US 12,435,955 B2
Flexible armor
Chandler J. Petrovich Flynn, San Diego, CA (US)
Assigned to United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy, Washington, DC (US)
Filed by Naval Information Warfare Center Pacific, San Diego, CA (US)
Filed on Nov. 7, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/503,764.
Prior Publication US 2025/0146794 A1, May 8, 2025
Int. Cl. F41H 5/04 (2006.01)
CPC F41H 5/04 (2013.01) 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A flexible armor, comprising
a first layer of fiber weave material, wherein the first layer of fiber weave material forms an outermost layer on one side of the flexible armor;
a second layer of fiber weave material, wherein the second layer of fiber weave material forms an outmost layer opposite the first layer on the other side of the flexible armor;
an inner ceramic layer, wherein the inner ceramic layer is a single continuous piece of interlinked ceramic material that is in between the first layer of fiber weave material and the second layer of fiber weave material; and
a shear thickening fluid, wherein the inner ceramic layer is coated in the shear thickening fluid and the shear thickening fluid fills open space within the inner ceramic layer.