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Patent No.:

US 9456648 B1

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Date of Patent:
Oct. 04, 2016

Filed:

Jan. 20, 2015
Applicant:

Elwha Llc, Bellevue, WA (US);

Inventors:

Alistair K. Chan, Bainbridge Island, WA (US);

Geoffrey F. Deane, Bellevue, WA (US);

William D. Duncan, Mill Creek, WA (US);

Philip A. Eckhoff, Kirkland, WA (US);

Bran Ferren, Beverly Hills, CA (US);

William Gates, Medina, WA (US);

W. Daniel Hillis, Encino, CA (US);

Roderick A. Hyde, Redmond, WA (US);

Muriel Y. Ishikawa, Livermore, CA (US);

Edward K. Y. Jung, Bellevue, WA (US);

Jordin T. Kare, San Jose, CA (US);

John Latham, Boulder, CO (US);

Max N. Mankin, Cambridge, MA (US);

Nathan P. Myhrvold, Medina, WA (US);

Robert C. Petroski, Seattle, WA (US);

Clarence T. Tegreene, Mercer Island, WA (US);

David B. Tuckerman, Lafayette, CA (US);

Thomas A. Weaver, San Mateo, CA (US);

Charles Whitmer, North Bend, WA (US);

Lowell L. Wood, Jr., Bellevue, WA (US);

Victoria Y. H. Wood, Livermore, CA (US);

Assignee:

Elwha LLC, Bellevue, WA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01M 7/00 (2006.01); A42B 3/04 (2006.01); A42B 3/12 (2006.01); G01N 3/30 (2006.01); G01N 33/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A42B 3/0433 (2013.01); A42B 3/12 (2013.01); G01N 3/30 (2013.01); G01N 2033/0086 (2013.01);
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.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Chan, Alistair. (2016). Systems and methods for helmet liner evaluation (U.S. Patent No. 9456648). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/9456648

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