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US 2012/0304365 A1Published application
Sensor for use in protective headgear
AssigneeTHL Holding Company, LLC
InventorsJohn W. Howard, Richard Cutler
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Abstract
A sensor includes a housing and a mass, suspended in the housing. The motion of the mass emulates dynamic behavior of a brain of the wearer along a plurality of axes. At least one sensing element is coupled to generate sensor data based on the motion of the mass, in response to an impact to a protective helmet.
Claims20
A sensor for monitoring protective headgear of a wearer, the sensor comprising:
- a housing;
- a mass, suspended in the housing, wherein motion of the mass emulates dynamic behavior of a brain of the wearer along a plurality of axes;
- and
- at least one sensing element, coupled to generate sensor data based on the motion of the mass, in response to an impact to the protective headgear.
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An article of protective headgear comprising,
- a headgear element for use by a wearer;
- at least one sensor coupled to the headgear element, wherein the at least one sensor includes:
- a housing;
- a mass, suspended in the housing, wherein motion of the mass emulates dynamic behavior of a brain of the wearer along a plurality of axes;
- and
- at least one sensing element, coupled to generate sensor data based on the motion of the mass, in response to an impact to the protective headgear.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.