ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,550,962, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to SHARK (Marseilles, France).
"Protective helmet with an optimized aerodynamic deflector" was invented by David Ohayon (Aix-en-Provence, France) and Alban Rojas (Marseilles, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A protective helmet (1) comprising a cap (2) having a rear portion on which an aerodynamic deflector (3) is mounted, the protective helmet (1) being characterised in that at least one aerodynamic flap (4) is mounted so as to move freely on the aerodynamic deflector (3) in order to be able to be deployed by aerodynamic forces generated by an air flow. A favoured, non-limiting use of the in...