Protective helmet

Abstract

The invention relates to a protective helmet with an outer shell (1) for distributing impact forces, an interior layer (2) accommodated by the outer shell (1) for attenuating impact forces, and a slot (3) for accommodating an electrical device (4), wherein the outer shell (1) has a chin shell area (6) to cover a chin portion of a protective helmet wearer, wherein the outer shell (1) forms a viewing port (8) for the protective helmet wearer to look through. The protective helmet is characterized in that the slot (3) is arranged on the chin shell area (6) in such a way that the accommodated electrical device (4) is arranged between the chin shell area (6) and the interior layer (2), wherein the protective helmet has an interior cover (10) for essentially completely covering the accommodated electrical device (4) in the direction of the viewing port (8).

Claims

1. A protective helmet, comprising: an outer shell adapted to distribute impact forces, wherein the outer shell includes a chin shell portion configured to cover at least a part of a chin portion of a wearer and a viewing port configured for a wearer to look through; an interior layer within the outer shell adapted to attenuate impact forces; a slot between the chin shell portion and the interior layer; a frame located within the slot interiorly relative to the outer shell, the frame substantially comprising plastic and configured to formfittingly receive therein an electrical device; and wherein the frame defines a frame opening configured for inserting therein said electrical device; wherein the frame borders a lower edge of the chin shell portion; wherein the frame opening is located at the lower edge of the outer shell; and wherein the frame is made of a different material than both the outer shell and the interior layer.

2. The protective helmet according to claim 1, wherein the helmet defines an interior space configured to accommodate a head of a wearer, and interior cover is configured to separate an electrical device received within the frame from the interior space.

3. The protective helmet according to claim 1, the outer shell further comprising a cranial portion separate from the chin shell portion and configured to cover a cranium of a wearer, and a coupling configured to couple the chin shell portion with the cranial portion.

4. The protective helmet according to claim 3, wherein the coupling is configured to allow the chin shell portion to swivel relative to the cranial portion.

5. The protective helmet according to claim 4, wherein the coupling is configured to allow the chin shell portion to swivel relative to the cranial portion about a swivel axis that is at least transverse to a viewing direction of the wearer.

6. The protective helmet according to claim 5, configured so that when an electrical device is received within the frame said electrical device swivels with swiveling of the chin shell portion.

7. The protective helmet according to claim 3, wherein the chin shell portion is swivelable relative to the cranial portion between a first swivel position and a second swivel position.

8. The protective helmet according to claim 7, wherein the chin shell portion includes a contact surface and the cranial portion includes a counter surface, wherein in the first swivel position the counter surface covers the contact surface and in the second swivel position the contact surface is spaced from the counter surface.

9. The protective helmet according to claim 1, wherein the frame is configured to guide and receive an electrical device being inserted into the frame along an interior side of the chin shell portion.

10. The protective helmet according to claim 1, wherein the frame is configured to receive an electrical device received within the frame between the outer shell and the interior layer.

11. The protective helmet according to claim 1, wherein the frame extends along the chin shell portion from the frame opening.

12. The protective helmet according to claim 11, wherein the frame is configured for insertion of an electrical device into the frame in a vertically upwards direction or in a horizontal direction.

13. The protective helmet according to claim 1, wherein the frame has a snap device that defines a formfitting engagement configured to hold an electrical device received within the frame.

14. The protective helmet according to claim 13, wherein the slot is defined by at least one wall and is configured to flatly abut an electrical device received within the frame flatly against said at least one wall, and the snap device has at least one hook, wherein said at least one hook adjustably protrudes relative to the at least one wall and at least partially defines said formfitting engagement.

15. The protective helmet according to claim 1, wherein the protective helmet has an electric modular device and a pole arrangement configured to detachably electrically connect with an electrical device received within the frame.

16. The protective helmet according to claim 15, wherein the protective helmet has a line configured to electrically connect the modular device with an electrical device received within the frame.

17. The protective helmet according to claim 15, wherein the pole arrangement has at least one plug contact configured to formfittingly connect with an electrical device received within the frame.

18. The protective helmet according to claim 1, wherein the chin shell portion and the frame together are swivelable relative to the cranial portion.

19. A protective helmet, comprising: an outer shell adapted to distribute impact forces, wherein the outer shell includes a chin shell portion configured to cover at least a part of a chin portion of a wearer and a viewing port configured for a wearer to look through; an interior layer within the outer shell adapted to attenuate impact forces; a slot between the chin shell portion and the interior layer; a frame located within the slot interiorly relative to the outer shell, the frame substantially comprising plastic and configured to formfittingly receive therein an electrical device; and wherein the frame defines a frame opening configured for inserting therein said electrical device; wherein the frame borders a lower edge of the chin shell portion; wherein the frame opening is located at the lower edge of the outer shell; and wherein an entirety of the frame is spaced from the outer shell.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

(1) Additional configurations may be derived from the following description with reference to the figures. The drawings only illustrate an exemplary, non-limiting embodiment, in which:

(2) FIG. 1 shows a schematic, perspective view of a proposed protective helmet with an accommodated electrical device, and

(3) FIG. 2 shows a schematic diagram of the electrical connection for the protective helmet on FIG. 1.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

(4) The proposed protective helmet shown on FIG. 1 is a protective motorcycle helmet. It has an outer shell 1 made of fiberglass with an added special resin and an interior layer 2 made of expanded polystyrene. The outer shell 1 defines an interior space 11 sketched out on FIG. 2 for accommodating the head of the protective helmet wearer. The protective helmet likewise has a slot in which an electrical device 4 is accommodated. This electrical device 4 involves an operating unit with activatable operating elements 4a for an electrical modular device 5, which here is designed as a Bluetooth module. As evident from FIGS. 1 and 2, the outer shell 1 has a multipiece design, and has a chin shell area 6 and a cranial area 7, wherein the chin shell area 6 is divided into a front area 13 laterally flanked by two side areas 14a, b. A viewing port 8 of the protective helmet with a visor 9 is arranged above the chin shell area 6. A coupling mechanism 12 shown on FIG. 1 makes it possible to swivel the chin shell area 6 relative to the cranial area 7 around a swivel axis 15, wherein the slot 3 and an electrical device 4 accommodated by the slot 3 are thus likewise swiveled. Both FIG. 1 and FIG. 2 here show a swivel position of the chin shell area 6 in which the one counter-surface 16b is visible on the cranial area 7, which is covered by a corresponding contact surface 16a on the chin shell area 6 while the chin shell area 6 swivels back. The contact surface 16 and counter-surface 16b are here not limited to the outer shell 1.

(5) As evident from at least FIG. 2, the slot 3 is configured and arranged on the chin shell area 6 in such a way that the accommodated electrical device 4 is guided along an interior side 23 of the chin shell area 6 in a vertically upper direction 18relative to the swiveled back swivel position not shown here, and that the accommodated electrical device 4 is placed between the chin shell area 6i.e., the corresponding part of the outer shell 11and the interior layer 2. The protective helmet further has an interior cover 10 here formed by a corresponding part of the interior layer 2, which completely covers the electrical device 4 in the slot 3 in the direction of the viewing port 8i.e., in the upper direction. The interior cover 10 likewise completely covers the accommodated electrical device 4 relative to the interior space 11. The frame 20 of the slot 3 for formfittingly accommodating the electrical device 4 is schematically depicted on FIG. 2. The corresponding frame opening 17 of the frame 20 for inserting the electrical device 4 is arranged at the lower edge of the chin shell area 6, and hence of the outer shell 1. In the frame 20, the slot 3 has ahere only depicted schematically as wellsnap device 21 with a hook protruding from a wall of the frame 20 for establishing a formfitting engagement to hold the electrical device 4.

(6) The modular device 5 is fixedly fastened to the outer shell 1, and connected by means of a line arrangement 19 that runs via the coupling mechanism 12 of the protective helmet with a pole arrangement 22 for purposes of electrical coupling with the electrical device. The pole arrangement 22 consists of both a plug contact and a sliding contact for connection with the electrical device 4.

(7) 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.