Patent classifications
A42B3/0486
INTERFACE DEVICE FOR AN INFLATABLE INDIVIDUAL SAFETY DEVICE
An interface device for an inflatable individual safety device designed to hold a gas generator in a receiving part of the inflatable individual safety device having at least one positioning element designed to position and hold the gas generator in a final mounting position in the receiving part, and a sealing element arranged between the receiving part and the gas generator positioned and held by the at least one positioning element, in order to obtain a seal in an internal space of the safety device to be inflated by the gas generator.
Smart Helmet
Systems, methods, and devices for protecting a user head are provided. In one example, a computer-implemented method can comprise receiving, by a processor operatively coupled to a helmet device, helmet data comprising at least one of statistical data, statistical models, or natural intelligence algorithms. The computer-implemented method can also comprise inflating, by a gas delivery system of the helmet device, a pressure chamber element of the helmet device based on the helmet data. Furthermore, the computer-implemented method can comprise scanning, by a sensor system of the helmet device, surrounding environments of the helmet device for object data.
Protective system comprising an airbag system with an inflatable helmet communicating with an external device
A protective system is provided including an airbag system for protecting a body part of a user in case of an accident, including a control unit and a communication interface. The protective system further includes an external device having a communication interface. The communication interface of the airbag system is configured to communicate with the external device using wireless communication.
Airbag system
An airbag system for protecting a body part of a user in case of an accident is provided. The system including an airbag adapted for inflation upon an accident occurring during an intended activity, at least one sensor configured to measure movements of the airbag system, and thus indirect the movements of the user and a control unit configured to determine if the user is in a first activity state not corresponding to the intended activity by processing the output from the at least one sensor.
SPORTS HELMET
A sports helmet, in particular a bicycle helmet, a motorcycle helmet, a riding helmet or a ski helmet, comprises a shock-absorbing helmet shell and a strap fixing system for fixing the helmet shell to a user's head. The sports helmet comprises an airbag device which comprises at least one gas generator and at least one airbag which is inflatable by gas, wherein the at least one airbag is configured to protect at least a portion of the user's face in an inflated state.
Rotation damping helmet
The present invention is a helmet system that reduces concussions by damping rotational force transmitted to a helmet user. The helmet has an exterior shell and an internal body that moves independently from the exterior shell. At least one magnetic source on the exterior shell's interior has a dipole directed axially at the internal body. At least one magnetic source on the internal body has a dipole aligned with the same axis, directed at the exterior shell. In a resting state magnetic sources generate a weak magnetic field. When an impact rotates the exterior shell, it moves off the initial alignment and closer to the internal body. The previously aligned magnetic sources torque. The magnetic source on the internal body torques in the opposite direction of the rotation, as do all initially aligned magnetic sources impacted. Angular momentum is displaced, diffused, offset, damping rotational force transmitted to a helmet user.
Protective Helmet with Airbag
A protective helmet (1) comprises a cap (10) adapted to be fitted on and around the head of a user, wherein the cap (10) comprises an external shell (101) and at least one housing seat (102) for an airbag (2). At the at least one housing seat (102), the external shell (101) comprises at least a movable portion (103; 103a, 103b, 103c), which is permanently connected to a remaining fixed portion of the external shell (101) and is movable between a closed position, in which it covers the at least one housing seat (102) and an airbag (2) housed therein in a deflated condition, and an open position, in which it releases at least partially the at least one housing seat (102) allowing the airbag (2) to expand outside the cap (10) in an inflated condition.
Helmet airbag system
- Paul G. Allen ,
- Philip V. Bayly ,
- David L. Brody ,
- Jesse R. Cheatham, III ,
- Richard G. Ellenbogen ,
- Roderick A. Hyde ,
- Muriel Y. Ishikawa ,
- Jordin T. Kare ,
- Eric C. Leuthardt ,
- Nathan P. Myhrvold ,
- Tony S. Pan ,
- Robert C. Petroski ,
- Raul Radovitzky ,
- Anthony V. Smith ,
- Elizabeth A. Sweeney ,
- Clarence T. Tegreene ,
- Nicholas W. Touran ,
- Lowell L. Wood, Jr. ,
- Victoria Y. H. Wood
An airbag inflation system includes a processing circuit configured to receive object data including positional data regarding an object and at least one of a relative velocity and a relative acceleration of the object relative to a first helmet and control operation of an inflation device to inflate an airbag based on the object data.
System and method for airbag deployment and inflation
- Paul G. Allen ,
- Philip V. Bayly ,
- David L. Brody ,
- Jesse R. Cheatham, III ,
- Richard G. Ellenbogen ,
- Roderick A. Hyde ,
- Muriel Y. Ishikawa ,
- Jordin T. Kare ,
- Eric C. Leuthardt ,
- Nathan P. Myhrvold ,
- Tony S. Pan ,
- Robert C. Petroski ,
- Raul Radovitzky ,
- Anthony V. Smith ,
- Elizabeth A. Sweeney ,
- Clarence T. Tegreene ,
- Nicholas W. Touran ,
- Lowell L. Wood, Jr. ,
- Victoria Y. H. Wood
A helmet with an airbag assembly coupled to the shell of the helmet. The airbag assembly includes an airbag and an inflation device. The inflation device is configured to at least partially inflate the airbag upon deployment of the airbag assembly. The helmet also includes a processing circuit disposed at least partially within the shell. The processing circuit is configured to receive helmet data regarding a second helmet, transmit deployment data regarding inflation of the airbag assembly, and control operation of the inflation device to inflate the airbag based on the helmet data.
FLUID-BASED EXOSKELETAL BODY ARMOR WITH CLIMATE CONTROL
A protective suit comprising: a head portion comprising a fluid-filled head portion chamber; a neck portion releasably secured to the head portion and comprising a neck portion chamber, wherein the fluid-filled head portion chamber is in fluid communication with the neck portion chamber; and a torso portion releasably secured to the neck portion and comprising a fluid-filled torso portion chamber, wherein the fluid-filled torso portion chamber is in fluid communication with the neck portion chamber; and wherein the head portion is configured to be disposed on a head of the wearer, the neck portion is configured to be disposed in an arcuate manner around a neck of the wearer, and the torso portion is configured to be disposed on a torso of the wearer, such that when a force of an impact is received on the head portion, fluid from the fluid-filled head portion chamber is transferred into the neck portion chamber to support the neck of the wearer against translational and rotational forces imparted to the wearer, and when a force of an impact is received on the torso portion, fluid from the fluid-filled torso portion chamber is transferred to the neck portion chamber to support the neck of the wearer against translational and rotational forces imparted to the wearer.