US Patent Issued to B/E Aerospace (UK) on May 6 for "Mineral additive modified basalt fibre based PMMA composites for ballistic applications" (British Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,291,014, issued on May 6, was assigned to B/E Aerospace (UK) Ltd. (Leighon Buzzard, Great Britain).

"Mineral additive modified basalt fibre based PMMA composites for ballistic applications" was invented by Deepa Jose (Belfast, Great Britain) and Nigel J. McKibbin (Northern Ireland, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A composite panel includes woven fabrics and a polymer composite. The polymer composite includes Poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA). The woven fabrics includes basalt fibers. The basalt fibers are mineral-additive modified. Mineral-additive modified basalt fiber based PMMA composites are used for ballistic application...