Helmet
AssigneeLeatt Corporation
InventorsPieter André Keevy, Jörn Peter Steffens
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Abstract
A helmet has an outer shell, an impact absorbing liner inside the outer shell to receive loads from the outer shell and an inner liner disposed inside the impact absorbing liner, with the inner liner configured to slide relative to the impact absorbing liner. The inner liner defines a number of apertures and a deflector inside each aperture. Each deflector has a body that is connectable to the impact absorbing liner; a peripheral border that is connectable to the aperture in which it is received; and a number of deformable spokes extending between the body and the border.
Claims12
A helmet comprising:
- an outer shell;
- an impact absorbing liner disposed inside the outer shell and connected in a load transferring manner to the outer shell to receive loads from the outer shell;
- and
- at least one deflector comprising:
- a central body connected in a load transferring manner to an inside of the impact absorbing liner;
- a border extending around the central body and separated from the central body;
- and
- at least one flexible element extending between and fixedly connected to the border and the central body, said at least one flexible element extending radially outward from the central body to the border in a direction tangential to the impact absorbing liner,
- wherein said border comprises a hollow, compressible shell that extends around and defines an internal cavity of the border, and said internal cavity extending internally within the shell, longitudinally along the border, said hollow shell disposed between the outer shell and said at least one deflector.
A helmet comprising:
- an outer shell;
- an impact absorbing liner disposed inside the outer shell and connected in a load transferring manner to the outer shell to receive loads from the outer shell;
- at least one deflector comprising:
- a central body connected in a load transferring manner to an inside of the impact absorbing liner;
- and
- a border extending around the central body and separated from the central body;
- and
- at least one flexible element extending between and fixedly connected to the border and the central body, said at least one flexible element extending radially outward from the central body to the border in a direction tangential to the impact absorbing liner;
- and
- an inner liner that extends at least partly around the border and which is configured to transfer loads to the border in tangential directions, the inner liner defining a receiving formation in which the border is received,
- wherein said border defines a hollow, compressible shell with an inner cavity extending along the border.
A helmet comprising:
- an outer shell;
- an impact absorbing liner disposed inside the outer shell and connected in a load transferring manner to the outer shell to receive loads from the outer shell;
- and
- at least one deflector comprising:
- a central body connected in a load transferring manner to an inside of the impact absorbing liner;
- a border extending around the central body and separated from the central body, the border having a U-shaped profile that is open towards the impact absorbing liner;
- and
- at least one flexible element extending between and fixedly connected to the border and the central body, said at least one flexible element extending radially outward from the central body to the border in a direction tangential to the impact absorbing liner,
- wherein said border defines a hollow, compressible shell with an inner cavity extending along the border.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.