Israel OEM - Aluminum FoamPlasan Sasa (Israel OEM) has patents in US/Europe for Energy Aborbing Device for a Vechicle Seat which incorporates the use of
Aluminum Foam. The patent can be applied for both military and non-military applications.
I understand that Plasan Sasa also has a retrofit application for existing military seat structures that allows the use of the same seat but includes the use of aluminum foam to provide blast protection.
Another tie-back to Cymat's Investor Presentation that lists Israel OEM as a current global client. It is good to see potential wide scope of applications being explored (ie. Blast seats, V-Hulls, Retrofits, new vechicle designs etc).
From Cymat website....."SmartMetal™ is manufactured into large dimensional panels for both interior and exterior blast attenuating systems as well as near-net shaped castings for more complex geometric volumes found in internal vehicle structures."
This US Patent was published May 19, 2009
https://www.freepatentsonline.com/7533924.html?query=6%2C520%2C541+&stemming=on
This US Patent was published July 1, 2008
https://www.freepatentsonline.com/7393039.html