Patent ID: 8155496
Filing Date: 2012-04-10
Classification: F41H

Abstract:
1. A composite truss armor comprising: a filler material; and a three-dimensional ordered truss structure comprising: wherein the first, second and third ordered truss elements are coupled at a plurality of nodes unperturbed by changes in index of refraction caused by photopolymerization of the first, second and third self-propagating polymer waveguides and defined by waveguide intersections of the first, second and third self-propagating polymer waveguides; wherein the first, second, and third ordered truss elements interpenetrate each other at the plurality of nodes to form a continuous material; wherein the first, second, and third truss elements define an open space; wherein the filler material occupies at least a portion of the open space; and wherein the three-dimensional ordered truss structure is self-supporting.