JPH10168639A - Riding helmet - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Problem] To provide a ventilation device which can solve the problem of deterioration in strength of a cap body constituting a helmet and installation of a duct. SOLUTION: At the periphery of a lower opening of a helmet A, there are provided air intakes 1, 1 'for taking in a running wind passing through right and left sides of a user's neck during running. An air supply means having an outflow port for discharging air is provided.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a riding helmet which is worn on a head when riding a motorcycle or an automobile, and more particularly to a ventilation structure for a full face type helmet or a jet type helmet in which a head slips.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In general, a full-face or jet-type riding safety helmet worn on the head when riding a motorcycle or an automobile tends to be stuffy because of its form. Near the top of the helmet or near the forehead, a vent for introducing outside air into the helmet or discharging the air inside the helmet to the outside has a cap body and a shock absorbing liner fitted inside the cap body. Various types of ventilators have been proposed, which are provided with an air introduction duct in the vent hole portion of the cap. (For example, actual fairness 1
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[0003]

By the way, in the above-mentioned conventional ventilating device, a ventilation hole for introducing outside air is formed in the cap, and a hood-shaped portion is formed so that the outside air can be introduced effectively in the portion of the ventilation hole. Is provided on the outer surface of the cap body. However, such external air intake ducts should be taken off from the helmet easily in case of external force such as falling down, and care should be taken to prevent excessive force from acting on the neck. In order to prevent it from coming off in a normal use state, an appropriate attachment device is required.

[0004] Also, if a hole is made in the cap, the penetration resistance (strength) is improved.
The penetration resistance (strength) further decreases if the diameter of the hole (vent) is large.

The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems of the prior art, and has as its object to provide a ventilating apparatus which can solve the problems of reduced strength of a cap constituting a helmet body and installation of a duct. And

[0006]

The technical measures taken by the present invention to achieve the above object are as follows. When traveling while wearing a helmet, a traveling wind hitting a neck (between a head and a shoulder) is generated by the neck. Divided into left and right, flowing behind the neck. Therefore, the running wind passing between the head and the shoulder is introduced into the helmet. That is, a supply port having, at the periphery of the lower opening of the helmet, an air intake port for taking in the traveling wind passing through the left and right sides of the user's neck during traveling, and an outlet for discharging the intake air into the helmet. Air means.

[0007] The helmet is a full face type or jet type helmet in which the lower end of the helmet is located near the shoulder of the user, and the lower opening of the helmet is provided on the lower end surface of the interior member of the helmet. In the case where a horseshoe-shaped neck pad is attached so as to surround the portion, the air supply means is integrally formed with the neck pad. As a form integrally formed with the neck pad, an air intake port is formed on both sides of the lower surface of the neck pad, an air passage communicating with the air intake port is formed in the neck pad, and an outlet of the passage is connected to a helmet. The inside is opened. In the helmet having no neck pad, the member provided with the air supply means is integrally attached and fixed over the ear cup of the interior member and the lower end surface of the shock absorbing liner.

An outlet is formed at the rear side of the neck pad, that is, at the center of the horseshoe-shaped neck pad so that air introduced into the helmet can be discharged. The ventilator of the present invention may be used alone, but may be used in combination with the ventilator provided on the cap described in the related art.

With the above arrangement, the traveling wind passing through both sides of the neck flows into the helmet through the air intake of the air supply means provided on the lower side of the helmet, and the helmet is ventilated and cooled. . Then, the air in the helmet is discharged out of the helmet through a ventilation hole provided on the cap body or a discharge port formed on the rear side of the neck pad.

[0010]

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a full-face helmet provided with a ventilation device according to the present invention,
The helmet A has a cap body formed of a fiber-reinforced resin material in a shape that allows the head to slip into the head, a shock absorbing liner made of a resin foam fitted inside the cap body, and a shock absorbing liner inside the cap body. This is a well-known full-face type riding helmet composed of an interior body composed of various cushion pads to be mounted, and a neck pad B having a horseshoe-like planar shape is attached to a lower opening of the helmet A. I have.

The neck pad B protects the wearer's neck wearing the helmet A from running wind or the like, and is made of a flexible elastic urethane foam material or a material having a similar function, and has a substantially horseshoe-like planar shape. The air inlets 1, 1 'having an open front surface are formed at the left and right ends thereof, and the air inlets 1, 1' are provided in the neck pad B.
An air passage 1b communicating with the air passage 1 'is formed, and an outlet 2 of the air passage 1b is formed in the helmet A. The air intake ports 1, 1 'on both the left and right sides are formed such that the front surface is inclined backward and downward so that the traveling wind is effectively captured by the air intake ports 1, 1' and efficiently flows. Further, several partitions 1a are arranged in the inside of the air intakes 1 and 1 'so that dust and the like do not flow.

A central portion of the neck pad B;
That is, when the helmet is worn, a discharge port 3 for discharging the air flowing into the helmet to the outside of the helmet A is formed at the center rear surface of the neck pad B located on the back side of the neck.

The discharging means for discharging the air that has flowed into the helmet to the outside of the helmet A is the aforementioned neck pad B
It is not limited to the discharge port 3 formed in the helmet A, for example, as shown in FIG. 5, a cap body constituting the helmet A and the top rear surface of the shock absorbing liner fitted inside the cap body, or The discharge may be performed through the discharge holes 4 and 4 'opened at the lower rear side.

The introduction of outside air is also performed by the above-mentioned neck pad B.
In addition to the air inlets 1 and 1 'formed in the helmet A, for example, as shown in FIG. 4, the cap body and the shock absorbing liner fitted inside the cap body as shown in FIG. It may be used in combination with a vent hole 5 that is formed through it. In this case, more air can be taken into the helmet, and the ventilation effect can be enhanced. In the figure, reference numeral 6 denotes a shield that is openably and closably mounted outside a window formed in the front surface of the helmet A.

While the above embodiment has been described with respect to a full face type helmet provided with a neck pad, the present invention provides a jet type helmet provided with a neck pad and a full face type or jet type helmet not provided with a neck pad. It can also be equipped with. FIG. 6 shows a jet type helmet A ′ having a neck pad.
Air inlets 7, 7 'similar to those described above are formed on the lower left and right sides of the lower surface of the neck pad B' having a substantially horseshoe-shaped planar shape attached along the lower end surface of the interior member,
The air introduced from the air intake is discharged into the helmet A 'from the outlet of the neck pad B' which is opened so as to be discharged into the helmet A ', and the helmet is ventilated. The neck pad B 'may or may not be provided with a discharge port 8 for discharging the ventilated air in the helmet to the outside.

FIG. 7 shows a jet-type helmet A "without a neck pad. In this case, a member C having an air supply means is attached and fixed over the ear cup 9 of the interior member and the lower end surface of the shock absorbing liner 10. The member C provided with the air supply means is formed of the same material as the material constituting the neck pad, and has an air intake port 11 on the front surface and an outlet 12 into the helmet on the rear side.

[0017]

According to the riding helmet of the present invention, the outside air is introduced into the helmet and ventilated without making a hole in the cap body and the shock absorbing liner constituting the helmet according to the constitutions of claims 1 to 4. Can be. That is, it is possible to provide a helmet equipped with a ventilation device capable of effectively introducing outside air into the helmet by solving the problems of lowering the strength of the cap body and the shock absorbing liner and attaching the duct. And when the air supply means is provided in the neck pad as described in claim 2, a part of the traveling wind passing through the left and right sides of the neck can be efficiently taken in. In addition, by combining with a conventional ventilation device that penetrates and drills holes in the cap body and the shock absorption liner, it is possible to introduce more air into the helmet with minimum strength reduction of the helmet and enhance the ventilation effect Can be. Further, according to the configuration of the fourth aspect, it is possible to provide a helmet that can complete introduction of outside air and discharge of air from the helmet without making a hole in the cap body.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an example of an embodiment of a riding helmet according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a front view of the same.

FIG. 3 is a side view showing a state in which traveling wind is introduced during traveling.

FIG. 4 is a side view showing the inflow and outflow of air when an outlet is formed in a neck pad.

FIG. 5 is a side view showing an embodiment in which air in the helmet is discharged from a hole formed in the helmet.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view showing an example in which air supply means is provided on a neck pad of a jet type helmet.

FIG. 7 is a perspective view showing an example in which a member of an air supply means is attached to a lower surface of an interior member of a jet type helmet.

[Explanation of symbols]

A, A ', A "... Helmet B, B' ... Neck pad C ... Member forming air supply means 1, 1 ', 7, 11 ... Air intake port 2 ... Outlet port 3 ... Discharge port

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A helmet having an air intake port on the periphery of a lower opening of the helmet for taking in a running wind passing through right and left sides of a user's neck during running, and an outlet for discharging the taken-in air into the helmet. A riding helmet provided with an air supply means having: 2. The helmet according to claim 1, wherein the helmet is a full face type or a jet type having a horseshoe-shaped neck pad on the periphery of the lower opening, and the air supply means is integrally formed with the neck pad. Riding helmet. 3. The riding helmet according to claim 1, wherein the member provided with the air supply means is attached to the lower end surface of the ear cup and the shock absorbing liner at the lower opening of the helmet. 4. The riding helmet according to claim 2, wherein an outlet is formed on a rear side of the neck pad.