A42B 3/06
Impact-absorbing shells
Official title: Impact-absorbing shells, e.g. of crash helmets
A42B3/06 (Impact-absorbing shells) appears on 955 US grants and 1,260 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A42B- Granted patents
- 955
- Published applications
- 1,260
- Assignees
- 430
- Inventors
- 1,657
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 4 | 0 |
| 1977 | 3 | 0 |
| 1978 | 5 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 4 | 0 |
| 1981 | 4 | 0 |
| 1982 | 2 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | 4 | 0 |
| 1985 | 3 | 0 |
| 1986 | 5 | 0 |
| 1987 | 6 | 0 |
| 1988 | 4 | 0 |
| 1989 | 2 | 0 |
| 1990 | 6 | 0 |
| 1991 | 10 | 0 |
| 1992 | 8 | 0 |
| 1993 | 5 | 0 |
| 1994 | 8 | 0 |
| 1995 | 5 | 0 |
| 1996 | 8 | 0 |
| 1997 | 6 | 0 |
| 1998 | 11 | 0 |
| 1999 | 8 | 0 |
| 2000 | 12 | 0 |
| 2001 | 19 | 4 |
| 2002 | 17 | 11 |
| 2003 | 5 | 7 |
| 2004 | 8 | 11 |
| 2005 | 7 | 15 |
| 2006 | 10 | 18 |
| 2007 | 4 | 18 |
| 2008 | 4 | 14 |
| 2009 | 3 | 10 |
| 2010 | 10 | 16 |
| 2011 | 10 | 16 |
| 2012 | 11 | 33 |
| 2013 | 8 | 36 |
| 2014 | 15 | 55 |
| 2015 | 26 | 70 |
| 2016 | 44 | 87 |
| 2017 | 51 | 90 |
| 2018 | 44 | 123 |
| 2019 | 90 | 124 |
| 2020 | 77 | 94 |
| 2021 | 57 | 82 |
| 2022 | 64 | 63 |
| 2023 | 68 | 70 |
| 2024 | 59 | 80 |
| 2025 | 71 | 63 |
| 2026 | 40 | 50 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Impact protection systems6 Oct 2026US 12,751,514 B2100% Speedlab, LLC
- Protective sports helmet22 Sep 2026US 12,740,609 B2Bell Sports, Inc.
- Machine vendible expandable helmet and manufacture of same22 Sep 2026US 12,740,611 B2Membrain Safety Solutions, LLC
- Hybrid crush zone shock absorber apparatus, systems, and methods of using the same8 Sep 2026US 12,729,740 B2Savior Brain Inc.
- Protective helmet25 Aug 2026US 12,714,172 B2ABUS August Bremicker Söhne KG
- Position-specific helmet protection8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305750 A1Vicis IP, LLC
- Helmet8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305751 A1Mips AB
- Protective Helmet Assembly Having A Conversion Band8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305753 A1
- Helmet capable of dispersing impact force24 Sep 2026US 2026/0283290 A1Vog—Image Police Inc.
- A hard hat with an integrated electronic subsystem24 Sep 2026US 2026/0283291 A1Xyz Reality Limited
Most cited
By later US patents