Prism-Shaped Bulletproof Elementary Components for Flexible Ballistic Panels
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing bulletproof protection structures struggle to provide effective coverage for non-regular surfaces, such as the human body, due to interference between elementary components during folding and limited flexibility, which restricts movement and increases stiffness and weight, especially when protecting against calibers greater than 357 and 44 Magnum.
Innovation Solution
A bulletproof protection structure comprising a flexible base with a ballistic panel divided into independent, prism-shaped elementary components with raised sections that minimize interference during folding, allowing for extended coverage and increased protection levels by eliminating uncovered areas and enabling flexible adaptation to irregular shapes.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If ballistic panels are used to protect against calibers greater than 357 and 44 Magnum, then protection level is improved, but flexibility and adaptability to non-regular surfaces deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The ballistic panel is divided into multiple independent elementary components that can be arranged in a grid pattern. Each component can move independently relative to others, allowing the panel to flex and adapt to non-regular surfaces while maintaining continuous ballistic coverage. This segmentation resolves the contradiction by enabling flexibility without compromising protection level.
Solution Approach 2:
The elementary components are designed to be movable relative to each other, transforming the static ballistic panel into a dynamic structure. This allows the panel to change its configuration and adapt to various surface geometries while maintaining its ballistic protection function, thus improving both flexibility and protection level simultaneously.
2Adaptability or versatility
If ballistic panels are divided into elementary components to improve flexibility, then adaptability to non-regular surfaces is improved, but interference between components during folding increases
Solution Approach 1:
A flexible base layer is introduced as an intermediary between the elementary components and the surface they protect. This base layer absorbs the complexity of interfacing between components and the surface, allowing the rigid elementary components to be mounted on a flexible substrate without direct interference between components during folding or deformation.
Solution Approach 2:
The flexible base acts as a thin film that decouples the rigid elementary components from each other and from the surface. This flexible film allows the components to maintain their rigid ballistic function while the film itself deforms to accommodate folding and non-regular surfaces, eliminating component-to-component interference.
3Reliability
If elementary components are rigid to ensure ballistic protection, then protection level is improved, but ease of operation and user mobility deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
By segmenting the ballistic protection into multiple small rigid elements rather than one large rigid panel, the system maintains ballistic integrity through each rigid element while the overall structure becomes flexible due to the independence of segments. This allows high protection level with maintained user mobility.
Solution Approach 2:
The system changes the physical state parameters of the ballistic protection by using rigid elements in a flexible arrangement. The rigidity is localized to each elementary component for protection, while the global flexibility is achieved through the relative movement and arrangement of these components, thus resolving the contradiction between protection level and user mobility.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
The solution provides enhanced flexibility and increased protection levels for non-regular surfaces, minimizing uncovered areas and ensuring effective bulletproof protection for calibers greater than 357 and 44 Magnum, while maintaining user mobility and comfort by eliminating interference between components and allowing for precise adaptation to complex geometries.
Implementation Method 1
capable of absorbing and dispersing the bullet arresting and penetration force through the permanent deformation (elongation) of the fibers themselves
Implementation Method 2
a high strength alumina oxide that may precisely fragment the bullets, so as to divide them into splinters and usually have fairly large thicknesses
Data Source
AI summary
A bulletproof protection elementary component of the tile type comprises a prism-shaped body having a first face and a second face of greater extension, which are opposite each other, and a side surface having a first height, at least one raised section from the first face by a second height, wherein the raised section is prism-shaped and has a base area which is less than an area of the first face. A ballistic panel and a bulletproof protection structure and a bulletproof vest, comprising a plurality of the elementary components, are also herein described.