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US20070067896A1
US20070067896A1 US11/526,428 US52642806A US2007067896A1 US 20070067896 A1 US20070067896 A1 US 20070067896A1 US 52642806 A US52642806 A US 52642806A US 2007067896 A1 US2007067896 A1 US 2007067896A1
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A42—HEADWEAR
    • A42B—HATS; HEAD COVERINGS
    • A42B3/00—Helmets; Helmet covers ; Other protective head coverings
    • A42B3/04—Parts, details or accessories of helmets
    • A42B3/0406—Accessories for helmets
    • A42B3/0473—Neck restraints
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60R—VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B60R22/00—Safety belts or body harnesses in vehicles
    • B60R22/001—Knee, leg or head belts
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B64—AIRCRAFT; AVIATION; COSMONAUTICS
    • B64D—EQUIPMENT FOR FITTING IN OR TO AIRCRAFT; FLIGHT SUITS; PARACHUTES; ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF POWER PLANTS OR PROPULSION TRANSMISSIONS IN AIRCRAFT
    • B64D10/00—Flight suits
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60R—VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B60R21/00—Arrangements or fittings on vehicles for protecting or preventing injuries to occupants or pedestrians in case of accidents or other traffic risks
    • B60R2021/003—Arrangements or fittings on vehicles for protecting or preventing injuries to occupants or pedestrians in case of accidents or other traffic risks characterised by occupant or pedestian
    • B60R2021/0039—Body parts of the occupant or pedestrian affected by the accident
    • B60R2021/0048—Head
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60R—VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B60R21/00—Arrangements or fittings on vehicles for protecting or preventing injuries to occupants or pedestrians in case of accidents or other traffic risks
    • B60R2021/0065—Type of vehicles
    • B60R2021/0086—Racing cars

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  • the driver and/or other occupants of high performance cars, planes, boats and/or other vehicles typically wear equipment and/or gear designed to provide protection against physical harm during use of the vehicle but especially for providing protection against physical harm during sudden or rapid deceleration, torque or impact of the vehicle.
  • Standard pieces of such equipment and/or gear include a helmet for protection against head injury and a shoulder harness attached to the vehicle for restraining torso movement relative to the seat and vehicle.
  • U.S. Pat. Nos. 4,638,510 and 6,009,566 to Hubbard show a protection device that works on the principle of the body squeezing two forward arms (extensions) against the seat belts during impact by the driver's chest pushing against the underside of the arms.
  • a frictional material is placed on the upper surface of the extensions to enhance the adherence against the seat belt. This inhibits forward motion of the device and assists in overcoming the forward forces of the tethers pulling at the top of the device by the head/helmet and by the chest and shoulders dragging on the underside of the extensions.
  • the device is a rigid structure typically made of carbon fiber composites. Many shapes and sizes need to be made to fit different size occupants or driver, as well as different seating positions.
  • a further head and neck restraint system/device is known as the Wright device.
  • the Wright device comes in three distinct styles. One style is an inertia wheel tethered to the chassis. This inhibits exiting the vehicle and has been shown to induce very large compression loads on the neck above 4000N.
  • the second style is strapped to the body.
  • the third style is strapped to the shoulder harness. These attachment points do not slide along the shoulder harness and are permanent. This has the potential of inducing large compression loads into the neck by restricting forward head movement too much in large frontal impacts.
  • the device also cannot adjust the point of forward restriction respective to the amount of torso movement. This third type of attachment also restricts the driver's ability to exit the vehicle.
  • a yet further head and neck restraint system/device is known as the Isaac.
  • This device runs along the shoulder harness doing little to lower forward head motion. It has two metal pieces, one for the left shoulder and one for the right shoulder harness. Although there is an upper and lower surface, they do not act in a cantilever action. The upper surface is used only under normal operation while the lower surface is used during impact but runs along the shoulder strap doing little to restrict head movement.
  • This device uses small shock absorbers instead of nylon webbing tethers.
  • FIG. 12 is an upper rear right side perspective view of the head and neck restraint device of FIG. 10 , the ride side relative to a user of the head and neck restraint device;
  • a helmet tether 230 that is detachably attached to opposite sides of a helmet 200 of the occupant O is retained by and about the head and neck restraint device 100 .
  • the head and neck restraint device 100 is intertwined with left and right (as viewed by the occupant O) shoulder straps 150 and 160 . It should be appreciated that the term left and right are to be taken relative to the forward view of the occupant O.
  • each bottom surface 106 , 108 is slightly rounded or curved to provide a pivot point for a cantilever or rocking action of the device 100 per the principles of the present invention.
  • Bottom surface curvature configuration determines the pivot point of the device 100 as well as the extent of forward and reverse pivoting thereof.
  • the bottom surfaces 106 and 108 preferably, but not necessarily, have a width that is approximately the same as the width of seat harness shoulder straps.
  • the device 100 may move forward and back along the shoulder straps as represented by the double-headed arrows below the extensions 102 and 104 .
  • the device 100 also tilts, pivots or provides a cantilever action as represented by the dashed lines and angled double-headed arrows.
  • the relationship of the tether 230 to the device is also illustrated by dashed line-tether 230 .
  • the device 300 further includes a belt interaction portion 310 that extends down from the bottom of the back 302 and outwardly from the left and right sides thereof.
  • the belt interaction portion 310 has a left wing 311 and a right wing 313 each having a contact surface 112 on a respective upper area thereof. These contact surfaces 112 are a friction and binding areas and are adapted to receive and contact a shoulder strap over the left and right wings.

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CN116653732A (zh) * 2023-07-25 2023-08-29 东莞市聚力复合材料科技有限公司 一种降低冲击的保护颈托及其制造工艺

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