ELECTROACTIVE BALLISTIC PROTECTION SYSTEM
A ballistic protection system combines electrical storage and/or electrical generation features, including at least one layer of material which provides ballistic protection and at least one layer of material which is electrically active.
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5 . A system for providing ballistic protection and storing electrical energy comprising a multilayer material configured to store electrical energy, comprising:
i. a positive electrically-active layer having a positive charge;
ii. a negative electrically-active layer having a negative charge; and
iii. an insulating layer between the positive electrically-active layer and the negative electrically-active layer,
wherein the multilayer material is configured to resist ballistics.
6 . The system of claim 5 wherein the positive electrically-active layer has a positive terminal and the negative electrically-active layer has a negative terminal.
7 . The system of claim 6 wherein the battery has a durometer of 110 or less and forms a soft layer of the material.
8 . The system of claim 5 wherein the electrical energy is stored as an electrochemical potential utilizing one or more elements selected from the group consisting of lithium, sulfur, cobalt, manganese, zinc, silver, cadmium and carbon.
9 . The system of claim 5 wherein at least one electrically-active layer has one or more additional ballistic materials added thereto, selected from the group consisting of micronized ceramics, single-walled nanotubes, electrically-conductive nanotubes and carbon nanotubes.
10 . The system of claim 5 wherein the insulating layer has one or more ballistic fibers therein, selected from the group consisting of Aramid, Kevlar, electrically-conductive nanotubes and boron nitride nanotubes.
11 . The system of claim 5 wherein the electrically-active layers are made of materials selected from the group consisting of copper alloys, aluminum alloys and carbon nanotubes for improved ballistic resistance.
12 . The system of claim 5 wherein the multilayer material harvests energy from kinetic energy through a means selected from the group consisting of the Seebeck effect, electrostatic generation, magnetic motion, Electro-active Polymers, nanogenerators and vibrational harvesters.
13 . The system of claim 12 wherein the insulating layer contains doped ceramic materials.
14 . The system of claim 5 wherein the multilayer material harvests energy from thermo-electric generation through an effect selected from the group consisting of the Ettingshausen effect, Nernst effect, Peltier effect, and Thomson effect.
15 . The system of claim 5 further comprising a receiver antenna connected to the multilayer material, the antenna configured to receive energy from electro-magnetic radiation, wherein the multilayer material stores the energy.
16 . The system of claim 5 wherein the multilayer material has an outer layer comprising one or more photovoltaic panels.