma to the user beneath the armor.
- Kevlar ® has enabled the construction of bulletproof vests that are significantly lighter and more flexible than the metal plates previously employed.
- the so-called “bullet-proof vest” more fully covers the body and may also cover a portion of the extremities. Also, the more comfortable the armor is, the greater the likelihood that it will be worn. Notwithstanding the foregoing, personnel wearing body armor tend to get hot, especially in warmer climates, and they are often removed or not worn at all.
- anti-spalling materials have been developed and usually take the form of a layer that is placed external to the body armor.
- One such material is a flexible rubberized layer available from THETA Technologies of Palm Bay, Florida and which contains Allied Signal Kevlar ® fibers.
- Another anti-spalling material is a coated, rigid foamed metal such as aluminum which available from ERG, Inc.
- blunt injury trauma can be almost as incapacitating as round penetration. While the body armor may prevent the penetration of a round, the resulting impact and body trauma can fracture the sternum or ribs, and render the wearer unconscious. Attempts have been made to mitigate the effects of blunt injury trauma, but the materials are heavy and bulky, so they have not been widely adopted.
- a body armor (or armor generally) comprising a projectile penetrant inhibiting layer and an impact energy absorbing layer positioned in overlying relation to one side of the projectile penetrant inhibiting layer such that the impact energy absorbing layer is adapted to absorb the impact energy from an incoming projectile. More specifically, the impact energy absorbing layer spreads at least a portion of the impact energy in the plane of the impact energy absorbing layer.
- the impact energy absorbing layer contains a foam to further enhance impact energy absorption.
- a temperature stabilizing means such as a phase change material is placed within the impact energy absorbing layer and provides thermal regulation.
- the phase change material may be bulk, microencapsulated or macroencapsulated and may be placed directly within the impact energy absorbing layer or within the foam as desired.
- Figure 1A is a side view of the armor according to this invention.
- Figure 1 B is a side view of an alternate embodiment of the armor according to this invention.
- Figure 2 is a partial schematic sectional perspective view of a portion of the structure of impact energy absorbing layer.
- Figure 3 is a partial schematic sectional perspective view of another embodiment of the impact energy absorbing layer of this invention.
- Figure 4A is a partial elevational section view of the impact energy absorbing layer taken on the line 4A-4A of Figure 3.
- Figure 4B is a partial elevational section view of another embodiment of the impact energy absorbing layer taken from the same position as Figure 4A.
- Figure 5A is a partial schematic sectional plan view of a portion of another embodiment of the impact energy absorbing layer of this invention.
- Figure 5B is a partial elevational section view of a portion of the structure taken on line 5B-5B of Figure 5A.
- Figure 6A is a partial plan view of another embodiment of the impact energy absorbing layer of this invention.
- Figure 6B is a partial elevational section view taken on the line 6B-6B of Figure 6A
- Figure 7 is a sectional elevation view of another embodiment of the impact energy absorbing layer of this invention.
- Figure 8 is a partial elevational section view of another embodiment of the impact energy absorbing layer of this invention.
- Figure 9 is a cross sectional view of a micro/macro capsule a employed in this invention.
- the body armor of present invention comprises a projectile penetrant inhibiting layer 100, an impact energy absorbing layer 200.
- an anti-spalling layer 300 is included.
- the projectile penetrant inhibiting layer 100 must be a layer that both spreads or broadens the area of impact, and absorbs the greater portion of the round's kinetic energy. Penetration may be prevented by any of the well-known materials such as Spectra Shield from Allied Signal, lightweight hardened titanium plates or ceramic armor from Leading Edge Composites. The foregoing materials most commonly take the form of torso protecting vests made from an appropriate number of layers to stop the expected projectile.
- the anti-spalling layer should be flexible, relatively lightweight and can be varied to meet different requirements.
- the lightweight foamed metal plate was developed to provide a multi-directional inelastic or crushable deformation.
- the anti- spalling layer 300 is positioned on the opposite side of the projectile penetrant inhibiting layer 100 and is in overlying relation to the said projectile penetrant inhibiting layer as best shown in figure 1 B.
- an impact energy absorbing layer 200 is positioned proximate and in substantial overlying relation behind the projectile inhibiting layer (when taken in the direction of projectile travel) such that the impact energy absorbing layer absorbs and spreads the impact energy in the plane of the impact energy absorbing layer.
- the impact energy absorbing layer spreads out the impact loading over a wider surface area, thus slowing the response time of the event, and more closely matching the impedance coupling of the projectile penetrant inhibiting layer and the body of the wearer.
- One such layer is disclosed in United States Patent Numbers 5,030,501 and 5,518,802 titled Cushioning Structure which is incorporated herein by reference.
- the impact energy absorbing layer comprises a plurality of cells 76 which are in fluid communication with each other to provide a valved fluid transfer between cells.
- the cell members 22 are of hexagonal shape in cross- sectional plan.
- the edges 23 of the individual hexagonal cells 22 are bonded to the top stratum 20 and bottom stratum 21 at edges 23 and 24 at one side and at edges 24 at the opposite side, respectively.
- the bond formed at the edges 23 and 24 is a substantially hermetically sealed connection so that in the assembled condition the matrix includes a plurality of generally hexagonal cells 27 separately sealed one from the next, except as specifically otherwise provided and as hereafter defined.
- the structure 19 is hermetically closed at the periphery and an inlet 25 is provided for the admission of a fluid such as air or other gas which may be at a pressure above surrounding atmosphere or environment in which the structure is placed.
- the structure 19 is constructed of generally pliable materials, usually plastics, including vinyl and/or polyethylene type films.
- the structure 19 could be between about one (1 ) and thirty (30) centimeters "thick", i.e., the distance from the outside of one stratum to the other, depending upon application.
- the thickness of the sheet materials from which the strata 20 and 21 and matrix cells wall elements 22 are formed may be between about 0.01 and 100 mills.
- the matrix cells comprise hexagonal polygons.
- Such shape has been chosen because of the unique form of hexagon that permits complete nesting of the vertical surfaces of the cell one to the next. Nevertheless, other forms of polygons may provide the advantages of this invention and are to be considered as within the concepts worthy of further evaluation and usefulness in the application of the principles that are embodied in the structure 19.
- the contacting wall between polygons may be sloped rather than vertical providing tapered or truncated polygons, rather than rectangular polygons as shown in Figure 2.
- Figure 3B shows tapered polygons as an example.
- a plurality of cells 35 have substantially upstanding sides 36 bonded to an upper planar sheet like stratum 37 and a similar lower stratum 38.
- a plurality of cells 40 are cube-like rectangles, formed or molded into an internal core member 41.
- Core member 41 is bonded to an upper sheet 42 and a lower sheet 43 at positions of contact 44.
- polygons are within ready conception, for instance, pentagons or cones.
- a structure 50 includes an upper stratum 51 to which is bonded a lower cellular matrix 52 on which is formed a plurality of downstanding/upstanding truncated polygon cells 53 selectively arranged in mutually supporting and equally load distributing relationship across the surface of the stratum 51.
- a passage way conduit or aperture 30 is provided from a polygon to each of the adjacent cells through which the fluid is conducted to pass from one cell to the next.
- the rate of fluid flow may be controlled and serve to "valve" the rate of the fluid passage from one cell to the next.
- Such conduits 30 may be provided by allowing unbonded areas between the end of a cell 60 and the stratum 61. This controlled venting of the compressed air spring within the impacted cell serves to maximize the absorption of the impact energy while minimizing the energy available for rebound. The difference in pressure between the impacted and the unimpacted, adjacent cells aids the controlled reinflation of the impacted cell in order to provide protection from repeated impacts.
- an internal matrix structure 60 is sandwiched between an upper stratum 61 and a lower stratum 62 and bonded there between at the surfaces 63 and 64.
- the internal matrix structure 61 is provided with substantially upstanding walls that may also be designed to provide a one-way valvelike aperture 32 between the walls of the two mating hexagonal structures that aids the reduction of rebound energy.
- the apertures 32 open upon an impact due to the columnar buckling of the cell walls and pass fluid from the impacted area to adjacent areas when the pressure on the one side increases to a valve higher than the pressure on the other side.
- the resilience of the material in the member 61 causes the valved opening to close or partially close thereby restricting the reverse flow by allowing the pressure to gradually equalize.
- selected numbers and positioned cells are filled with foam type materials 45 to provide a further parameter of dampening attenuation and energy absorption reaction to the impact energy as well as the restoration or recovery of the cushioning structure to its original or preimpacted state.
- a temperature stabilizing means 41 such as a phase change material is incorporated into the foam or could be inserted directly into selected ones of the cells.
- the temperature stabilizing means 41 acts to maintain the wearer of the body armor cool through the action of the melting of the phase change material.
- the phase change material may be microencapsulated (capsule diameter under 1.00 mm) or macroencapsulated (capsule diameter over 1.00 mm), depending upon application.
- a macro or micro capsule 90 is illustrated in Figure 9 and comprises an outer wall 92 and a phase change material filling. A number of phase change materials which have a cooling effect are available, but the paraffinic
- hydrocarbons are preferred since they are non-toxic, relatively inexpensive and can
- body armor can be tailored to a specific environment by selecting the phase change
- the user would wear the body armor (or the armor would be
- the round first impacts the rigid anti-spalling surface and then the anti- penetration layer. The round then flattens and breaks apart, wherein the anti-spalling layer acts to absorb the round fragments. Lastly, the cushioning layer acts to absorb the impact energy to minimize the effects of blunt injury trauma.
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