US Patent Issued to SAINT-GOBAIN CENTRE DE RECHERCHES ET D'ETUDES EUROPEEN on Oct. 7 for "Armor plating made of fine-grain boron carbide and silicon carbide" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,435,006, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to SAINT-GOBAIN CENTRE DE RECHERCHES ET D'ETUDES EUROPEEN (Courbevoie, France).

"Armor plating made of fine-grain boron carbide and silicon carbide" was invented by Jerome Sant (Les Angles, France) and Jerome Brulin (Saint-Martin-de-Crau, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An antiballistic armor-plating component, includes a ceramic body made of a material comprising, as percentages by volume, between 35% and 55% of silicon carbide, between 20% and 50% of boron carbide, between 15% and 35% of a metallic silicon phase or of a metallic phase including silicon."

The patent was filed on Dec. 18, 202...