US Patent Issued to SHOEI on July 14 for "Helmet" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,677,901, issued on July 14, was assigned to SHOEI Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).

"Helmet" was invented by Taku Nimura (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A helmet provided with a hat body and an airflow controlling part that is attached to the outer surface of the hat body. The airflow controlling part is provided with two wings arranged on both sides, in the left-right direction, of a portion on the rear side of the outer surface of the hat body. Each of the two wings is connected to a rear lateral portion of the outer surface of the hat body so as to continue from parts of the rear lateral portion and defines a gap. The gap has a curved surface f...