Patents by Inventor Wiktor Serafin
Wiktor Serafin 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).
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Patent number: 10046540Abstract: A transparent laminate structure is provided that includes a front section, a rear section, and a middle section securing the front and rear sections to one another with a gap therebetween. The front section has a strike face formed of an impact resistant layer and a polymer backing layer bonded to the impact resistant layer by an interlayer. The rear section has a forward face comprising at least one polymer layer. The front and middle sections can form an integral subassembly.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2012Date of Patent: August 14, 2018Assignee: ORAN SAFETY GLASS INC.Inventors: Katherine T Leighton, Edgar L Aleshire, Wiktor Serafin, Christopher M Snively, Carsten Weinhold, Theodore A Wegert, Kurt Schaupert
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Patent number: 9228369Abstract: A portable protection system including a selectively collapsible truss for supporting a protection member. The truss is movable between a collapsed position and an expanded position. The protection member includes at least one layer of ballistic armor material for disrupting a projectile. The truss includes suitable connectors for releasably connecting the protection member to the truss, and also suitable connectors for releasably connecting the truss to an adjoining truss so as to form a protection wall.Type: GrantFiled: July 3, 2012Date of Patent: January 5, 2016Assignee: Dynamic Defense Materials, LLCInventors: John Carberry, George Forsythe, Harvey Kliman, Katherine Leighton, John Garnier, Ray Ballario, Wiktor Serafin, Jason Ickes
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Patent number: 8846174Abstract: A transparent laminate structure is provided that includes two transparent layers, a transparent interlayer, and an inorganic barrier layer. The two transparent layers each have an inner face and a side edge. The transparent interlayer is between and laminates the inner faces of the two transparent layers to one another. The transparent interlayer also extends over the side edges of the two transparent layers and laminates the inorganic barrier layer to at least the side edges of the two transparent layers.Type: GrantFiled: February 24, 2012Date of Patent: September 30, 2014Assignee: Schott CorporationInventors: Katherine T Leighton, Edgar L Aleshire, Theodore A Wegert, Wiktor Serafin, Christopher M Snively, John Carberry, Eric Urruti, Rebecca S Neill
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Patent number: 8544376Abstract: A transparent armor system includes a hard face fabricated from a substantially transparent glass-ceramic material exhibiting crystalline bodies throughout the mass of the glass-ceramic material and a backing covering a rear surface of the hard face opposite an anticipated incoming projectile. The backing has a refractive index substantially matching that of the hard face such as to allow substantial transparency of the transparent armor system. The hard face serves to disburse energy caused by the impact of an incoming projectile with the transparent armor system, while the backing serves to retain any pieces of the hard face fractured during ballistic impact. In certain embodiments, a plurality of hard faces are held in parallel and spaced apart arrangement.Type: GrantFiled: December 29, 2011Date of Patent: October 1, 2013Assignee: Schott CorporationInventors: John Carberry, Katherine Leighton, John Boyett, Carl Cline, Marcella Mirata, Wiktor Serafin, Edgar Aleshire
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Publication number: 20130019741Abstract: A transparent armor system includes a hard face fabricated from a substantially transparent glass-ceramic material exhibiting crystalline bodies throughout the mass of the glass-ceramic material and a backing covering a rear surface of the hard face opposite an anticipated incoming projectile. The backing has a refractive index substantially matching that of the hard face such as to allow substantial transparency of the transparent armor system. The hard face serves to disburse energy caused by the impact of an incoming projectile with the transparent armor system, while the backing serves to retain any pieces of the hard face fractured during ballistic impact. In certain embodiments, a plurality of hard faces are held in parallel and spaced apart arrangement.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 29, 2011Publication date: January 24, 2013Applicant: SCHOTT CORPORATIONInventors: John Carberry, John Boyett, Carl Cline, Marcella Mirata, Katherine Leighton, Wiktor Serafin, Edgar Aleshire
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Publication number: 20120279383Abstract: A portable protection system including a selectively collapsible truss for supporting a protection member. The truss is movable between a collapsed position and an expanded position. The protection member includes at least one layer of ballistic armor material for disrupting a projectile. The truss includes suitable connectors for releasably connecting the protection member to the truss, and also suitable connectors for releasably connecting the truss to an adjoining truss so as to form a protection wall.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 3, 2012Publication date: November 8, 2012Applicant: Dynamic Defense Materials LLCInventors: John Carberry, George Forsythe, Harvey Kliman, Katherine Leighton, John Garnier, Ray Ballario, Wiktor Serafin, Jason Ickes
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Publication number: 20120269995Abstract: A transparent laminate structure is provided that includes a front section, a rear section, and a middle section securing the front and rear sections to one another with a gap therebetween. The front section has a strike face formed of an impact resistant layer and a polymer backing layer bonded to the impact resistant layer by an interlayer. The rear section has a forward face comprising at least one polymer layer. The front and middle sections can form an integral subassembly.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 20, 2012Publication date: October 25, 2012Applicant: SCHOTT CORPORATIONInventors: Katherine T. Leighton, Edgar L. Aleshire, Wiktor Serafin, Christopher M. Snively, Carsten Weinhold, Theodore A. Wegert, Kurt Schaupert
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Publication number: 20120219749Abstract: A transparent laminate structure is provided that includes two transparent layers, a transparent interlayer, and an inorganic barrier layer. The two transparent layers each have an inner face and a side edge. The transparent interlayer is between and laminates the inner faces of the two transparent layers to one another. The transparent interlayer also extends over the side edges of the two transparent layers and laminates the inorganic barrier layer to at least the side edges of the two transparent layers.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 24, 2012Publication date: August 30, 2012Applicant: SCHOTT CORPORATIONInventors: Katherine T. Leighton, Edgar L. Aleshire, Theodore A. Wegert, Wiktor Serafin, Christopher M. Snively, John Carberry, Eric Urruti, Rebecca S. Neill
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Patent number: 8234967Abstract: A portable protection system including a selectively collapsible truss for supporting a protection member. The truss is movable between a collapsed position and an expanded position. The protection member includes at least one layer of ballistic armor material for disrupting a projectile. The truss includes suitable connectors for releasably connecting the protection member to the truss, and also suitable connectors for releasably connecting the truss to an adjoining truss so as to form a protection wall.Type: GrantFiled: May 3, 2011Date of Patent: August 7, 2012Assignee: Dynamic Defense Materials LLCInventors: John Carberry, George Forsythe, Harvey Kliman, Katherine Leighton, John Garnier, Ray Ballario, Wiktor Serafin, Jason Ickes
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Patent number: 8176829Abstract: An armor system includes a hard face and at least one reinforcing layer covering a rear surface of the hard face. The reinforcing layer is fabricated from a glass-ceramic material exhibiting crystalline bodies throughout the mass of the glass-ceramic material. At least one resilient layer forms a rearward outer layer of the armor system. The hard face and cooperating reinforcing layers serve to disburse energy caused by the impact of an incoming projectile with the armor system, while the resilient layer serves to retain any pieces of the hard face and reinforcing layers fractured during ballistic impact. In certain embodiments, a plurality of hard faces, each with cooperating reinforcing and resilient layers, are held in parallel and spaced apart arrangement.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2009Date of Patent: May 15, 2012Assignee: Schott CorporationInventors: John Carberry, John Boyett, Carl Cline, Marcella Mirata, Katherine T. Leighton, Wiktor Serafin, Edgar Aleshire
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Patent number: 8176828Abstract: A transparent armor system includes a hard face fabricated from a substantially transparent glass-ceramic material exhibiting crystalline bodies throughout the mass of the glass-ceramic material and a backing covering a rear surface of the hard face opposite an anticipated incoming projectile. The backing has a refractive index substantially matching that of the hard face such as to allow substantial transparency of the transparent armor system. The hard face serves to disburse energy caused by the impact of an incoming projectile with the transparent armor system, while the backing serves to retain any pieces of the hard face fractured during ballistic impact. In certain embodiments, a plurality of hard faces are held in parallel and spaced apart arrangement.Type: GrantFiled: January 7, 2009Date of Patent: May 15, 2012Assignee: Schott CorporationInventors: John Carberry, John Boyett, Carl Cline, Marcella Mirata, Katherine T. Leighton, Wiktor Serafin, Edgar Aleshire
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Publication number: 20120097017Abstract: An armor system includes a hard face and at least one reinforcing layer covering a rear surface of the hard face. The reinforcing layer is fabricated from a glass-ceramic material exhibiting crystalline bodies throughout the mass of the glass-ceramic material. At least one resilient layer forms a rearward outer layer of the armor system. The hard face and cooperating reinforcing layers serve to disburse energy caused by the impact of an incoming projectile with the armor system, while the resilient layer serves to retain any pieces of the hard face and reinforcing layers fractured during ballistic impact. In certain embodiments, a plurality of hard faces, each with cooperating reinforcing and resilient layers, are held in parallel and spaced apart arrangement.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 29, 2009Publication date: April 26, 2012Inventors: John Carberry, John Boyett, Carl Cline, Marcella Mirata, Katherine T. Leighton, Wiktor Serafin, Edgar Aleshire
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Patent number: 8069769Abstract: A portable protection system including a selectively collapsible truss for supporting a protection member. The truss is movable between a collapsed position and an expanded position. The protection member includes at least one layer of ballistic armor material for disrupting a projectile. The truss includes suitable connectors for releasably connecting the protection member to the truss, and also suitable connectors for releasably connecting the truss to an adjoining truss so as to form a protection wall.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2008Date of Patent: December 6, 2011Assignee: Dynamic Defense Materials, LLCInventors: John Carberry, George D. Forsythe, Harvey Kliman, Katherine T. Leighton, John Garnier, Ray Ballario, Wiktor Serafin, Jason Ickes
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Publication number: 20110209605Abstract: A portable protection system including a selectively collapsible truss for supporting a protection member. The truss is movable between a collapsed position and an expanded position. The protection member includes at least one layer of ballistic armor material for disrupting a projectile. The truss includes suitable connectors for releasably connecting the protection member to the truss, and also suitable connectors for releasably connecting the truss to an adjoining truss so as to form a protection wall.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 3, 2011Publication date: September 1, 2011Applicant: DYNAMIC DEFENSE MATERIALS LLCInventors: John Carberry, George Forsythe, Harvey Kliman, Katherine Leighton, John Garnier, Ray Ballario, Wiktor Serafin, Jason Ickes
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Patent number: 7934444Abstract: A portable protection system including a selectively collapsible truss for supporting a protection member. The truss is movable between a collapsed position and an expanded position. The protection member includes at least one layer of ballistic armor material for disrupting a projectile. The truss includes suitable connectors for releasably connecting the protection member to the truss, and also suitable connectors for releasably connecting the truss to an adjoining truss so as to form a protection wall.Type: GrantFiled: July 21, 2010Date of Patent: May 3, 2011Assignee: Dynamic Defense Materials, LLCInventors: John Carberry, George Forsythe, Harvey Kliman, Katherine Leighton, John Garnier, Ray Ballario, Wiktor Serafin, Jason Ickes
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Publication number: 20110000362Abstract: A portable protection system including a selectively collapsible truss for supporting a protection member. The truss is movable between a collapsed position and an expanded position. The protection member includes at least one layer of ballistic armor material for disrupting a projectile. The truss includes suitable connectors for releasably connecting the protection member to the truss, and also suitable connectors for releasably connecting the truss to an adjoining truss so as to form a protection wall.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 21, 2010Publication date: January 6, 2011Applicant: Dynamic Defense Materials LLCInventors: John Carberry, George Forsythe, Harvey Kliman, Katherine Leighton, John Garnier, Ray Ballario, Wiktor Serafin, Jason Ickes
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Publication number: 20100043629Abstract: A portable protection system including a selectively collapsible truss for supporting a protection member. The truss is movable between a collapsed position and an expanded position. The protection member includes at least one layer of ballistic armor material for disrupting a projectile. The truss includes suitable connectors for releasably connecting the protection member to the truss, and also suitable connectors for releasably connecting the truss to an adjoining truss so as to form a protection wall.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 24, 2008Publication date: February 25, 2010Inventors: John CARBERRY, George D. Forsythe, Harvey Kliman, Katherine Leighton, John Garnier, Ray Ballario, Wiktor Serafin, Jason Ickes
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Publication number: 20090217813Abstract: A transparent armor system includes a hard face fabricated from a substantially transparent glass-ceramic material exhibiting crystalline bodies throughout the mass of the glass-ceramic material and a backing covering a rear surface of the hard face opposite an anticipated incoming projectile. The backing has a refractive index substantially matching that of the hard face such as to allow substantial transparency of the transparent armor system. The hard face serves to disburse energy caused by the impact of an incoming projectile with the transparent armor system, while the backing serves to retain any pieces of the hard face fractured during ballistic impact. In certain embodiments, a plurality of hard faces are held in parallel and spaced apart arrangement.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 7, 2009Publication date: September 3, 2009Inventors: John CARBERRY, John Boyett, Carl Cline, Marcella Mirata, Katherine T. Leighton, Wiktor Serafin, Edgar Aleshire