PROTECTIVE HELMET

Abstract

A protective helmet, particularly a motorbike protective helmet, comprising an outer shell (1) for the distribution of impact forces, the outer shell (1) comprising a chin shell region (2) for covering a chin part of the person wearing the protective helmet, wherein the outer shell (1) comprises a viewing opening (3) arranged above the chin shell region (2), for the person wearing the protective helmet to see through, and the protective helmet has a slot (4a) with a slot shape for interlockingly receiving an electronic module (5a) corresponding to the slot shape, said slot (4a) comprising a slot opening substantially bordering an edge of the viewing opening (3). The protective helmet comprises another slot (4b) having another slot opening substantially bordering the edge of the viewing opening (3) and having the slot shape for interlockingly receiving another electronic module (5b) corresponding to the slot shape.

Claims

1. A protective helmet comprising an outer shell configured to distribute impact forces thereon, the outer shell defining a chin shell portion configured to cover a chin part of a user wearing the protective helmet, a viewing opening located above the chin shell portion configured for a user wearing the protective helmet to see through the viewing opening, a slot defining a slot shape configured to form-fittingly receive an electronic module corresponding to the slot shape and a slot opening substantially adjacent an edge of the viewing opening, and a further slot defining a further slot opening substantially adjacent the edge of the viewing opening and a further slot shape configured to form-fittingly receive a further electronic module corresponding to the further slot shape.

2. The protective helmet according to claim 1, further comprising an electronic system configured to display information in an image to a user wearing the protective helmet, wherein the electronic system includes the electronic module and the further electronic module.

3. The protective helmet according to claim 16, wherein the optical module comprises a projection surface configured to project the image.

4. The protective helmet according to claim 3, wherein the optical module defines a main housing, a display housing and a joint configured to allow pivoting of the display housing relative to the main housing.

5. The protective helmet according to claim 1, wherein the protective helmet includes a line configured to provide a signal connection between an electronic module and a further electronic module when received in the slot and further slot, respectively.

6. The protective helmet according to claim 1, wherein the slot and the further slot are each located internally to the outer shell.

7. The protective helmet according to one claim 1, wherein the protective helmet includes an inner layer located within the outer shell and configured to absorb impact forces thereon.

8. The protective helmet according to claim 1, wherein the slot and the further slot are located substantially symmetrically relative to a central plane of the protective helmet, wherein the central plane is aligned parallel with a direction of sight of a user wearing the protective helmet and parallel to a vertical direction of a user wearing the protective helmet.

9. The protective helmet according to claim 8, wherein the slot and the further slot are located in the chin shell portion.

10. The protective helmet according to claim 9, wherein the slot and the further slot each include a grip configured to grip the electronic module and the further electronic module, respectively.

11. The protective helmet according to claim 1, wherein outer shell defines a helmet terminal edge delimiting a lower edge of the protective helmet, wherein the slot and the further slot are located adjacent the helmet terminal edge.

12. The protective helmet according to claim 1, wherein the protective helmet defines at least one additional slot configured to form-fittingly receive an additional module.

13. The protective helmet according to claim 12, wherein the at least one additional slot includes two additional slots.

14. The protective helmet according to claim 12, wherein the at least one additional module includes a battery configured to operationally supply the electronic module and/or the further electronic module with electrical energy.

15. The protective helmet according to one claim 1, wherein the protective helmet includes ventilation ducting connected to the slot and the further slot and configured to cool the electronic module and the further electronic module.

16. The protective helmet according to claim 2, wherein the electronic system further comprises an optical module configured to depict said image.

17. The protective helmet according to claim 3, wherein the optical module includes an imaging device configured to generate the image and a collimator configured to align light rays of the generated image for projection of the image onto the projection surface.

18. The protective helmet according to claim 4, wherein the projection surface is located in the display housing.

19. The protective helmet according to claim 18, wherein, when an electronic module is received in the slot, the main housing is form-fittingly received by the slot and the display housing is pivotable via the joint.

20. The protective helmet according to claim 5, wherein the line includes a contact securely connected to the slot and configured to contact an electronic module when an electronic module is received in the slot, and a further contact securely connected to the further slot configured to electrically contact a further electronic module when a further electronic module is received by the further slot.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0034] Further configurations result from the following description with reference to the figures. In the drawings, depicting only one exemplary embodiment, the drawings show:

[0035] FIG. 1 shows a schematic oblique front view of an exemplary embodiment of a protective helmet;

[0036] FIG. 2 shows a schematic section plan view of the protective helmet of FIG. 1; and

[0037] FIG. 3 shows a schematic side view of the protective helmet of FIG. 1.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0038] The exemplary protective helmet illustrated in FIG. 1 is a motorcycle protective helmet and specifically a full-face helmet. It has an outer shell 1, labelled in FIGS. 1 and 3, for distributing impact forces. In the exemplary embodiment illustrated, the outer shell 1 consists of glass fiber with an added special resin. A chin shell region 2 of the outer shell 1 covers the chin part of a person wearing the protective helmet, who is not illustrated here. A viewing opening 3 is above the chin shell region 2, which viewing opening can be covered by a visor of the protective helmet, which is not illustrated here. The chin shell region 2 is constructed in one piece with the remainder of the outer shell 1.

[0039] The protective helmet shown in the figures has a slot 4a with a slot opening, and a further slot 4b with a further slot opening, wherein the slot shape common to both slots 4a, b can be seen from FIG. 2. In FIG. 1, the protective helmet is illustrated with an electronic module 5a accommodated by the slot 4a and a further electronic module 5b accommodated by the further slot 4b. The electronic module 5a is the optical module 6 of a head-up display and the further electronic module 5b is the processor module 7 of the head-up display. The projection surface 8 of the optical module 6 is illustrated schematically in FIG. 3.

[0040] In the illustrated embodiment, the slot 4a and the further slot 4b are symmetrical with regards to position and alignment to a central plane 10 of the protective helmet indicated in FIGS. 1 and 2. It can be seen that the slot 4a and the further slot 4b border the helmet terminal edge 11 of the outer shell 1 for delimiting the protective helmet and in particular the outer shell 1 at the bottom.

[0041] In addition to the slot 4a and the further slot 4b, the illustrated protective helmet further has two additional slots 12a, b, which are set up for accommodating a respective additional module, wherein one of the additional modules is a battery here. Also, the additional slots 12a, b in the illustrated embodiment are arranged symmetrically with respect to the central plane 10.

[0042] A line arrangement 9 for electrically connecting the electronic module 5a to the further electronic module 5b and to the additional modules in the additional slots 12a, b is illustrated schematically in FIGS. 2 and 3. A ventilation duct arrangement 13 for supplying air for cooling the electronic module 5a and the further electronic module 5b is shown schematically in FIG. 2.

[0043] While the above describes certain embodiments, those skilled in the art should understand that the foregoing description is not intended to limit the spirit or scope of the present disclosure. It should also be understood that the embodiments of the present disclosure described herein are merely exemplary and that a person skilled in the art may make any variations and modification without departing from the spirit and scope of the disclosure. All such variations and modifications, including those discussed above, are intended to be included within the scope of the disclosure.