US Patent Issued to 3M Innovative Properties on Feb. 10 for "Shock absorber assembly, personal protective equipment therewith, deformable element for and method of retrofitting of such an assembly" (Swedish Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,543,812, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to 3M Innovative Properties Co. (St. Paul, Minn.).

"Shock absorber assembly, personal protective equipment therewith, deformable element for and method of retrofitting of such an assembly" was invented by Peter L. Axelsson (Borlange, Sweden).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A shock absorber assembly (10, 10', 10") for a personal protective equipment and a deformable element (10a, 10a', 10a") for such a shock absorber assembly (10, 10', 10"). The shock absorber assembly (10, 10', 10") comprises a deformable element; (10a, 10a', 10a") exhibiting a mechanical resistance against deformation and a flexibl...