Helmet systems
US5184231A · kind A · utility
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7Claims
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 19, 1987 |
| Grant date | Feb 2, 1993 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 19, 2007 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG02B23/125
- WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
A helmet system comprising a helmet (11), a vizor (13) pivotally mounted on the helmet, and mounted on the vizor (13), an electro-optical system, e.g. a night vision goggle, including an eyepiece (33) positioned between a transparent part (19) of the vizor and the user's eye so as to provide the user with a view of a scene forward of the user through the eyepiece, the eyepiece also serving as a combiner to provide the user with a virtual image of a display produced by the electro-optical system superimposed on his view of the forward scene through the eyepiece.
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