	US 12,215,959 B2
	Ballistic-resistant curved molded article
Johann Van Elburg, Echt (NL); Matthew Craig, Stanley, NC (US); and James Rogers, Stanley, NC (US)
Assigned to AVIENT PROTECTIVE MATERIALS B.V., Geleen (NL)
Appl. No. 16/954,804
Filed by Avient Protective Materials B.V., Geleen (NL)
PCT Filed Dec. 12, 2018, PCT No. PCT/EP2018/084485 § 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 17, 2020, PCT Pub. No. WO2019/121204, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 27, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/599,920, filed on Dec. 18, 2017.
Claims priority of application No. 18151131 (EP), filed on Jan. 11, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0088313 A1, Mar. 25, 2021
Int. Cl. F41H 5/04 (2006.01); B32B 37/10 (2006.01); B32B 37/12 (2006.01)

CPC F41H 5/0485 (2013.01) [B32B 37/12 (2013.01); B32B 37/10 (2013.01); B32B 2262/0253 (2013.01); B32B 2437/04 (2013.01); B32B 2571/02 (2013.01)]

14 Claims

11. A ballistic-resistant curved molded article which comprises:

a plurality of layers of unidirectionally aligned polyolefin fibers, wherein the layers are substantially absent of a bonding matrix; and

a plurality of layers of adhesive disposed between adjacent layers of the unidirectionally aligned fibers, wherein

the ballistic-resistant curved molded article has an areal density of at most 11 Kgm⁻²and meets NIJ level III+performance against 7.62×39 mm MSC (AK47).