US Patent Issued to Dynamic Research on Oct. 20 for "Articulating pedestrian dummy for vehicle testing" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,770,534, issued on Oct. 20, 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: "A method for creating a realistic human gait for a dummy with a leg comprising an articulating hip joint and knee joint, wherein the gait comprises a gait cycle is disclosed. The method includes (a) defining the duration of the stance phase and swing phase; (b) determining the position of the dummy within the gait cycle; (c) calculating a knee an...