Patents Assigned to Block Textiles, Inc.
  • System for producing impact deflecting materials
    Patent number: 8348656
    Abstract: System for practicing a method of making a low cost, light weight impact deflecting material, comprising directionally aligned single walled carbon nanotubes in an epoxy resin composition, that is near impervious to bullets fired at close range at all angles of incidence, that does not deteriorate upon abrasion or when exposed to wide ranges of temperature and humidity, and that when used to construct a protective shield for a body armor vest protects the wearer from blunt trauma effects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignee: Block Textiles, Inc.
    Inventors: Graham E. Gintz, Christopher J Gintz
  • Product and method for impact deflecting materials
    Patent number: 7682694
    Abstract: Method and system for making a low cost, light weight impact deflecting material, comprising directionally aligned single walled carbon nanotubes in an epoxy resin composition, that is near impervious to bullets fired at close range at all angles of incidence, that does not deteriorate upon abrasion or when exposed to wide ranges of temperature and humidity, and that when used to construct a protective shield for a body armor vest protects the wearer from blunt trauma effects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2010
    Assignee: Block Textiles, Inc.
    Inventors: Graham E. Gintz, Christopher J Gintz, Timothy J. Imholt, David L. Allara