Patents by Inventor Stephen A. Monette, JR.

Stephen A. Monette, JR. 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).

  • Method for increasing ballistic resistant performance of ultra high hard steel alloys
    Patent number: 9850552
    Abstract: A method of processing ultra high hardness steel is provided to increase its usefulness in armor applications. The method involves slowly cooling the ultra high hardness steel to a cryogenic temperature, slowly returning the steel to an ambient temperature, slowly heating the steel, and again slowly returning it to an ambient temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignee: INCIDENT CONTROL SYSTEMS
    Inventor: Stephen A. Monette, Jr.
  • Composite Armor
    Publication number: 20120325076
    Abstract: Ultra high hardness steel based composite armor having crack mitigating layers. A method of using ultra high hardness steel in ballistics armor applications. A method of overcoming brittleness of a ultra high hardness steel plate for using the ultra high hardness steel in ballistic armor applications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2011
    Publication date: December 27, 2012
    Inventor: Stephen A. Monette, JR.