ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,696,947, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to SHOEI Co. LTD. (Tokyo).
"Helmet and cheek pad" was invented by Kyosuke Ishikawa (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A helmet includes a helmet body and right and left cheek pads arranged inside the helmet body. The cheek pads each include a first bottom portion including a first outer surface located downward from a lower edge of the helmet body and a second bottom portion including a second outer surface located rearward from the first bottom portion. The first outer surface and the second outer surface form a wearing opening of the helmet and are negative pressure generating surfaces configur...