Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Magnetic hose coupling for helmet forced air hose
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Application No.: US16166051Application Date: 2018-10-19
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Publication No.: US11339904B2Publication Date: 2022-05-24
- Inventor: Arvand Ghodrati , William A. Hilgenberg , Allen A. Bischofberger
- Applicant: Bell Sports, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Scotts Valley
- Assignee: Bell Sports, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Bell Sports, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Scotts Valley
- Agency: Reed Smith LLP
- Agent Gerard M. Donovan; Walter M. Egbert, III
- Main IPC: F16L21/06
- IPC: F16L21/06 ; F16L37/00 ; F16L15/00

Abstract:
A magnetic hose coupling system for a helmet includes first and second coupling conduit segments magnetically coupled to each other. The first segment includes a hinged clamp at a first end to attach to a forced air intake barb on a motorsport helmet and an angled polygonal mating surface at a second end with magnetic attractors in the polygonal mating surface. The second segment includes an internally threaded first end to attach to a forced air hose and an angled polygonal mating surface at a second end with magnetic attractors in the polygonal mating surface. The polygonal mating surfaces of the first and second segments magnetically couple together and resist rotational and sheer movement of the first and second segments with respect to each other.
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