THOMAS CLINTON HUDSON, JR
Pilots at Faring Rd, Birmingham, AL

License number
Alabama A0895842
Issued Date
Oct 2016
Expiration Date
Oct 2017
Category
Airmen
Type
Authorized Aircraft Instructor
Address
Address
3368 Faring Rd, Birmingham, AL 35223

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Resilient Shock Resistant Ceramic Panel

US Patent:
5705250, Jan 6, 1998
Filed:
Jun 8, 1995
Appl. No.:
8/482911
Inventors:
Thomas C. Hudson - Birmingham AL
International Classification:
B32B 306
US Classification:
428 99
Abstract:
A wear and shock resistant ceramic-cored composite panel (11) for use in equipment exposed to heavy abrasive materials comprising a plurality of commensurately shaped generally planar layers. The layers are comprised of and sequentially arranged in the following order: a ceramic layer (12); a first fiberglass reinforced plastic composite layer (13); a resilient core layer for absorbing impact energy imparted indirectly thereto by the heavy abrasive materials (14); and a second fiberglass reinforced plastic composite layer (16), wherein the layers are consecutively bonded together in the order set out above by an adhesive, then secured to various sites of wear inside equipment by known types of attachment or utilized as structural members themselves.