ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,674,649, issued on July 7, was assigned to AVIENT PROTECTIVE MATERIALS B.V. (Geleen, Netherlands).
"Ballistic-resistant molded article" was invented by Johann Van Elburg (Echt, Netherlands), Matthew Craig (Stanley, N.C.) and James Rogers (Stanley, N.C.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides process for producing a ballistic-resistant molded article, which molded article comprises: i) a plurality of layers of unidirectionally aligned polyolefin fibers, which layers are substantially absent a bonding matrix; and ii) a plurality of layers of adhesive, and which process comprises: a) providing a plurality of precursor s...