Patents Assigned to NUTECH METALS AND ALLOYS, LLC
  • Reinforced metal alloy for enhanced armor protection and methods
    Patent number: 11243052
    Abstract: An armor plate and method of making an armor plate is provided having the steps of: suspending a carbon fiber weave within a mold; heating aluminum 6061 or 7075 alloy to a molten state; pouring the molten aluminum into the mold having ceramic particulates in the range of 1 to 60 percent by volume of the molten aluminum and in the range of 3-44 microns in diameter; cooling the resultant matrixed aluminum to ambient temperature; and laminating at least two layers of ballistic fiber to the matrixed aluminum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: NUTECH METALS AND ALLOYS, LLC
    Inventors: James C. Bourque, Eric Gavelda
  • Reinforced metal alloy for enhanced armor protection and methods
    Patent number: 10627194
    Abstract: An armor plate is provided having a lamination of an embedded reinforcement basalt fiber mesh within a laminated cast metal alloy; and at least two layers of an aramid fiber. A process to make the armor plate can include suspending a basalt weave within a mold; heating aluminum 6061 or 7075 alloy to a molten state; pouring the molten aluminum into the mold; cooling the resultant matrixed aluminum to ambient temperature; and laminating at least two layers of ballistic fiber to the matrixed aluminum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: NUTECH METALS AND ALLOYS, LLC
    Inventor: James C. Bourque
  • Reinforced metal alloy for enhanced armor protection
    Patent number: 10119791
    Abstract: An armor plate is provided having a lamination of an embedded reinforcement basalt fiber mesh within a laminated cast metal alloy; and at least two layers of an aramid fiber. A process to make the armor plate can include suspending a basalt weave within a mold; heating aluminum 6061 or 7075 alloy to a molten state; pouring the molten aluminum into the mold; cooling the resultant matrixed aluminum to ambient temperature; and laminating at least two layers of ballistic fiber to the matrixed aluminum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: NUTECH METALS AND ALLOYS, LLC
    Inventor: James C. Bourque