Modular Blast Ballistic Barrier Panels
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing blast and ballistic protection systems are cumbersome, require significant logistical effort, and lack flexibility, as they are often heavy, difficult to transport, and inflexible, making them unsuitable for rapid deployment in domestic or military situations.
Innovation Solution
A modular protective barrier system comprising a blast mitigation panel and a ballistic resistant panel, integrated with a frame that can be easily assembled and disassembled, allowing for quick setup and customization, and can be configured for personal or structural protection using lightweight materials and a hook-and-loop mechanism for portability.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If traditional blast and ballistic protection systems (concrete walling, sandbags, gabion baskets) are used, then protection effectiveness is improved, but weight and portability deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The patent employs composite materials combining ballistic-resistant layers (such as Kevlar, Spectra, or steel plates) with blast-mitigating foam cores. This composite structure achieves both ballistic protection and blast attenuation while maintaining significantly lower weight compared to traditional concrete or earth-filled systems. The layered composite design allows each material to contribute its specific protective properties, resolving the contradiction between protection effectiveness and weight.
2Reliability
If traditional protection systems are deployed, then protection effectiveness is improved, but ease of transport and deployment deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The protective barrier is divided into modular panels that can be independently transported, assembled, and configured. Each panel contains integrated blast-mitigating foam and ballistic-resistant layers, allowing the system to be shipped in manageable units and quickly assembled on-site without requiring heavy earthmoving equipment or significant logistical support, thus improving ease of transport and deployment while maintaining protection effectiveness.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent utilizes flexible foam-based blast-mitigating layers that can be easily handled, transported, and installed. These flexible thin-film-like structures conform to various configurations and can be rapidly deployed without requiring rigid support structures or complex assembly procedures, significantly improving ease of operation compared to traditional rigid concrete or gabion systems.
3Reliability
If traditional protection systems are used, then protection effectiveness is improved, but adaptability and flexibility deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The modular panel design enables flexible configuration and reconfiguration of protective barriers to adapt to different threat scenarios, terrain conditions, and operational requirements. Panels can be arranged in various patterns, heights, and configurations, and can be easily added, removed, or repositioned, providing high adaptability while maintaining consistent protection effectiveness through standardized composite panel construction.
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AI summary
A protective barrier system designed to protect against high-energy events, such as impacts from ballistic threats or blasts. In one embodiment, the protective barrier system comprises a blast mitigation panel in the front (on the threat side of the barrier), a ballistic resistant panel in the back (on the asset side of the barrier), and a frame that is configured to incorporate the blast mitigation panel and ballistic resistant panel, and stand the panels upright so as to form a barrier. The blast mitigation panel and ballistic resistant panel are modular and are easily attached to and detached from the frame to create a protective barrier that can be easily customized to protect structures or assets of nearly any shape or size from both blasts and ballistics. For example, another embodiment is a protective barrier system that may be used as body armor or personal protection for an individual.