US 2026/0223970 A1Published application

Helmet with aerodynamic peak

AssigneeKimpex Inc.

InventorsFrédéric RENÉ-LAFOREST, Jean-Simon LÉVESQUE, Stéphane DION, Stanley BEAL

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Abstract

A helmet includes a helmet shell having ridges protruding therefrom. The ridges being laterally spaced from one another to define shell channels therebetween which extend from a front section of the helmet shell towards a back section of the helmet shell. The helmet shell has a peak interface section extending along the outer surface and transversely across the ridges and the shell channels. The helmet also includes a peak connected to the helmet shell and comprising a helmet interface section adapted to engage with the peak interface section, and a forward section extending from the helmet interface section and having a forward edge. The peak has openings defined therethrough to enable air flowing under the peak to flow through the openings and towards the back section of the helmet shell. Each one of the ridges and the shell channels is aligned with respective openings of the peak.

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Dependent claims

A helmet comprising:

a helmet shell comprising:
an inner surface defining a cavity and an outer surface having a frontal opening at a front section;
and
a peak interface section extending along the outer surface and across a top section of the helmet shell, the peak interface section defining a slot recessed into the outer surface;
a peak connectable to the helmet shell and positioned above the frontal opening, the peak comprising:
a central part adapted to extend across a top section of the helmet shell;
a pair of wings extending from respective sides of the central part towards respective lateral sections of the helmet shell;
a helmet interface section adapted to engage with the slot of the peak interface section, where the helmet interface section and the outer surface of the helmet shell define a continuous outer surface to allow laminar airflow from the front section towards a back section of the helmet shell;
and
a forward section extending from the helmet interface section and having a forward edge at a distal end of the central part and of the pair of wings,
the peak having openings defined therethrough between the helmet interface section and the forward section to enable air flowing under the peak to flow through the openings, along the continuous outer surface and towards the back section of the helmet shell.

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A helmet comprising:

a helmet shell comprising:
an inner surface defining a cavity and an outer surface;
ridges protruding from the outer surface and laterally spaced from one another to define shell channels therebetween, each ridge generally extending along a length of the helmet shell such that the shell channels extend from a front section of the helmet shell towards a back section of the helmet shell;
and
a peak interface section extending along the outer surface and transversely across the ridges and the shell channels;
a peak connected to the helmet shell and comprising:
a helmet interface section adapted to engage with the peak interface section;
and
a forward section extending from the helmet interface section and having a forward edge at a distal end of the central part and of the pair of wings,
the peak having openings defined therethrough between the helmet interface section and the forward section to enable air flowing under the peak to flow through the openings and towards the back section of the helmet shell, wherein each one of the ridges and the shell channels is aligned with respective openings of the peak.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.