Patent ID: 8132495
Filing Date: 2012-03-13
Classification: F41H

Abstract:
1. An armor system for defeating missile-borne and stationary shaped charges directing a high velocity jet against a vehicle, the missile having a forward conical component and a tip-mounted electric fuze, the vehicle having a hull with outer and inner surfaces, said system comprising: a grid layer located outside and spaced away from the outer surface of the hull, said grid layer having grid members separated one from the other a distance disposed to disrupt the electrical firing mechanism of the tip-mounted fuze; a shaped layer comprising a plurality of tapered members formed of a fiber-reinforced material between said grid layer and the outer surface of said hull, said tapered members defining depressions configured to receive a forward conical portion of an unexploded missile, and to attenuate said high velocity jet emanating from an exploding missile and/or a stationary shaped charge; where in the armor system further includes a plurality of reactive elements disposed on outer surfaces of the tapered members and configured to deflect the high velocity jet impinged thereon by the exploding missile, and wherein the grid members include a plurality of bar or slat members, a plurality of cord members configured as a net, or combinations thereof.