ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,458,097, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to ZEDEL (Crolles, France).

"Adjustable headband for a protection helmet and protection helmet comprising one such headband" was invented by Antoine Coursimault (Grenoble, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A headband for a protection helmet comprises a strip forming at least a part of a ring around a user's head. An adjustment device adjusts a circumference of the ring. The end of the strip is fixed to an attachment point that is movable with respect to the body of the adjustment device. A rotary actuator is connected to the adjustment device by means of a transmission so that rotation of the ro...