US Patent Issued on Nov. 4 for "Diverged energy of compressed negative stiffness honeycomb shells via synthetic nylon 6 and 12 materials" (Pennsylvania Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,458,095, issued on Nov. 4.

"Diverged energy of compressed negative stiffness honeycomb shells via synthetic nylon 6 and 12 materials" was invented by Joseph Barlow (Bethlehem, Pa.) and Siddhardh Tekumalla (Bethlehem, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems, methods, and other embodiments for a sports helmet having a honeycomb assembly, including a sports helmet, wherein the honeycomb assembly is located within an interior of the sports helmet, wherein the honeycomb assembly is capable of at least a 90% honeycomb recovery percentage after the sports helmet has been impacted by a baseball, and wherein the honeycomb assembly includes a fi...