Patent ID: 6595102
Filing Date: 2003-07-22
Classification: F41H

Abstract:
A reactive personnel protective system for directly shielding the body of a person, in which at least one air bag is inflated responsive to detection of a projectile prior to contact between the projectile and a person, said system comprising:a radar detection system operable to detect the motion of the projectile when the projectile is airborne in space and to generate a sensor output signal and having a fixed location; at least one rapidly deployable anti-ballistic air bag designed to slow and deflect the projectile; and a gas-generating system for rapid deployment of said air; wherein the detection system is further operable to process the sensor output signal and to generate a control signal for deploying the air bag, during a processing time, and wherein the detection system processes the sensor output signal to discriminate between the projectile and other objects; and wherein the processing time is less than the flight time of the projectile between detection of the projectile and reaching the air bag.