US Patent Issued to Rafael Advanced Defense Systems on Sept. 30 for "Reactive protective armor" (Israeli Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,429,310, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to Rafael Advanced Defense Systems Ltd. (Haifa, Israel).

"Reactive protective armor" was invented by Samuel Friling (Kfar Vradim, Israel), Ron Michaelis (Kiryat Tivon, Israel), Adam Godinger (Maoz Haim, Israel) and Oleg Billert (Ein Yaakov, Israel).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A reactive armor for defeating threats comprises an outer shell having outer and inner surfaces, an inner reactive plate, and explosive material disposed between said inner surface and said reactive plate, wherein said reactive plate is configured to be displaced away from said inner surface upon activation of said explos...