US 11,754,375 B1
Apparatuses and wearable armor systems including electrical sources
Frank M. Zalar, Beavercreek Township, OH (US); Matthew S. Benefiel, Xenia, OH (US); Ethan R. Steinmetz, Oakwood, OH (US); Joshua E. Nieman, Miamisburg, OH (US); Jacob A. Monat, Mendota Heights, MN (US); and Brian E. Henslee, Galloway, OH (US)
Assigned to Cornerstone Research Group, Inc., Miamisburg, OH (US)
Filed by Cornerstone Research Group, Inc., Miamisburg, OH (US)
Filed on Oct. 29, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/514,279.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/107,083, filed on Oct. 29, 2020.
Int. Cl. F41H 5/02 (2006.01); H01M 50/247 (2021.01)
CPC F41H 5/02 (2013.01) [H01M 50/247 (2021.01); H01M 2220/30 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An armor system, comprising:
a ballistic housing case, comprising:
a top shell; and
a bottom shell;
wherein the top shell is removably secured to the bottom shell, forming a cavity;
a frame which is rigid and non-electrically conductive arranged within the cavity between the top shell and the bottom shell, the frame comprising a compartment;
an electrical energy storage unit arranged within the compartment of the frame such that the electrical energy storage unit is fully within the ballistic housing case;
a control unit communicatively connected to the electrical energy storage unit to manage operation of the electrical energy storage unit; and
a flexible backplane system comprising electrical connectors and electrical traces on a flexible substrate connecting the electrical energy storage unit to the control unit.