US 12,290,129 B2
Outer shell for a safety helmet
Stephan Klimek, Magdeburg (DE); Sebastian Hofmann, Leipzig (DE); Markus Dohm, Lübars (DE); and Philipp Lange, Magdeburg (DE)
Assigned to Schuberth GmbH, Magdebrug (DE)
Appl. No. 16/464,591
Filed by Schuberth GmbH, Magdeburg (DE)
PCT Filed Nov. 28, 2017, PCT No. PCT/EP2017/080658
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date May 28, 2019,
PCT Pub. No. WO2018/096172, PCT Pub. Date May 31, 2018.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2016 122 937.7 (DE), filed on Nov. 28, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2020/0037693 A1, Feb. 6, 2020
Int. Cl. A42B 3/30 (2006.01); A42B 3/00 (2006.01); A42B 3/04 (2006.01); H01Q 1/27 (2006.01); H01Q 1/42 (2006.01)
CPC A42B 3/30 (2013.01) [A42B 3/003 (2013.01); A42B 3/0433 (2013.01); H01Q 1/276 (2013.01); H01Q 1/42 (2013.01)] 22 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An outer shell for a safety helmet comprising an outer shell material and defining an inner surface of the outer shell comprising the outer shell material, an outer surface of the outer shell, and a cover adjacent said inner surface, the cover comprising the outer shell material,
wherein the cover and the outer surface are located on opposite sides of the inner surface;
wherein the outer shell is configured to hold an antenna between the cover and the inner surface,
wherein an inner layer is held by the outer shell and configured to dampen impact forces,
wherein, at at least a portion of the inner layer, there is no outer shell material between at least a portion of the inner surface and said at least a portion of the inner layer, and
wherein an antenna feed line is at least in part located between the inner surface and the inner layer and is coupleable with the antenna when the antenna is located between the cover and the inner surface.