Football Helmet Video Camera Housing Mounting
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing football helmets with integrated video camera systems often compromise safety and void manufacturer warranties by not meeting NOCSAE standards, and existing solutions either impair helmet safety or significantly alter the helmet's profile.
Innovation Solution
A football helmet with an integrated video system that includes a rigid shell, impact-absorbing pad assembly, comfort liner, face guard, video optics housing with an imager, battery housing, and circuitry housing, all designed to maintain safety and compliance with NOCSAE standards while allowing video recording during full-contact play.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a video camera system is attached to an existing football helmet, then video recording capability is achieved, but helmet safety is compromised and NOCSAE standards are not met
Solution Approach 1:
The video system is segmented into separate functional modules: video camera, battery housing, circuitry housing, and mounting components. This allows the video functionality to be added as distinct segments rather than a monolithic attachment, enabling integration that maintains helmet structural integrity and safety standards
Solution Approach 2:
The video camera housing is merged with the helmet structure through integrated mounting brackets that attach to existing helmet components (face mask, shell). The battery housing and circuitry housing are also integrated into the helmet assembly, creating a unified system that maintains safety while adding video capability
2Adaptability or versatility
If a video camera housing is mounted on the helmet, then video recording is enabled, but the helmet's profile is significantly altered
Solution Approach 1:
The video camera housing is positioned in a localized area on the helmet (front or side) rather than distributing bulk across the entire helmet. This concentrates the volume change to a specific local region, minimizing the overall impact on the helmet's global profile and aerodynamic characteristics
Solution Approach 2:
The video housing is designed to extend in a direction that utilizes available space without protruding significantly beyond the helmet's existing contours. By orienting the housing along the helmet's surface rather than perpendicular to it, the profile alteration is minimized while still providing functional video capability
3Adaptability or versatility
If commercial video systems are attached to helmets, then video recording is achieved, but the helmet warranty is voided and safety standards are compromised
Solution Approach 1:
The mounting brackets and housing design are created to be universal and compatible with standard helmet structures that already meet NOCSAE standards. By using standardized attachment points and materials that match helmet specifications, the video system becomes a compliant accessory that maintains warranty validity while enabling video recording
Data Source
AI summary
Football helmet with video system has a rigid shell with front and back portions. An impact absorbing pad assembly and underlying comfort liner assembly are removably attached in the shell. A face guard of connected bars has a center bar connected to the front portion of the shell by one or more connectors with a nose bumper between the center bar and the shell. The nose bumper has a concave inner surface engaged flat against a convex outer surface of the front portion and a video optics housing extending forwardly of the nose bumper and containing an imager. A battery housing is connected in the shell for a battery, a circuitry housing is connected to the shell for video camera circuitry and wiring connects the imager and the battery housing to the video circuitry.