US 12,259,222 B2
Armor plate, armor plate composite, and armor
Werner Parlow, Mannweiler-Cölln (DE); Manfred Wolf, Eckersdorf (DE); and Thomas Theuerkauf, Bayreuth (DE)
Assigned to KENNAMETAL INC., Latrobe, PA (US)
Filed by Kennametal Inc., Latrobe, PA (US)
Filed on Jan. 12, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/411,653.
Application 18/411,653 is a continuation of application No. 17/618,620, granted, now 11,906,273, previously published as PCT/IB2020/055448, filed on Jun. 10, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 102019116153.3 (DE), filed on Jun. 13, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2024/0151501 A1, May 9, 2024
Int. Cl. F41H 5/04 (2006.01); B32B 7/12 (2006.01); B32B 15/04 (2006.01); C22C 29/02 (2006.01)
CPC F41H 5/045 (2013.01) [B32B 7/12 (2013.01); B32B 15/043 (2013.01); C22C 29/02 (2013.01); F41H 5/0457 (2013.01); B32B 2571/02 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. Armor having a carrier, an armor layer, and an adhesive layer by means of which the armor layer is connected to the carrier, wherein:
the armor layer comprises a plurality of armor plates or armor plate composites, which comprise at least two layers of armor plates, arranged side-by-side, and
at least one of the armor plates consists of a material made largely of cermet, a hard metal, which comprises a hard material and a binder, or a combination of a cermet and a hard metal; and
wherein the adhesive layer is applied to form a channeled pattern.