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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8120857 | Apparatus and method for mounting and calibrating a helmet-mounted display A helmet mounted display (HMD) system comprising a display pod having a light wave optical element. The display pod is designed to be attached to a base plate located above the brow of a helmet using opposing hook and loop-style fastener pads or alternatively, a pai... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8023195 | Split laser eye protection system A laser eye protection (LEP) system for a helmet having a helmet-mounted display (HMD) system. The LEP system includes a large outer visor, which provides ballistic protection, LEP and a display surface for the HMD, and a smaller inner visor, which also provides LEP... | 09/20/2011 |
| 7958573 | Size adjustable safety and comfort liner for a helmet A helmet liner that is infinitely adjustable by the user in the field is provided. The helmet liner includes front, center and rear cushioning portions with integrally formed spaces between the front and center portions, and the rear and center portions. The integra... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7814903 | Integrated control circuit for an oxygen mask A safety device integrated into a respiratory system that includes an oxygen mask having a cup-shaped rigid portion overlying a face mating portion to define a respiratory envelope that is adapted to sealingly engage over the mouth and nose of a user. An integrated ... | 10/19/2010 |
| D616156 | Spacer for helmet-mounted accessories | 05/18/2010 |
| D597259 | Roll bar portion of a helmet | 07/28/2009 |
| 7375894 | Common lens helmet mounted display A common lens HMD is shown and described. The use of a common lens in a biocular or binocular helmet mounted display (HMD) system provides a means to manipulate light rays from an image(s) which are traveling from two or more separate upstream optics trains to the h... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7344774 | Pre-processed workpiece having a surface deposition of absorber dye rendering the workpiece weld-enabled A weldable workpiece having a surface deposition including an absorber dye possessing strong absorption and a high extinction coefficient. The dye is deposited at a uniform density and thereby has the capacity to convert inbound radiant energy over about 0.1 J per s... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7316036 | Padset for protective helmet There is provided a pad set for a protective helmet. The pad set includes a plurality of internal pads of various thicknesses. A plurality of pad retaining/locating devices each have a pocket for receiving at least one of the plurality of internal pads so as to form... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7276136 | Visibly transparent dyes for through-transmission laser welding Selection criteria for dyes that predicts efficiency and performance for plastics welding. A first stage quantitative calculation screens dyes that possess an absorption band that can be matched to a laser that is suitable for plastic welding. It also identifies abs... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7268269 | Multi-functional protective textiles and methods for decontamination A reactive and adsorptive (i.e., multi-functional protective) textile and methods for constructing and using same which possess at least chemically reactive and biocidal properties. Nanoparticles from different classes such as metal oxides, metal hydroxides, metal h... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7256156 | Reactive-adsorptive protective materials and methods for use A reactive-adsorptive protective material having an activated carbon adsorbent, including those manufactured from a gel-type ion exchange resin. The activated carbon adsorbent has adsorptive properties for adsorbing chemical impurities. The activated carbon is wettl... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7225471 | Removable optical assembly for a helmet There is provided a removable optical assembly for a helmet. The removable optical assembly includes an optical device retention system and an optical device attachment assembly. The optical device retention system is adapted to couple to the helmet and has an optic... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7211707 | Multi-functional protective materials and methods for use A reactive-adsorptive protective material having an activated carbon adsorbent for adsorbing chemical impurities, wherein nanoparticular entities are loaded into and onto a surface of said activated carbon adsorbent to further impart chemically reactive and biocidal... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7201963 | Pre-processed workpiece having a surface deposition of absorber dye rendering the workpiece weld-enabled A weldable workpiece prepared by depositing on a surface of the workpiece, an absorber dye possessing strong absorption and a high extinction coefficient. The dye is deposited at a uniform density and thereby has the capacity to convert inbound radiant energy over a... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7124449 | Protective helmet assembly having lightweight suspension system There is provided a protective helmet assembly that includes a shell, a suspension band, and an adjustable headband and a crown pad. The shell is constructed from at least PARA-ARAMID to provide ballistic protection. The suspension band is attached to the shell. The... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7008056 | Eyewear for ballistic and light protection The present invention provides eye protection systems. The eye protection systems include a lens capable of being mounted in and being interchangeable between a plurality of different lens-mounting platforms. These platforms may include spectacles or goggles with re... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6952839 | Padset for protective helmet There is provided a pad set for a protective helmet. The pad set includes a plurality of internal pads of various thicknesses. A plurality of pad retaining/locating devices each have a pocket for receiving at least one of the plurality of internal pads so as to form... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6923537 | Eyewear for ballistic and light protection The present invention provides eye protection systems. The eye protection systems include a lens capable of being mounted in and being interchangeable between a plurality of different lens-mounting platforms. These platforms may include spectacles or goggles with re... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6911262 | Visibly transparent dyes for through-transmission laser welding Selection criteria for dyes that predicts efficiency and performance for plastics welding. A first stage quantitative calculation screens dyes that possess an absorption band that can be matched to a laser that is suitable for plastic welding. It also identifies abs... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6883181 | Adjustable padset for protective helmet There is provided an adjustable pad set for a protective helmet. The adjustable pad set includes a plurality of internal pads of various thicknesses. A plurality of pad retaining/locating devices each have a pocket for receiving at least one of the plurality of inte... | 04/26/2005 |
| D495096 | Audio headband padset for protective helmet | 08/24/2004 |
| 6770158 | Quality management system for pre-processed workpiece A method and system for assessing proper pre-processing and proper welding of polymer workpieces. A visible or infrared radiation source, optionally coupled with optical filters, directs radiation at test wavelengths through a workpiece which is captured by sensors ... | 08/03/2004 |
| 6752893 | Rimless spectacles and method for making the same The method for manufacturing rimless spectacles provides a connection region between the lens and the rimless supporting structure wherein the connection region includes a radiation absorbing dye having a predetermined wavelength absorbing band. The lens and rimless... | 06/22/2004 |
| D491695 | Audio headband padset for protective helmet | 06/15/2004 |
| 6676859 | Substrate mounting for organic, dielectric, optical film A method for optically coupling a thermoplastic material to an outer surface layer of an organic, dielectric, optical film and the resulting optical filter. Initially, a dielectric film is selected that includes (i) repeating optical layers of at least tw... | 01/13/2004 |
| 6656315 | Visibly transparent dyes for through-transmission laser welding Selection criteria for dyes that predicts efficiency and performance for plastics welding. A first stage quantitative calculation screens dyes that possess an absorption band that can be matched to a laser that is suitable for plastic welding. It also ide... | 12/02/2003 |
| 6637877 | Eyewear for ballistic and light protection The present invention provides eye protection systems. The eye protection systems include a lens capable of being mounted in and being interchangeable between a plurality of different lens-mounting platforms. These platforms may include spectacles or gogg... | 10/28/2003 |
| 6487786 | Alignment tool and method for mounting visual systems to helmets An alignment tool for fitting a helmet to a wearer's hear and aligning helmet mounted visual display systems to the wearer's eyes in a reproducible manner. The alignment tool includes latch points that are connected to corresponding connection points on t... | 12/03/2002 |
| 6474337 | Universal oxygen mask bayonet and bayonet receiver deflector A universal oxygen mask bayonet and bayonet receiver deflector includes a bayonet receiver deflector disposed on the helmet between the bayonet receiver and helmet, and a bayonet deflector connected to the oxygen mask bayonet. The bayonet receiver deflect... | 11/05/2002 |
| 6401259 | Custom fitting assembly for helmet with protective hood A protective hood molded to the contours of the interior of an aircrew helmet. The brow pad and a support panel are located within the protective hood. The custom fitting system, that adjusts the position of the support panel relative to the helmet, is lo... | 06/11/2002 |
| 6292953 | Interchangeable latch system An interchangeable latch system for configuring a custom fitted inner helmet as a standard platform for mounting different outer helmets thereon. The latch system includes a pair of strikers mounted onto temple panels of the inner helmet and tracks or cha... | 09/25/2001 |
| 6279172 | Custom fitting assembly for helmet A fitting assembly for a helmet having an interiorly located forehead dome and side sections. A crown pad provided with adjusting straps engages retention clips on the side sections to set the vertical position of the helmet. A nape panel provided with ad... | 08/28/2001 |
| 6154890 | Enlarged earcup with adjustable earseal and improved noise attenuation An enlarged earcup which occupies substantially all of the helmet eardome and provides greater attenuation of ambient noise, especially low frequencies. The speaker and earseal are mounted onto an adjustable assembly. The assembly is slideably mounted ont... | 12/05/2000 |
| 5662991 | Laminated biocidal fabric A biocidal fabric in which a pattern of clusters of biocidal beads are adhered between an air pervious substrate and a cover which may be gas impervious, water-vapor pervious or gas pervious. In the method and appratus for making the fabric, a pattern of ... | 09/02/1997 |
| 5584073 | Integrated helmet system An integrated helmet system for presenting the wearer with visible images in which an outer helmet providing a surface on which the images are projected is adapted to be assembled on the frame of an inner helmet having a headband on which the frame is mou... | 12/17/1996 |
| 5543086 | Squarylium dyestuffs and compostions containing same Novel squarylium dyestuffs are formed by condensing one molecular equivalent of squaric acid with two molecular equivalents of a heterocyclic intermediate of the formula ##STR1## in which X is an optionally substituted ethylene or o-phenylene group; ... | 08/06/1996 |
| 5522091 | Sighter's protective helmet A protective headgear assembly for use by personnel required to use sighting devices in which a close-fitting helmet carries impact-resistant, energy-absorbing material over that portion covering the wearer's nape, crown and side head portions over the ea... | 06/04/1996 |
| 5400406 | Aircraft communication headset tester A self-contained, hand-held device for testing an aircraft helmet communication system including a microphone and earphones in which a selection switch on the housing of the device is movable from an off position to a talk-through position at which the mi... | 03/21/1995 |
| 5396661 | Helmet visor operating mechanism A helmet visor operating mechanism in which springs urge the rolling elements of respective pairs of rolling elements toward relatively smaller radial dimension spaces between a brake ring carried by the visor and an axle carried by the helmet shell to lo... | 03/14/1995 |
