Patent ID: 8096223

Claim:
An apparatus comprising: a first multi-layer composite armor component comprising: a plurality of layers of energy-dispersion objects including a first layer that includes a first plurality of energy-dispersion objects and a second layer that includes a second plurality of energy-dispersion objects, wherein the first plurality of energy-dispersion objects in the first layer are held in place relative to one another in a closely-packed configuration; a first layer of bonding material, wherein the first layer of bonding material has a first durometer value, and wherein the first plurality of energy-dispersion objects are held in place relative to one another via the first layer of bonding material; and a second layer of bonding material, wherein the second bonding layer has a second durometer value that is less than the first durometer value, and wherein the second bonding layer is farther from a strike-face side of the multi-layer composite armor component than the first bonding layer.