Systems and methods for helmet liner evaluation

US9456648B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Elwha LLC · US

Inventors

• Alistair K. Chan · Bainbridge Island, US
• Geoffrey F. Deane · Bellevue, US
• William D. Duncan · Sammamish, US
• Philip A. Eckhoff · Bellevue, US
• Bran Ferren · Beverly Hills, US
• William Gates · Redmond, US
• W. Daniel Hillis · Calabasas, US
• Roderick A. Hyde · Redmond, US
• Muriel Y. Ishikawa · Livermore, US
• Edward K.Y. Jung · Bellevue, US
• Jordin T. Kare · Seattle, US
• John Latham · Boulder, US
• Max N. Mankin · Seattle, US
• Nathan P. Myhrvold · Bellevue, US
• Robert C. Petroski · Seattle, US
• Clarence T. Tegreene · Bellevue, US
• David B. Tuckerman · Lafayette, US
• Thomas A. Weaver · San Mateo, US
• Charles Whitmer · North Bend, US
• Lowell L. Wood, JR. · Bellevue, US
• Victoria Y.H. Wood · Livermore, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 20, 2015
• Grant date: Oct 4, 2016
• Expiry date: Jan 20, 2035

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G01N33/0086
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A helmet testing apparatus including a movable member, a sensor coupled to the movable member and configured to acquire compliance data regarding a liner disposed within a shell of a helmet through engagement of the sensor with the liner, and a processing circuit configured to determine a rating for the helmet based on the compliance data and predetermined compliance parameters for the helmet.