Patents by Inventor Max W. Gerlach

Max W. Gerlach has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Flexible composites having rigid isolated panels and articles fabricated from same
    Patent number: 5362527
    Abstract: A flexible article of manufacture especially suitable for use as a ballistic resistant body armor which comprises one or more composite layers, at least one of said composite layers comprising a base layer having a plurality of planar bodies positioned between two sandwiching flexible layers out of contact with each other and a plurality of planar bodies positioned on a surface of said base layer out of contact with each other and in disalignment with the sandwiched planar bodies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 1993
    Date of Patent: November 8, 1994
    Assignee: AlliedSignal Inc.
    Inventors: Gary A. Harpell, Dusan C. Prevorsek, Max W. Gerlach
  • Composites having improved penetration resistance and articles fabricated from same
    Patent number: 5254383
    Abstract: An improved flexible composite of manufacture especially suitable for use as a ballistic resistant body armor, said improved penetration resistant composite of the type comprising at least one penetration resistant layer comprising a flexible substrate having a plurality of penetration resistant elements on a surface thereof, said elements comprising a planar body having one or more fibrous layers on a surface of said body, each of said layers comprising a fiber network, said fiber network such that movement of said fibers in the direction of the edges of said body is restrained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 1992
    Date of Patent: October 19, 1993
    Assignee: Allied-Signal Inc.
    Inventors: Gary A. Harpell, Dusan C. Prevorsek, Max W. Gerlach
  • Flexible composites having rigid isolated panels and articles fabricated from same
    Patent number: 5202167
    Abstract: A flexible article of manufacture especially suitable for use as a ballistic resistant body armor which comprises one or more composite layers, at least one of said composite layers comprising a base layer having a plurality of planar bodies positioned between two sandwiching flexible layers out of contact with each other and a plurality of planar bodies positioned on a surface of said base layer out of contact with each other and in disalignment with the sandwiched planar bodies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 1991
    Date of Patent: April 13, 1993
    Assignee: Allied-Signal Inc.
    Inventors: Gary A. Harpell, Dusan C. Prevorsek, Max W. Gerlach