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- Nachgewiesen in: USPTO Patent Grants
- Sprachen: English
- Patent Number: 11944,150
- Publication Date: April 02, 2024
- Appl. No: 17/299538
- Application Filed: December 03, 2019
- Assignees: MIPS AB (Taby, SE)
- Claim: 1. A helmet, comprising first and second components having a sliding interface between them, wherein the sliding interface is provided between respective sliding surfaces of the first and second components, and the first component comprises a mixture of (i) an olefin polymer comprising propylene units, and (ii) a lubricant.
- Claim: 2. The helmet according to claim 1 , wherein the mixture further comprises one or more further agents.
- Claim: 3. The helmet according to claim 1 , wherein propylene units account for at least 50% by weight of the polymer.
- Claim: 4. The helmet according to claim 1 , wherein the olefin polymer is an ethylene-propylene random copolymer.
- Claim: 5. The helmet according to claim 1 , wherein the lubricant is a wax.
- Claim: 6. The helmet according to claim 5 , wherein the wax is a polyethylene homopolymer wax.
- Claim: 7. The helmet according to claim 1 , wherein the second component comprises an energy absorbing material.
- Claim: 8. The helmet according to claim 1 , wherein the helmet comprises at least one section having first and second layers, configured in use to be respectively further from the local surface of the head of a wearer of the helmet and closer to the local surface of the head of a wearer of the helmet; and the helmet is configured such that, in response to an impact on the helmet, the first layer can move relative to the second layer in a direction tangential to the local surface of the head.
- Claim: 9. The helmet according to claim 8 , wherein the first layer comprises a relatively hard outer shell; the second layer comprises a shell formed from an impact energy absorbing material; and one of the first and second layers comprises the first component.
- Claim: 10. The helmet according to claim 8 , wherein the first and second layers comprise shells formed from an impact energy absorbing material; and one of the first and second layers comprises the first component.
- Claim: 11. The helmet according to claim 8 , wherein the first layer comprises a shell formed from an impact energy absorbing material; the second layer does not absorb a significant proportion of impact energy in comparison to the first layer, and one of the first and second layers comprises the first component.
- Claim: 12. The helmet according to claim 11 , wherein the second layer comprises comfort padding.
- Claim: 13. The helmet according to claim 8 , further comprising a connector, configured to connect the first and second layers of the helmet together but permit relative movement in the direction tangential to the local surface of the head in response to an impact on the helmet; wherein the connector comprises at least one of the first component and the second component.
- Claim: 14. The helmet according to claim 9 , further comprising a connector, configured to connect the first and second layers of the helmet together but permit relative movement in the direction tangential to the local surface of the head in response to an impact on the helmet; wherein the connector comprises at least one of a second first component and a second component.
- Claim: 15. A process of producing a first component for use in forming a sliding interface in a helmet; wherein the sliding interface is provided between respective sliding surfaces of the first component and a second component of the helmet; and wherein the process comprises producing the first component, or an intermediate product from which the first component is formed, by a method which includes a step of forming a mixture of an olefin polymer comprising propylene units, and a lubricant.
- Claim: 16. The process according to claim 15 , wherein the first component, or an intermediate product from which the first component is formed, is produced by a method which includes a step of forming the mixture with the olefin polymer comprising propylene units, the lubricant, and one or more further agents.
- Claim: 17. The process according to claim 15 , wherein the process comprises blending the olefin polymer comprising propylene units, the lubricant, and said one or more further optional agents to form the mixture.
- Claim: 18. The process according to claim 15 , which comprises injection molding the mixture to produce the first component.
- Claim: 19. A process of producing a helmet, which process comprises producing a first component by a process as defined in claim 15 , and a subsequent step in which the component is assembled into a helmet.
- Claim: 20. The process according to claim 15 , wherein propylene units account for at least 50% by weight of the olefin polymer comprising propylene units.
- Claim: 21. The process according to claim 15 , wherein the olefin polymer comprising propylene units is an ethylene-propylene random copolymer.
- Claim: 22. A helmet, comprising first and second components having a sliding interface between them, wherein the sliding interface is provided between respective sliding surfaces of the first and second components, and the first component comprises a mixture of (i) an olefin polymer, and (ii) a polyethylene homopolymer wax.
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- Primary Examiner: Patel, Tajash D
- Attorney, Agent or Firm: NORTON ROSE FULBRIGHT US LLP
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