US Patent Issued to Stryker on June 2 for "Head unit system with connector for peripheral device" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,642,327, issued on June 2, was assigned to Stryker Corp. (Portage, Mich.).

"Head unit system with connector for peripheral device" was invented by Beau Michael Kidman (Kalamazoo, Mich.), Brian James VanDerWoude (Portage, Mich.) and Bryan Matthew Ulmer (Grand Rapids, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A head unit system for a head of a user, including a headpiece including a support structure shaped to be worn over the head. The headpiece including a shield mount arranged for supporting a face shield adjacent to the head of the user. A headpiece connector having a headpiece contact disposed on the headpiece and configured for electrical ...