ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,426,658, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to TVS Motor Co. Ltd. (Chennai, India).

"Smart head protection gear" was invented by Choudhary Kanika (Chennai, India), Sai Praveen Velagapudi (Chennai, India) and Venkata Manga Raju Karnam (Chennai, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A smart head protection gear safety system includes: a head protection gear comprising a shell including outer and inner circumferential surfaces and lateral surfaces, the inner circumferential surface being configured to support one or more pulse oximeter sensors, to be functionally coupled to at least one infrared (IR) sensor, and to be functionally coupled to ...