Ballistic laminate structure having tubular sleeves containing bundles of unidirectional filaments and method of manufacturing the same

摘要

A ballistic-resistant laminate assembly having a pair of films with an array of stacked pairs of first and second of unidirectionally-oriented bundles of high strength filaments therebetween, with the stacked filament bundles being arranged substantially interlinear with adjacent unidirectionally-oriented adhesions between the pair of films. The adhesions form continuous tubular sleeves between the pair of films with the stacked bundles of high strength filaments being substantially free floating yet contained therein. Optionally, the high strength filaments are coated or soaked in a liquid-to-solid phase change material or PCM.

主权项

1. A ballistic-resistant laminate assembly, comprising:
a first thin and flexible film; a stacked pair of first and second substantially linear arrays of unidirectionally-oriented bundles of high strength filaments with filament bundles of the first array each being substantially aligned with adjacent filament bundles of the second array, wherein:
the filament bundles of the first array being arranged in a substantially parallel configuration proximate to the first film with adjacent filament bundles of the first array being spaced-apart and portions of the first film being exposed in substantially continuous spacings therebetween, andthe filament bundles of the second array being proximate to respective filament bundles of the first array, and with the portions of the first film exposed in the spacings between adjacent filament bundles of the first array being further exposed in spacings between adjacent filament bundles of the second array, at least intermittent portions of one or more of the filament bundles of the first array being coupled to respective adjacent parallel filament bundles of the second array; a second thin and flexible film arranged proximate to the filament bundles of the second array opposite from the first film with portions of the second film being exposed in substantially continuous spacings between the adjacent spaced-apart filament bundles of the second array; a coupling agent adhering at least intermittent portions of the first and second films exposed in the spacings between adjacent filament bundles of the first and second arrays; and wherein interconnections between portions of the coupling agent adhering the first and second films and portions of a coupling agent adhering the filament bundles of the first array and filament bundles of the second array are intermittent and the interconnections further range from minimal to none.