Patent ID: 8091465
Filing Date: 2012-01-10
Classification: F41H

Abstract:
1. An armor array for protecting a body to be protected from an incoming projectile having an anticipated impact direction, said armor array comprising: at least a first and a second reactive armor cassette, each comprising a top base plate and a bottom base plate sandwiching therebetween an expandable layer, said first and second armor cassettes being spaced apart by an intermediate depressible panel having a top and a bottom face, such that the bottom base plate of said first armor cassette faces the top face of said intermediate depressible panel and the top base plate of said second cassette faces the bottom face of said intermediate depressible panel, wherein said armor array is constructed such that the armor cassettes are inclined with respect to an adjacent surface of the body to be protected, wherein said armor array is constructed such that upon expansion of the expandable layer, caused by the impact of said incoming projectile, at least one of the bottom base plate of said first armor cassette and the top base plate of said second armor cassette is urged towards said intermediate depressible panel and depresses said intermediate depressible panel.