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Helmet impact self-controlled restrainer (HISCOR) for protecting football players head from trauma and concussion injury

US10681951B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Inventors

Yoseph Bar-Cohen · Pasadena, US
Mircea Badescu · La Cañada Flintridge, US
John R. Wright · Rock Hill, US

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 12, 2018
Grant date	Jun 16, 2020
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 12, 2038

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA42B3/142
WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

The invention is intended to protect football players, race car drivers and others. An apparatus that dampens impacts and prevents rapid movement of user's head protected by helmets. Two embodiments are disclosed using piston configuration. In one embodiment, the piston is moving inside a housing filled with a viscoelastic fluid and the other is a locking piston dampener mechanism.

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