ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,369,670, issued on July 29, was assigned to KIMPEX INC. (Drummondville, Canada).

"Connector for electrical visor and a visor assembly and a helmet having the same" was invented by Jean-Simon Levesque (Victoriaville, Calif.), Frederic Rene-Laforest (Drummondville, Canada), Patrick L'Herault (Saint-Majorique, Canada) and Stephane Dion (Granby, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A visor assembly of a helmet having a helmet shell is provided. The visor assembly includes a visor pivotally connectable to the helmet shell via left and right visor mounting sections. The visor has an inner surface facing a cavity of the helmet shell and an out...