US Patent Issued on Jan. 27 for "Explosive-actuated personal armor with integrated multimodal sensor system and deployable protective hood for deflecting projectiles and protecting the wearer" (Maryland Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,535,299, issued on Jan. 27.

"Explosive-actuated personal armor with integrated multimodal sensor system and deployable protective hood for deflecting projectiles and protecting the wearer" was invented by Jed Arkin (Gaithersburg, Md.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A body armor vest system including a wearable vest, a power source, a processor, at least one explosive charge, a multimodal sensor system and an inflatable protective hood, the power source, the processor and the explosive charge positioned on the wearable vest, the inflatable protective hood positioned on an upper portion of the wearable vest, the multimodal sensor system det...