Patent ID: 8482250

Claim:
A system for inductive transmission of power and data through large caliber ballistic appliqué composite armor panels mountable to military vehicles, the system comprising: a large caliber ballistic appliqué composite armor panel having opposite inner and outer faces defining an armor thickness therebetween, wherein, when said panel is mounted to the vehicle, said inner face is disposed towards the vehicle and said outer face is disposed outwards of the vehicle, wherein a quick-release base is mounted to said outer face, and a primary coil is mounted to said inner face so as to be opposite to and aligned with said base, a portable electrical device having a base end, and wherein a secondary coil is mounted in said base end, said secondary coil having a diameter, and wherein said armor thickness is no greater than substantially 50 percent of said diameter, wherein said base end of said portable electrical device is adapted to releasably mount onto said quick release base for power transfer to said electrical device and for data transfer between said primary coil and said secondary coil by inductive coupling between said primary and secondary coils, and wherein primary and secondary circuitry associated with said primary and secondary coils is mounted, respectively, so as to cooperate with said primary and secondary coils, and wherein said power is supplied by an electrical system of the vehicle and said data is transferred between said electrical device and the vehicle via said inductive coupling.