Patents by Inventor Thinh Pho

Thinh Pho 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).

  • Projectile resistant armor
    Patent number: 7363846
    Abstract: A body armor assembly includes a plurality of rigid tiles that are supported in a manner to provide movement and flexibility while still providing the protection of rigid armor. In a disclosed example, a tile holder maintains a plurality of tiles in a selected alignment. The tile holder maintains a minimum overlap dimension between adjacent tiles. Some of the tiles are maintained by the tile holder in a manner that allows for the overlap dimension to increase beyond the minimum overlap dimension. In a disclosed example, at least two rigid layers have at least one ballistic material layer between them to provide a rigid armor material composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2008
    Assignee: Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation
    Inventors: W. Clark Dean, Kevin G. Hawes, Robert Wichowski, Thinh Pho
  • PROJECTILE RESISTANT ARMOR
    Publication number: 20080087161
    Abstract: A body armor assembly includes a plurality of rigid tiles that are supported in a manner to provide movement and flexibility while still providing the protection of rigid armor. In a disclosed example, a tile holder maintains a plurality of tiles in a selected alignment. The tile holder maintains a minimum overlap dimension between adjacent tiles. Some of the tiles are maintained by the tile holder in a manner that allows for the overlap dimension to increase beyond the minimum overlap dimension. In a disclosed example, at least two rigid layers have at least one ballistic material layer between them to provide a rigid armor material composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2004
    Publication date: April 17, 2008
    Inventors: W. Clark Dean, Kevin G. Hawes, Robert Wichowski, Thinh Pho