US Patent Issued to VSL International on Sept. 2 for "Armoury element for the protection of a structural material and/or load-carrying element" (Belgian Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,404,641, issued on Sept. 2, was assigned to VSL International AG (Bern, Switzerland).

"Armoury element for the protection of a structural material and/or load-carrying element" was invented by Rachid Annan (Rapperswil, Belgium).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An armoury assembly is provided for the protection of a structural material and/or load-carrying element having a longitudinal axis. The armoury assembly is provided longitudinally surrounding the structural material and/or load-carrying element to be protected. The armoury assembly comprises at least two different layers, one being an energy-absorption matrix, the other layer being m...