ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,669,311, issued on June 30, was assigned to sedak GmbH & Co. KG (Gersthofen, Germany).
"Ballistic block for a bullet resistant glazing" was invented by Fritz Schlogl (Stadtbergen, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a ballistic block (10) particularly for a bullet-resistant glazing (100) or as bullet-resistant glazing (100), wherein the ballistic block (10) comprises at least two transparent panes (11, 12, 13, 14) joined to one another via an interlayer (19), whereby the ballistic block (10) is constructed without an energy-absorbing layer or polycarbonate film, and whereby the at least two transparent panes (...