U.S. patent application number 11/311708 was filed with the patent office on 2006-10-12 for reactive armor for a trooper - helmet vest and protective plate.
Invention is credited to Haim Amram Ben-Simhon.
Application Number | 20060225180 11/311708 |
Document ID | / |
Family ID | 37081698 |
Filed Date | 2006-10-12 |
United States Patent
Application |
20060225180 |
Kind Code |
A1 |
Ben-Simhon; Haim Amram |
October 12, 2006 |
Reactive armor for a trooper - helmet vest and protective plate
Abstract
Reactive protective armors for diverting hitting bullets,
shrapnel and small shells away from a trooper's helmet, vest and/or
away from the skin of vehicles, planes, helicopters or marine
vessels are described. The protective armor consists of
multiplicity of reactive units, which cover the protected object
like tiles. Each reactive unit includes tiny explosives on one side
and parallel hinges opposite to the explosives. The hitting
armament detonates the explosive, which in turn rotate the plate,
thus diverting the bullet away from the protected object. Another
embodiment of the reactive-protective unit is a pressurized cell
full with noninflammable fluid or gel. In this case the protected
object is covered with multiple pressurized cells. When a bullet or
shrapnel punctures the skin of the cell the fluid or gel bursts and
pushes the bullet away from the protected object. It is important
to mention that the bullet activate only one unit, living the other
units intact and ready to take other hits.
Inventors: |
Ben-Simhon; Haim Amram;
(Haifa, IL) |
Correspondence
Address: |
Dr. HAIM BEN - SIMHON
18/24 Dreifuss Street
HAIFA
35434
IL
|
Family ID: |
37081698 |
Appl. No.: |
11/311708 |
Filed: |
December 20, 2005 |
Current U.S.
Class: |
2/6.6 |
Current CPC
Class: |
F41H 5/007 20130101 |
Class at
Publication: |
002/006.6 |
International
Class: |
F41H 1/04 20060101
F41H001/04 |
Foreign Application Data
Date |
Code |
Application Number |
Feb 24, 2005 |
IL |
167078 |
Claims
1. Reactive armor for a helmet, and/or a vest, and/or protective
plate, and/or skin of a vehicle, helicopter, aero plane, ship or
boat.
2. Reactive unit with the features of explosives on one side and
hinges placed opposite to the explosives to enable rotation of the
plate when it is hit by a bullet or shrapnel or small shell.
3. Reactive unit, which consists of a pressurized-cell full of
noninflammable fluid and/or gel.
4. Claim 2 and multiplicity of said reactive units to be
constructed on and to cover helmet, vest or protective plate.
5. Claim 2 and multiplicity of said reactive units to be built on
and to cover the skin of security vehicles, civilian or military
aero planes, helicopters and marine vessels.
6. Claim 3 and multiplicity of said reactive units to be built on
and to cover helmet, vest and protective plate.
7. Claim 3 and multiplicity of said reactive units to be
constructed on and to cover the skin of security vehicles, civilian
or military aero planes, helicopters and marine vessels.
Description
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] Reactive armors for tanks and military vehicles (APC-Armored
Personal Carriers) have been described and produced. However, no
reactive armor for a trooper (soldier, policeman) has been
described. Thorough review of the literature did not reveal such
features. The purpose of this invention is to provide an extra
protective-reactive armor against bullets and shrapnel for the
trooper's wearing-helmet and protective vest, or for protective
plates (for light vehicles, helicopters, planes, ships and
boats).
DISCLOSURE
Brief Description of the Drawings of the Invention
[0002] FIG. 1; Front view of the reactive armors in the helmet
embodiment.
[0003] FIG. 2; Side view of the reactive armors in the helmet
embodiment.
[0004] FIG. 3: Outer view of the protective reactive unit, which
includes explosives on one side and hinges opposite to the
explosives, for the helmet application.
[0005] FIG. 4. Schematic demonstration of the pressurized cells
embodiment of the reactive armor in the helmet application.
[0006] FIG. 5. Front view of the reactive armors in the vest
application.
[0007] FIG. 6. The pressurized cells embodiment for the vest
application.
[0008] FIG. 7. Outer view of the protective reactive unit
(explosives and hinges) for the vest application.
[0009] The reactive armor consist of multiple squares 1 made of
Kevlar.RTM., that cover the conventional Kevlar.RTM. helmet or vest
or ceramic vest; see squares 1 in all the FIGS. 1-7. The individual
square plate is attached by snap-in mechanism 2 and 5 (FIGS. 3
& 5) and 8, 9 (FIGS. 5 & 7) to the basic conventional
helmet or vest respectively.
[0010] One embodiment of the reactive armor is, in the case of a
helmet, under the snap-in mechanism, on the upper side {up) in FIG.
3, tiny explosive charges 3 and 4 are placed between the plate 1
and the helmet. The purpose of these tiny explosives in the upper
side is, that when a bullet or shrapnel hits the plate 1 the
explosives detonate and cause the plate 1 to rotate downwards (with
the help of hinges 2 and 5), thus deflecting the bullet upwards
away from the trooper's head and body. In the vest the explosives
are placed in the opposite--the explosives are placed in the two
down comers 6 and 7 in FIG. 7. The purpose of placing the
explosives in the lower corners is, that when a bullet hits the
plate 1, the plate rotates upwards (around hinges 8 and 9) and
deflects the hitting bullet or shrapnel downwards away from the
face, head, neck and chest of the trooper. Another embodiment of
the reactive armor is creating multiple cells, that cover the
helmet and/or the vest. The cells are filled with nonflammable
fluid (water or gel) under high pressure (the cells 9 in FIG. 4 and
FIG. 6). One way to produce those cells is to inject the fluid or
gel in high pressure (as high as the walls of the cells could
handle without bursting). Another way to produce those cells is to
produce the whole helmet and/or vest, and/or protective plate in a
large pressure cell (like the hyperbaric cell that is used to treat
decompression sickness after deep-water diving accident).When the
helmet and vest are taken out of the hyperbaric production
facility, the fluid in the cells will be automatically in a
pressure that is equivalent to the pressure inside the production
hyperbaric facility.
[0011] The reason for creating multiple cells or square plates in
the helmet (FIGS. 1 and 2), and in the vest (FIG. 5) is, that when
a bullet hits a cell or a plate it activates only one plate or
cell; the other plates or cells remain intact and ready to take
hits from other bullets or shrapnel.
MODE OF OPERATION
A.) The Reactive Plate Embodiment:
[0012] When a bullet or shrapnel hits the plate, the energy of the
impact detonates the tiny explosives 3 and 4 in FIGS. 1 and 3--in
the case of the helmet, or the tiny explosives 6 and 7 in FIGS. 5
and 7--in the case of the vest. The tiny explosives could be like
the explosive mercury that is found in the "pica" of the
conventional bullet. The tiny explosion will cause the plate to
rotate (around hinges 2 and 5) downwards--in the case of the
helmet--thus diverting the penetrating bullet upwards away from the
body of the trooper. In the case of the vest the explosion will
cause the plate to rotate upwards around hinges 8 and 9 in FIGS. 7
and 5, thus diverting the penetrating bullet downwards toward the
ground and away from the face, head, neck and chest of the
trooper.
B.) The Pressurized Cells Embodiment (FIGS. 4 and 6):
[0013] When a bullet hits the outer side of a cell in an intensity,
which is enough to puncture the outer side 10 in FIGS. 4 and 6, the
pressurized fluid inside the cell 9 will burst out and push the tip
of the bullet or the shrapnel away from the head (in the case of
the helmet), and away from the chest or the back of the trooper (in
the case of the vest). This feature actually enhances the total
resistance of the armor (helmet, vest or protective plate) to the
hit of a bullet or shrapnel.
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