ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,439,990, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to VICIS IP LLC (New York).
"Helmet construction with load distribution" was invented by Tucker Petre (Jacksonville, Fla.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A helmet system includes an outer shell, an absorption layer coupled to the outer shell, a load distribution plate coupled to the absorption layer, and a liner coupled to the inner load distribution plate. The absorption layer can include multiple absorption structures extending from an outer end adjacent to the outer shell to an inner end, where the inner ends of the absorption structures define an inner surface of the absorption layer. Each abso...