Patent ID: 7946211
Filing Date: 2011-05-24
Classification: B29C,B29K,B32B,F41H

Abstract:
1. An armor system comprising a first rigid electrically conductive plate, a second rigid electrically conductive plate, an elastomeric layer between said first plate and said second plate, and an electrical power supply electrically connected to said first plate and said second plate so as to form an electrical circuit that is open between said first plate and said second plate, wherein electrification is effected, upon closure of said electrical circuit, of a moving projectile that penetrates said first plate so that at least a portion of said projectile is situated in said elastomeric layer, said closure of said electrical circuit being effected upon establishment, between said first plate and said second plate, of electrical connectivity via at least one of said projectile and a plasma sheath, said plasma sheath at least partially enveloping said projectile and being thermally generated in said elastomeric layer in association with friction of said elastomeric layer with respect to said at least a portion of said projectile that is situated in said elastomeric layer.