United States Patent
US Patent 7010811: Lightweight soft body-armor product
US 7010811 ยท granted 2006-03-14
Abstract
A ballistic panel is provided for being incorporated into a lightweight soft body-armor product adapted for covering an area of the body. The ballistic panel includes an assembly of woven fabric plies with warp and fill yarns formed of bundled Poly (p-phenylene-2, 6-benzobisoxazole) fibers. The plies have a collective areal density of no greater than 1.0 pounds per square foot, and a V50 ballistic limit of no less than 1925 feet per second using a .22 caliber, 17 grain FSP at 0 degrees obliquity.
| Patent Number | 7010811 |
|---|---|
| Title | Lightweight soft body-armor product |
| Filed | 2003-12-08 |
| Granted | 2006-03-14 |
| Inventor(s) | Park; Andrew D. |
| Assignee | PTI Materials LLC |
| CPC Classification | F41H 1/02 |
| Number of Claims | 26 |
Abstract
A ballistic panel is provided for being incorporated into a lightweight soft body-armor product adapted for covering an area of the body. The ballistic panel includes an assembly of woven fabric plies with warp and fill yarns formed of bundled Poly (p-phenylene-2, 6-benzobisoxazole) fibers. The plies have a collective areal density of no greater than 1.0 pounds per square foot, and a V50 ballistic limit of no less than 1925 feet per second using a .22 caliber, 17 grain FSP at 0 degrees obliquity.
Claim 1
A ballistic panel for being incorporated into a lightweight soft body-armor product adapted for covering an area of the body, said ballistic panel comprising an assembly of wovenfabric plies with warp and fill yarns comprising bundled Poly (p-phenylene-2, 6-benzobisoxazole) fibers, said fibers being stretched at a draw ratio higher than 1:1 to promote dissipation of moisture, and said plies having a collective areal density ofno greater than 1.0 pounds per square foot, and a V50 ballistic limit of no less than 1925 feet per second using a .22 caliber, 17 grain FSP at 0 degrees obliquity.
Claims
26 totalA ballistic panel for being incorporated into a lightweight soft body-armor product adapted for covering an area of the body, said ballistic panel comprising an assembly of wovenfabric plies with warp and fill yarns comprising bundled Poly (p-phenylene-2, 6-benzobisoxazole) fibers, said fibers being stretched at a draw ratio higher than 1:1 to promote dissipation of moisture, and said plies having a collective areal density ofno greater than 1.0 pounds per square foot, and a V50 ballistic limit of no less than 1925 feet per second using a .22 caliber, 17 grain FSP at 0 degrees obliquity.