Patent 7736729 was granted and assigned to TOUCHSTONE RESEARCH LABORATORY LTD (INC) on June, 2010 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
A blast energy mitigating composite useful for protecting a surface or an object from a blast, shock waves, or stress waves caused by a sudden, violent release of energy is described. Certain configurations of the blast energy mitigating composite may include a energy mitigating units contained in an energy mitigating matrix. The energy mitigating units may comprise a porous energy mitigating material such as carbon foam.