ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,319,033, issued on June 3, was assigned to Graphene Composites Ltd. (Stockton-on-Tees, Great Britain).
"Composite structure" was invented by Sandy Chen (Balcombe, Great Britain) and Stephen Devine (Hebburn, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "There is provided a composite structure, comprising a protective structure comprising a plurality of ballistic layers arranged as a stack; and an ancillary structure adjacent to the protective structure adapted to at least partly absorb a force acting on the protective structure. The ancillary structure comprises at least one first layer comprising an aerogel arranged to at least partly abso...