THE FOLLOWING SPECIFICATION DESCRIBES THE INVENTION
TECHNICAL FIELD
The subject matter described herein, in general, related to an automobiles head protection system which includes a helmet with the air-distribution system and air-filtration system (The Kit).
BACKGROUND
The present invention relates to a kit which contains "Air-filtration system" + Air-distribution system + Helmet, and more particularly to a helmet with a forced air-distribution system is useful for motorcycle riders to increase the comfort and safety while protecting health from pollution by providing cleaner air for breathing. It also reduces the sweating inside the head because forced-air is distributed all around the skull. The kit can also be used with any vehicle where helmet device helps to increase the safety of the wearer. In the past the Helmets known for motorcycle riders include those of the full-face-type having a face shield for entirely covering the face, or skull cover only models. There are many variants of the windshield and sun blockers to aid with better vision.
While the traditional helmet models provide safety to head, it blocks the air-circulation, moreover there is no device in the market which passes the cleaner air into the helmet while protecting its traditional appearance. The traditional helmet is effective in protecting the rider from the wind, and accidents, but such helmets have the problem of blocking free-airflow, nor the traditional helmet filter the air from pollution, this pollution (gases and dust) seriously impair the user's health. Furthermore, the helmet of the type described involves the likelihood that the face shield will sometimes fog up to result in poor visibility. During the hot summer season. Especially when the motorcycle is stopped after running, the user breaths and weather is hot, the exhaled air is confined in the space between the helmet's inner region and the face owing to poor ventilation, it decreases the comforts of
the wearer. Moreover, the rider resists wearing the helmet as it increases the sweating inside the helmet due to no-airflow in the hair area. Our design addresses all of the challenges of the traditional helmet and also introduces a few additional benefits such as cleaner air for breathing.
There are a few add-on devices in the market which adds an air filtration system to the front of the helmet, however, it changes the aerodynamic shape of the helmet and also increases health hazard due to the active electric device placed very close to nose, eye, and lips. Any overheating or battery rupture from such a filtering device which is closer to the face could injure the wearer. In addition, it adds additional load towards the front of the helmet & increases strain in the neck area due to imbalance.
Deteriorating air-quality poses health issues, so cleaner air is becoming something of very important. Breathing polluted air reduces the capabilities of the human body. So, supplying the filtered cleaner air closer to the nose of the user will be better for a human health.
In short, the challenges of today's helmet are
1) Helmet's block airflow to the skull area and increase the sweat.
2) Increasing pollution in the air and breathing polluted air contributes to health hazards
3) Most of the vehicle in the road are petrol or diesel vehicle & these ICE vehicle produce lot of pollution and the polluted air is rushed through the exhaust system this exhaust air increases the pollution for people on the road.
4) Not wearing helmet increases safety issues
5) Not wearing a helmet while driving increases the direct air-impact as the headwind of the air result in rough hair, dry or hair fall
6) Add-on solution increases hazards by placing active electric device with inch away from sensitive facial parts.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The main objective of this "Helmet with forced clean air distribution system" invention is to address the challenges of today's helmet technologies.
The Helmet with forced air distribution system aka "The kit" consists of two sections, 1) The air filtration system which is fixed in the vehicle, 2) The helmet with embedded soft tubes to distribute the forced clean air to all around the skull. The solution provides the following benefits
1) The inhaled air by the wearer of the device is filtered by an active device attached to the vehicle. The filtration unit removes the exhaust pollutant gas and dust from the atmosphere air and passes the cleaner air to the wear via a passive tube which has an opening just inch below the nose area. Thereby it increases the supply of cleaner air to the wearer for inhaling
2) Filtered cleaner air is distributed near to face area
3) Filtered clean air is distributed all around the skull, thus increases the airflow, reduces the sweating, and increases the comfort of the rider.
4) The cleaner forced air is also distributed around the head area to increase the comfort. It would also reduce the temperature felt otherwise.
5) The airflow around the head is controlled thereby it doesn't cause any sort of roughness during fast riding.
6) The helmet doesn't have any active electronic components in the face are thereby eliminates any electrical hazards.
The rider is benefitted from cleaner controlled forced air distribution around the head even if the vehicle's around them constantly emits smoke. While the rider gets pure air for breathing which avoids pollution-related health hazards during usage.
The working of the system is described below, Air from the atmosphere is passed through a preliminary filter which isolates dust from the air, then the dust-free air is forcefully sucked through an air filter using an axial fan which passes pollution free air through the tubes. The
filtered air would have lot less carbon monoxide, sulfur dioxide and other harmful fumes that are emitted from the vehicles. Then the filtered air is passed through the duct/tube and supplied to the helmet, the system can also support multiple helmets using "Y" distribution valves. The helmet is embedded with the tubes to carry the clean air. The tubes have small holes to distribute the air around the head and in front of the face towards jaw area. The tube can be covered if it is not in use. The ducts are bored to supply air throughout the helmet. The inlet is detachable & it is located on the right side of the helmet. The purified air is passed from all the inner pores of the helmets through which better airflow is achieved. The better airflow reduces the sweating and also reduces the temperature inside the helmet up to 2 to 7 degrees in 60 seconds. The air supplied into the helmet will be free from harmful gases and odour. The controlled comfortable environment inside the helmet improves the hair health. It would also encourage more users to wear the helmet as it overcomes all of the identified shortfalls of the existing helmets resulting in the overall better safety. Pores inside in the helmet are not visible as it lies under the comfort layer. The wearer can feel the air flow all around the helmet's inside.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS
FIG. 1 is an illustration of overall air filtration and distribution system
FIG.2 is an illustration of layers in the helmet
FIG.3 is an illustration of Groove in the expanded polystyrene layer
FIG4 is an illustration of full face helmet
FIG.5 is an illustration of Open face helmet
FIG.6 is an illustration of full face helmet with sun peak
DETAILED DESCRIPTION
The subject matter described herein is directed to helmet design and cooling system which eliminates harmful gases and supplies cleaned air for the users.
FIG.l A motorcycle [100] is a two-wheeled vehicle comprises of a power source for the air filtration unit [109], power source [108], tube [106], a connector from the duct to helmet [104], duct inside helmet [106], exhaust [107], Faceshield [108]. The air filtration unit consists of two filters 1. Dust cleaning filter [101] and 2. Harmful gas filter [102], axial flow fan [103]. The dust cleaning filter [101] removes the dust in the air and it is made of synthetic fiber [101], Synthetic fibers are fine mesh that will not allow the naked eye dust particles, the dust cleaning filter [101] is removably mounted on the air filtration unit [109] with screws on the edges of the plastic frame of synthetic fiber. Harmful gas filter [102] ] is mounted after the dust cleaning filter[200]. The harmful gas filter contains activated filter and it is removably mounted with locks for easy replacement. The inlet air for the axial fan [103] is supplied from the output of the filters and pushes it for the wearer, The axial fan speed is adjustable depending upon the wearer's comfort. The outlet from the fan is connected with tube [106] via a duct. The other end of the tube [106] is connected with the helmet using T shaped connector [110].
The air filtering unit [200] is energized through the switch so that rider can choose the state of operation. The rider can set the percentage of air flow through the helmet with the knob present in the vehicle. The connecting valves are placed just below the seating area to make the air outlet from the filtration unit to be easily accessible to the wearer.
FIG.2 This design enhances traditional helmet's airflow at the sametime doesn't block air intake for failsafe operation. The helmet [300] has 3 layers, they are outer shell [301], Expanded polystyrene layer [302], comfort layer [303]. The outlet from the purifier is connected with the parallelized valve [305]. The air feed outlet is provided with a plurality of flow guides and placed laterally across the outer shell of the helmet. The sun peak [305] is
placed at the front position of the helmet. The flexible ducts [306] inside the helmet are closed at the ends, the cleaned air exists only through the pores, the pores are logically located to cover the sweat glands in the human body and overall surface area of the head. The flows out through the opening at the bottom end of the helmet. If the motorcycle falls down, the duct is easily detaches without affecting the safety. The face shield [502] can be opened like traditional help if there is any need. The face shield [502] is a transparent layer that helps the rider to drive the vehicle without physical headwind of the air. Long time exposure of high-speed air typically causes rough hair which is prevented in once the face shield is active-All the ducts [501]have the internal opening facing inwards towards the head. When the rider feels safe about letting the atmospheric air without cleaning. The comfort layer of the helmet acts as a ventilation path for non-filtered air.
The forced air exits via the back of the head [307] (an exhaust way).
FIG.3 is the embodiment of the top of the internal duct inside the helmet. The air flow coming from the pores cover the major head area, the backside also feels the comfort the air exit the helmet through the back side. The flexible ducts are partially submerged into the polystyrene layer [302]. The portion of duct outside the EPS layer that has the pores to continuously supply air to the helmet.
FIG.4 is an embodiment of the helmet design. The polystyrene layer [302] acts the second layer of compression. The comfort layer [303] gives us the first layer of cushion to the user. The polystyrene layer [302] is made with groove without affecting its rigid and cushioning characteristics to act as flow guides to the flexible ducts [302] to pass through it. The flexible ducts [401] has a streamlined flow of air. The outlet air from the pores also experiences a turbulent flow. The flow guides are curved at the places of sweat glands and cover the overall surface area of the head. The air pressure inside the helmet depends upon speed of the fan which is controllable via [302] and the position of the knob. The grooves are made while casting to maintain the strength of the material used in the helmet.
FIG.5 is an embodiment of the full face helmet that covers up to the chin. As the flexible duct [602] has a path to flow through the chin area. An internal duct[601] has the opening pore for the respiration. The clean air for the breathing is passed to the jaw. The chin bar pad may have inlet duct for the atmospheric air for breathing. The cheek pad resides on the interior portion of the helmet. An optional ventilation shutter [603] can be opened and closed by the wearer.
FIG.6 is an embodiment of the open face helmet [700] that adds comfort to the user. As the air is just a filtered atmospheric air, the air can be directly flow through the opening at the downside of the helmet. The internal ducts are same at as specified in the FIG.3 except the length of the internal duct provided for the respiration [701].
We claim
1) A Helmet with Active Air distribution system comprising an air filtering unit and helmet embedded with air distribution pores, the helmet type can be of openable portion close to the chin or openable portion close to the nose or open face helmet, with or without sun peak which has ducts flow guided grooves for duct carrying air from the external filter unit. The flexible duct travels through the grooves supplies the air to the rider through pores in it. The clean forced air is also distributed around the head area to increase the comfort. It would also reduce the temperature felt otherwise.
2) The inhaled air by the wearer of the device is filtered by an active device attached to the vehicle. The filtration unit removes the exhaust pollutant gas and dust from the atmosphere air and passes the cleaner air to the wear via a passive tube which has an opening just inch below the nose area. Thereby it increases the supply of cleaner air to the wearer for inhaling
3) Filtered cleaner air is distributed near to nose thereby improving health
4) As per claim 1, the pores in the internal duct distribute cleaned air all over the helmet. Filtered clean air is distributed all around the skull, thus increases the airflow, reduces the sweating, and increases the comfort of the rider.
5) The design preserves the look and feels of the helmet along with its aerodynamic capabilities
6) Improved users safety by placing the active devices away from users head are & all the components in the helmet are passive air distribution system
7) The duct can be configured to connect in either left or right side of the helmet.
8) The cleaned air volume can be controlled by using valves as per the wearer's comfort.
9) The air filtration unit can be of either air-filter system or air conditioning system.