Patent ID: 9677858
Date: 2017-06-13
CPC Classifications: F41H

Claim:
1. A method of making an armor component, the method comprising: wrapping a ceramic tile with a plurality of wrappers impregnated with a curable polymer to obtain a wrapped tile; isostatic pressing the wrapped tile to integrate the wrappers and the tile while curing the polymer; wherein the tile includes rounded corners, and the plurality of wrappers include at least a first wrapper and at least a second wrapper, each wrapper having a central portion and a plurality of leaves of varying lengths surrounding and extending from the central portion, at least some of the leaves being shorter than other leaves; placing the central portion of the first wrapper over the first side of the tile with the shorter leaves of the first wrapper being closer to the rounded corners of the tile; folding the leaves of the first wrapper over to the second side of the tile; placing the central portion of the second wrapper over the second side of the tile with the shorter leaves of the second wrapper being closer to the rounded corners of the tile; and folding the leaves of the second wrapper over to the first side of the tile and the central portion of the first wrapper.