US Patent Issued to Humanetics Innovative Solutions on Sept. 8 for "Spine adjustment joint with angle adjustment for crash test dummy" (Michigan Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,731,507, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to Humanetics Innovative Solutions Inc. (Farmington Hills, Mich.).

"Spine adjustment joint with angle adjustment for crash test dummy" was invented by Zhenwen Jerry Wang (Farmington Hills, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A spine adjustment joint for use in a spine assembly of an anthropomorphic device with the device used to achieve a human-like response in crash test simulations. The joint includes a lower bracket which is coupled to a lower spine assembly and an upper bracket which is coupled to an upper spine assembly. The spine adjustment joint also includes a joint member at least partia...