Lockheed and EEStor Partner Up in Body Armor Patent

In a recent patent published by the World Intellectual Property Organization, Lockheed Martin is currently researching the development of body armor that would include EEStor’s latest technology, the Electrical Energy Storage Unit (EESU).

Lockheed’s patent describes the patent as being “body armor having an electrical energy storage unit formed as a layer that substantially conforms to an armor plate.”  The idea is that if one section of the armor is damaged, the other sections could be electronically coupled, reports Clean Break.  There is also mention of the electrical energy storage layer providing additional protection from bullets and ballistic fragments.  An external fuel-cell would also be used to recharge the storage layer in the body armor.

The body armor patent is similar to other models, because it would still be worn like a form-fitting vest.  But, the patent does go on to say that the electrical energy storage would be composed of “one or more solid state, capacitive, electrical energy storage devices, such as those provided by EEStor, Inc. of Cedar Park, Texas.”

Last week, DynamicPatents mentioned how EEStor had recently been granted a patent on their EESU technology.  These batteries theoretically have an unlimited lifetime, and can potentially revolutionize the electric car.  While there are some skeptics of this technology, the fact that EEStor is mentioned in a patent with Lockheed Martin automatically gives the EESU more validity.