WO2024257108A1 - Mécanisme de verrouillage de visière pour système de casque - Google Patents
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A42—HEADWEAR
- A42B—HATS; HEAD COVERINGS
- A42B3/00—Helmets; Helmet covers ; Other protective head coverings
- A42B3/04—Parts, details or accessories of helmets
- A42B3/18—Face protection devices
- A42B3/22—Visors
- A42B3/221—Attaching visors to helmet shells, e.g. on motorcycle helmets
- A42B3/222—Attaching visors to helmet shells, e.g. on motorcycle helmets in an articulated manner, e.g. hinge devices
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- the present disclosure relates to a visor latch mechanism for a helmet system. More particularly, the present invention relates to the visor latch mechanism for pivotally locking and/or releasing a visor from a helmet for the helmet system.
- Safety is one of the most important and necessary factors for humans while travelling from one place to another using a two-wheeler and a four-wheeler.
- a rider(s) has the provision of roof, seat-belts and airbags to ensure overall driver and passenger safety in case of an accident.
- roof, seat-belts and airbags to ensure overall driver and passenger safety in case of an accident.
- Helmets are the major safety apparatus available to primarily protect the rider(s) from any fatal or minor head injury.
- traffic safety regulations of most countries make it mandatory for two-wheeler vehicle riders to wear helmets, for proper compliance with law.
- a helmet system typically comprises, a Shell, EPS, Harness, Chin Strap, Visor and Visor Mechanism.
- the visor is prone to scratches, cracks, damage, and/or dirt accumulation. This may lead to visual blurriness, visual impairment, or any other such issue to the rider(s), which in turn may lead to temporary/permanent eye damage or cause accident(s) on the road.
- the rider(s) need to release/ remove the visor from the helmet for replacing and/or cleaning the visor from time-to-time in order to prevent such issues.
- the visor is removably and pivotally attached to the helmet, by a visor latch mechanism.
- each visor latch mechanism is a rivet/screw-based mechanism.
- the visor is attached to the visor latch mechanism by screws, to pivotally install the visor on the helmet.
- each visor latch mechanism is a snap-fit mechanism.
- each visor latch mechanism includes a snap-fit portion defined on each side of the visor, and also includes a snap-fit attachment portion defined on each side of the helmet, such that the snap-fit portion on the visor rotatably snap fits with the snap-fit attachment portion of the helmet, to pivotally install the visor on the helmet.
- each visor latch mechanism may include a housing unit fixed to the helmet; a lever installed within the housing unit and including an acting arm portion and a load arm portion, such that the load arm portion defines a snap-fit attachment portion, while the acting arm portion defines a finger access portion.
- the snap-fit attachment portion of the lever engages with the snap-fit portion of the visor, for pivotally supporting each end of the visor on each side of the helmet. Accordingly, the lever may be accessed to release the snap-fit portion from the snap portion of the visor, and thus release the visor therefrom.
- the visor latch mechanism require higher forces for operations, and may also be prone to finger injury.
- the present invention provides a visor latch mechanism for pivotally locking and/or releasing a visor from a helmet of a helmet system.
- the one or more visor latch mechanism(s) comprise a housing unit attached to the helmet; a primary lever pivotally installed on the housing unit; and a secondary lever pivotally installed on the housing unit.
- the primary lever comprises a primary acting arm portion, a primary load arm portion, and a primary pivot portion therebetween; and the primary load arm portion defines a primary curved snap-fit portion.
- the secondary lever comprises a secondary acting arm portion, a secondary load arm portion, and a secondary pivot portion therebetween; and the secondary load arm portion defining a secondary curved snap- fit portion.
- the one or more visor latch mechanism(s) is configured such that the secondary acting arm portion of the secondary lever is connected to the primary pivot portion of the primary lever thereof.
- the helmet system includes a latched state and a released state.
- each of the primary curved snap-fit portion and the secondary curved snap-fit portion are positioned relatively closer to each other, and are pivotally locked with visor snap-fit portions defined on the visor.
- each of the primary curved snap-fit portion and the secondary curved snap-fit portion are positioned relatively distant from each other, and are released from the visor snap-fit portions defined on the visor.
- the one or more visor latch mechanism(s) are able to lock and/or release/ remove the visor from the helmet by applying a comparatively lesser force, which is more convenient to user, have a lesser chance of any injury and a substantially lesser chance of damage to the visor and/or the visor latch mechanism.
- Fig. 1 is a first side view of a helmet system [100] equipped with a visor [120], in accordance with the concepts of the present disclosure.
- Fig. 2 is a first side view of a helmet system [100] equipped with a visor [120], in accordance with the concepts of the present disclosure.
- Fig. 3 is a first side view of the helmet system [100], without a visor [120] thereof, in accordance with the concepts of the present disclosure.
- Fig. 4 is a second side view of the helmet system [100], without the visor [120] thereof, in accordance with the concepts of the present disclosure.
- Fig. 5 is a front view of the one or more visor latch mechanism(s) [200], in accordance with the concepts of the present disclosure.
- Fig. 6 is a rear view of the one or more visor latch mechanism(s) [200], in accordance with the concepts of the present disclosure.
- Fig. 7 is a section of the visor [120] attached to the one or more visor latch mechanism(s) [200], in accordance with the concepts of the present disclosure.
- Fig. 8 is an exploded view of the one or more visor latch mechanism(s) [200], in accordance with the concepts of the present disclosure.
- Fig. 1 is a first side view of a helmet system [100] equipped with a visor [120], in accordance with the concepts of the present disclosure.
- Fig. 2 is a first side view of a helmet system [100] equipped with a visor [120], in accordance with the concepts of the present disclosure.
- Fig. 3 is a first side view of the helmet system [100], without a visor [120] thereof, in accordance with the concepts of the present disclosure.
- Fig. 4 is a second side view of the helmet system [100], without the visor [120] thereof, in accordance with the concepts of the present disclosure.
- Figures 1-4 should be referred to in conjunction with each other in order to clearly understand the concepts of the present disclosure.
- the helmet system [100] comprises a helmet [110], a visor [120], and one or more visor latch mechanism(s) [200],
- the helmet [110] is designed to be placed over a human head and is capable of being manufactured in various sizes in order to allow the helmet [110] to be placed over human heads of various sizes.
- the helmet [110] has a conventionally known structure and arrangement.
- the helmet [110] may be any type of helmet known in the art, such as but not limited to, a modular helmet, a full-face helmet, a half-face helmet, a halfshell helmet, an off-road helmet, a dual-sport helmet. Although, a full-face helmet is shown in the present disclosure, it may be obvious to a person skilled in the art that any other helmet is also within a scope of the present disclosure.
- the helmet [110] includes various parts such as an outer shell, EPS, one or more inner lining(s), one of more comfort lining(s), a neck curtain, one or more comfort padding(s), a chin bar, one or more chin strap(s), one or more ventilation vent(s), one or more moisture excreting vents, etc.
- a structure and arrangement of the helmet [110] is commonly known to a person skilled in the art, and is not repeated herein for the sake of brevity.
- the helmet [110] defines a front cavity [115] that is required to be covered by the visor [120],
- the helmet [110] also defines one or more helmet side portions [110a, 110b], namely a first helmet side portion [110a] and a second helmet side portion [110b], on each side of the front cavity [115] thereof.
- Each of the first helmet side portion [110a] and the second helmet side portion [110b] includes one or more visor latch mechanism mounting portion(s) (not shown), typically provided in form of depressed regions, where the one or more visor latch mechanism(s) [200] are mounted thereon.
- the visor [120] is also any visor known to a person skilled in the art.
- the visor [120] is a transparent shield that is suitably shaped and structured to cover the front cavity of the helmet [110],
- the visor [120] may be made of any material known in the art such as, but not limited to, thermoplastic, glass, glass fiber, or composite polycarbonate and/or a combination thereof.
- a structural arrangement of the visor [120] is already known to the person skilled in the art. Thereby, the same is not reproduced herein for the sake of brevity.
- the visor [120] is pivotally and removably installed on the helmet [110], such that the visor [120] can be pivotally adjusted between a deployed configuration and a stacked configuration.
- the visor [120] In the deployed configuration, the visor [120] completely covers the front cavity [115] of the helmet [110], In the stacked configuration, the visor [120] uncovers the front cavity [115] of the helmet [110],
- the visor [120] defines one or more visor side portions [122a, 122b], namely be a first visor side portion [122a] and a second visor side portion [122b], each of which defines visor snap-fit portions [130] on an inner surface (as shown in Fig. 8).
- each of the first visor side portion [122a] and the second visor side portion [122b] of the visor [120] also defines a protrusion [140], that enables the visor [120] to be temporarily locked in intermediate configurations between the deployed configuration and stacked configuration.
- the visor [120] is configured such that both the first visor side portion [122a] and the second visor side portion [122b] of the visor [120] can bend to a suitable extent, without any damage to the visor [120], to allow the visor [120] to be locked within the one or more visor latch mechanism(s) [200],
- Fig. 5 is a front view of the one or more visor latch mechanism(s) [200], in accordance with the concepts of the present disclosure.
- Fig. 6 is a rear view of the one or more visor latch mechanism(s) [200], in accordance with the concepts of the present disclosure.
- Fig. 7 is a section of the visor [120] attached to the one or more visor latch mechanism(s) [200], in accordance with the concepts of the present disclosure.
- Fig. 8 is an exploded view of the one or more visor latch mechanism(s) [200], in accordance with the concepts of the present disclosure.
- Figures 5-8 should be referred to in conjunction with each other in order to clearly understand the concepts of the present disclosure.
- the present disclosure discloses a robust and innovative one or more visor latch mechanism(s) [200] that locks and/or release the one or more visor side portion [122a, 122b] of the visor [120] relative to the one or more helmet side portion [110a, 110b] of the helmet [110],
- the one or more visor latch mechanism(s) [200] includes two visor latch mechanisms [200a, 200b], namely a first visor latch mechanism [200a] and a second visor latch mechanism [200b],
- the first visor latch mechanism [200a] locks and/or release the first visor side portion [122a] of the visor [120] relative to the first helmet side portion [110a] of the helmet [110], while the second visor latch mechanism [200b] locks and/or release the second visor side portion [122b] of the visor [120] relative to the second helmet side portion [110b] of the helmet [110],
- the first visor latch mechanism [200a] locks and/or release the first visor side portion [122a] of the visor [120] relative to the first helmet side portion [110a] of the helmet [110],
- the first visor latch mechanism [200a] comprises: a housing unit [210] attached to the helmet [110]; a primary lever [220] pivotally installed on the housing unit [210]; a secondary lever [230] pivotally installed on the housing unit [210]; and a spring member [250] installed within the housing unit [210],
- the housing unit [210] defines a basic framework of the first visor latch mechanism [200a] that accommodates various parts/components of the first visor latch mechanism [200a],
- the housing unit [210] may be made of any material known in the art such as, but not limited to, thermoplastic, glass, glass fibre, metal, alloy, or composite polycarbonate and/or a combination thereof.
- the housing unit [210] defines a primary lever guide cavity [212] at which the primary lever [220] is pivotally supported, a secondary lever guide cavity [214] at which the secondary lever [230] is pivotally supported, and a spring guide cavity [213] at which the spring member [250] is supported.
- the housing unit [210] defines a protrusion locking cavity [216] defining a ratchet feature with multiple teeth thereof.
- the protrusion locking cavity [216] enables the protrusion [140] defined on the visor [120] to be temporarily locked in intermediate configurations between the deployed configuration and stacked configuration, upon application of a required force on the visor [120] by a user.
- the housing unit [210] is fixedly/removably attached to the helmet [110] by an attachment means.
- the attachment means includes, such as but not limited to, a snap-fit attachment, a weld attachment means, an adhesive attachment means, a rivet attachment means, a screw attachment means, and/or a combination thereof.
- the housing unit [210] defines a user access region cavity [217] allows a user access region [240] of the primary lever [220] to pass therethrough, to allow the user to manipulate the primary lever [220], Primary Lever [2201:
- the primary lever [220] defines a primary lever front face [220a] and a primary lever rear face [220b],
- the primary lever [220] is pivotally supported at a primary pivot portion [226] within the primary lever guide cavity [212] of the housing unit [210] such that the primary lever front face [220a] abuts with the housing unit [210],
- the primary lever [220] comprises a primary acting arm portion [222], a primary load arm portion [224], and the primary pivot portion [226] therebetween, and the user access region [240] defined on the primary lever front face [220a] of the primary lever [220],
- the user access region [240] allows the user to manipulate the primary acting arm portion [222] of the primary lever [220] by use of one or more finger(s) thereof.
- the primary lever [220] may be made of any material known in the art such as, but not limited to, thermoplastic, glass, glass fiber, metal, alloy, or composite polycarbonate and/or a combination thereof.
- the primary load arm portion [224] defines a primary curved snap-fit portion [228] that abuts with the visor snap-fit portions [130] of the visor [120] in a latched state.
- the primary lever [220] defines a spring member mounting protrusion [221] at which one end of the spring member [250] is mounted.
- the secondary lever [230] defines a secondary lever front face [230a] and a secondary lever rear face [230b],
- the secondary lever [230] is pivotally supported at a secondary pivot portion [236] within the secondary lever guide cavity [214] of the housing unit [210] such that the secondary lever front face [230a] abuts with the housing unit [210],
- the secondary lever [230] comprises a secondary acting arm portion [232] and a secondary load arm portion [234], and the secondary pivot portion [236] therebetween.
- the secondary lever [230] may be made of any material known in the art such as, but not limited to, thermoplastic, glass, glass fibre, metal, alloy, or composite polycarbonate and/or a combination thereof.
- the secondary load arm portion [234] defines a secondary curved snap-fit portion [238] that abuts with the visor snap-fit portions [130] of the visor [120] in a latched state.
- the secondary lever [230] is accommodated in the secondary lever guide cavity [214] of the housing unit [210] such that the secondary acting arm portion [232] is accommodated in the secondary lever accommodating cavity [229] of the secondary lever [230], such that the secondary acting arm portion [232] is connected to the primary pivot portion [226] of the primary lever [220] thereof.
- the spring member [250] may be any type of spring known in the art, such as but not limited to, a helical compressional spring, a helical extension spring, a conical spring, a leaf spring, or any of the like. Although, the present disclosure is described considering the spring member [250] as a helical compressional spring, it may be obvious to a person skilled in the art that the concepts may also be applied to any of the aforementioned types of spring member [250],
- the spring member [250] is accommodated within the spring guide cavity [213] of the housing units [210], such that one of the of the spring member [250] is mounted at the spring member mounting protrusion [221] of the primary lever [220],
- the primary curved snap-fit portion [228] and the secondary curved snap-fit portion [238] are suitably structured, to form arc portions of a common imaginary circle. Further, the primary curved snap- fit portion [228] of the primary lever [220] are positioned opposite to the secondary curved snap-fit portion [238] of the secondary lever 230],
- the one or more visor latch mechanism(s) [200] includes the latched state and a released state.
- both the primary curved snap-fit portion [228] and the secondary curved snap- fit portion [238] are positioned relatively closer to each other, and are pivotally locked with visor snap-fit portions [130] defined on the visor [120],
- each of the primary curved snap-fit portion [228] and the secondary curved snap-fit portion [238] are positioned relatively distant from each other, and are released from the visor snap-fit portions [130] defined on the visor [120],
- each of the first visor latch mechanism [200a] and the second visor latch mechanism [200b] are in latched state, thereby the first visor latch mechanism [200a] and the second visor latch mechanism [200b] locks the first visor side portion [122a] and the second visor side portion [122b] of the visor [120] to the first helmet side portion [110a] and the second helmet side portion [110b], respectively, of the helmet [110], Thereafter, in certain conditions, the visor [120] may required to be removed from the helmet [110], In such conditions, each of the first visor latch mechanism [200a] and the second visor latch mechanism [200b] are adjusted into the released state, such that the visor [120] pops out therefrom.
- the visor [120] is installed in a partially bent state on the helmet [110], the visor [120] is popped out as soon as the first visor latch mechanism [200a] and the second visor latch mechanism [200b] are adjusted into the released state.
- the first visor latch mechanism [200a] and the second visor latch mechanism [200b] may be adjusted to the released state together in unison, or may be adjusted to the released state one after another.
- An operation of the first visor latch mechanism [200a] adjusted from the latched state to the released state will be explained hereinafter, similar operation of the second visor latch mechanism [200b] adjusted from the latched state to the released state may be contemplated.
- the user In order to adjust the first visor latch mechanism [200a] from the latched state to the released state, the user has to has to apply a sufficient force on the user access region [240] of the first visor latch mechanism [200a], During use, when the user applies a sufficient force on the user access region [240], a load is applied on the primary acting arm portion [222] that leads to the compression of the spring member [250] from the latched state, and the primary load arm portion [224] to move out in a circumferential direction. This, in turn, also leads to an application of the force on the secondary acting arm portion [232] of the secondary lever [230], As a result of this, the secondary load arm portion [234] of the secondary lever [230] also moves out in a circumferential direction.
- first visor latch mechanism [200a] changes its state from the latched state to the release state.
- the snap-fit portions [130] of the visor [120] pops out from the helmet [110]
- the first visor side portion [122a] of the visor [120] is popped out and released from the first helmet side portion [110a] of the helmet [110]
- Similar operation is performed on the second visor latch mechanism [200b] for enabling popping out and release of the second visor side portion [122b] of the visor [120] from the second helmet side portion [110b] of the helmet [110]
- the snap-fit portions [130] of the first visor side portion [122b] of the visor [120] are to be inserted within the first visor latch mechanism [200a],
- the first visor latch mechanism [200a] comes to the released state.
- the user has to remove the force applied to the user access region [240], which leads to the decompression of the spring member [250] and thereby, results in each of the primary curved snap-fit portion [228] and the secondary curved snap-fit portion [238] coming relatively closer to each other, and are pivotally with visor snap-fit portions [130] defined on the visor [120],
- Similar operation is performed on the second visor latch mechanism [200b] for enabling attaching the second visor side portion [122b] of the visor [120] from the second helmet side portion [110b] of the helmet [110],
- the protrusion [140] is configured to engage with one of the multiple teeth of the ratchet feature of the protrusion locking cavity [216], for temporarily locking the visor [120] in one of a plurality of pivotal positions of the visor [120] with respect to the helmet [110], Furthermore, the at least one visor side portion of the visor [120] overlays a major portion of the one or more visor latch mechanism(s) [200],
- visor latch mechanism(s) [200] Various advantage of the one or more visor latch mechanism(s) [200] exists, including, such as but not limited to, ease in replacing/removing the visor [120], a reduced chance of injury to the user, a reduced chance of damage to the visor snap-fit portions [130] or the primary curved snap-fit portion [228] or the secondary curved snap-fit portion [238], increase in lifetime of the visor [120] and the one or more visor latch mechanism(s) [200], and ease of replacement of the one or more visor latch mechanism(s) [200],
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La présente invention concerne un mécanisme de verrouillage de visière [200] pour verrouiller et/ou libérer de manière pivotante une visière [120] à partir d'un système de casque [100]. Le mécanisme de verrouillage de visière [200] comprend une unité de logement [210] ; un levier primaire [220] et un levier secondaire [230] installés de manière pivotante sur l'unité de logement [210]. Le levier primaire [220] comprend une partie de bras d'action primaire [222], une partie de bras de charge primaire [224], et une partie de pivot primaire [226] entre celles-ci, et définit une partie d'encliquetage incurvée primaire [228]. Le levier secondaire [230] comprend une partie de bras d'actionnement secondaire [232], une partie de bras de charge secondaire [234], et une partie de pivot secondaire [236] entre celles-ci, et définit une partie d'encliquetage incurvée secondaire [238]. Le mécanisme de verrouillage de visière [200] comprend un état verrouillé et un état libéré, pour verrouiller et libérer sélectivement la visière [120] avec le mécanisme de verrouillage de visière [200].
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