US Patent Issued to Specialized Bicycle Components on Sept. 16 for "Bicycle helmet with modular impact absorbing structures" (American, Brazilian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,414,597, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to Specialized Bicycle Components Inc. (Morgan Hills, Calif.).

"Bicycle helmet with modular impact absorbing structures" was invented by Allen Albert Bischofberger (Ben Lomond, Calif.), Luiz Felipe de Melo Dias (Minas Gerais, Brazil), Alexander Hart Jerome (Morgan Hill, Calif.), David Tyler Debus (Felton, Calif.) and Christopher Thomas Pietrzak (Redwood City, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A helmet includes an outer shell having an interior and an exterior and an impact absorbing layer positioned on the interior of the outer shell. The impact absorbing layer includes a first impact absorb...