Dynamic load-absorbing materials and articles

Patent Number: 9386817

Patent Date: 2016-07-12

Patent type: utility

A double-shell helmet is disclosed. The double-shell helmet includes an outer shell, an impact absorbing material layer affixed to the outer shell on a first side of the impact absorbing material layer, an inner shell affixed to the impact absorbing material layer on a second side of the impact absorbing material layer opposite the first side of the impact absorbing material layer, and a foam layer affixed to the inner shell.

Inventors

First Name Last Name City State Country
Thomas Michael Talavage - - -
Eric A. Nauman - - -
Anne Dye Zakrajsek - - -
Evan Louis Breedlove - - -

IPCs

Section Class Sub Class Group Sub Group
A 42 B 3 06
A 42 B 3 12
A 43 B 13 18
A 61 G 7 057
A 61 G 5 10

Assignee

Organization First Name Last Name City State Country
Purdue Research Foundation - - - - -