US Patent Issued to Dynamic Research on April 21 for "Articulating pedestrian dummy for vehicle testing" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,609,050, issued on April 21, was assigned to Dynamic Research Inc. (Torrance, Calif.).

"Articulating pedestrian dummy for vehicle testing" was invented by Joseph Kelly (Lakewood, Calif.), Jordan Y Silberling (Redondo Beach, Calif.) and Nenad Bozin (San Pedro, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An articulating pedestrian dummy for testing crash avoidance technologies in a subject vehicle is disclosed that includes a human-shaped torso with a first and second leg socket. A leg plug is inserted into each of the leg sockets forming a-first and second detachable connections. An upper leg is connected to each leg plug and can rotate relati...