Patents Assigned to Intelligent Textiles, Inc.
  • Method for impact deflecting materials
    Patent number: 8231945
    Abstract: Method 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: July 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2012
    Assignee: Intelligent Textiles, Inc.
    Inventors: Graham E. Gintz, Christopher J Gintz, Timothy J. Imholt, David L. Allara