Helmet Strap Holder for Wireless Communication Device

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing wireless communication devices integrated with helmets are difficult to affix and adjust on non-full-face helmets, require modifications, and lack compatibility with various helmet models, with limited adjustment capabilities for speaker and microphone positions.

Innovation Solution

A wireless communication device with a holder that attaches to a helmet strap, featuring a deformable duct connecting the speaker and microphone housings, allowing angular adjustment of the speaker and microphone positions, and an adjustable sliding buckle for secure attachment to helmet straps, enabling universal compatibility with different helmets.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If a holder is used to fix the wireless communication device to a helmet, then the device can be attached to the helmet, but the holder requires adaptations of the helmet or adhesion of parts to the helmet, making it difficult to affix and adjust

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveattachment reliabilityVSAvoidease of attachment and adjustment
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The invention introduces a holder as an intermediary component that bridges the wireless communication device and the helmet strap. The holder includes a first anchorage that attaches to the device housing and a second anchorage that secures to the helmet strap, eliminating the need for direct attachment to the helmet body and avoiding modifications to the helmet.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Solution Approach 2:

The holder incorporates adjustable mechanisms that allow dynamic repositioning of the wireless communication device on the helmet strap. This enables users to adjust the device position and orientation according to different helmet types and user preferences, transforming a static attachment system into a dynamic, adaptable one.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

2Reliability

If the holder is designed for specific helmet models, then attachment is secure, but compatibility with various helmet models is limited

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveattachment securityVSAvoidhelmet model compatibility
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

The holder is designed with universal adaptability by securing to the helmet strap rather than the helmet body itself. Since helmet straps are a common feature across virtually all helmet types, this approach provides universal compatibility while maintaining secure attachment through the strap's inherent structural integrity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

3Stability of the object's composition

If the speaker and microphone housings are connected by a rigid duct, then structural stability is maintained, but adjustment capacity for speaker and microphone positions is limited

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvestructural stabilityVSAvoidspeaker and microphone position adjustment
Core Design Contradiction:
Stability of the object's compositionVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

The invention replaces the rigid duct with a deformable duct that can change its shape and angle. This allows the speaker and microphone housings to be positioned at different angles relative to each other while maintaining a stable connection, enabling adjustment of speaker and microphone positions to optimize sound transmission and user comfort.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

Data Source

PatentEP3945727B1A wireless communication device with a holder attachable to a helmet strap
Publication Date: 2024.01.03 MAT PROD & TECH S L U
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AI summary

A wireless communication device with a holder integrable in a helmet, comprising a speaker contained in a first flattened housing (10) with a main internal face associated with the speaker, and a perimeter (13) which is shaped like a circle or regular polygon with at least six faces; a microphone contained in a second housing (20) connected to and distanced from the first housing (10) by a rigid or deformable duct (30); a battery and an antenna, connected to the speaker and the microphone, contained in the first and/or second housing (10, 20); where the support (40) also includes a first anchorage (41), elastically attached around the perimeter (13) of the first housing (10), enabling the first housing (10) to be positioned at different angles to the first anchorage (41), and a second anchorage (42), adjacent to and attached to the first anchorage (41), intended to be fixed to a helmet strap.