Patent ID: 8596183
Filing Date: 2013-12-03
Classification: B60F,F41H

Abstract:
1. An armoring assembly in combination with an amphibious vehicle, the armoring assembly being for protecting the amphibious vehicle against projectile penetrations, the amphibious vehicle having a floatation hull having an outer surface and having unloaded and armored water level floatation lines, the armoring assembly comprising: (a) a projectile spall dispersing buoyant sheet having inner and outer surfaces, the projectile spall dispersing buoyant sheet comprising a low density, nonabsorbent material; (b) a strata having a thickness, the strata comprising a plurality of stratums, said stratum plurality comprising an innermost stratum having an inner surface and an outermost stratum having an outer surface, said innermost stratum's inner surface being adhesively bonded to the projectile spall dispersing buoyant sheet's outer surface, and said outermost stratum's outer surface, upon the floatation within the water, contacting the water, at least a first stratum among the plurality of stratums comprising a rigid ballistic material sheet, the strata's thickness extending from said innermost stratum's inner surface to said outermost stratum's outer surface; and (c) hull mounting means fixedly positioning the strata and the projectile spall dispersing buoyant sheet over the outer surface of the amphibious vehicle's flotation hull; wherein the projectile spall dispersing buoyant sheet has a thickness, wherein the projectile spall dispensing buoyant sheet's thickness is at least as great as the strata's thickness, wherein the rigid ballistic material sheet comprises a projectile spall generating stratum, and wherein the strata's innermost stratum comprises rigid structural support sheet.