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Omni-Directional Angular Acceleration Reduction Helmet

Wayne State researchers have designed a new device to reduce the head angular acceleration of the helmet wearer during blunt impact. This technology introduces a helmet shell design which rotates with respect to head by the insertion of a thin layer of elastically or plastically yielding material between the outer and inner shells, depending on the...

Published: 2/6/2014 | Inventor(s): Albert King, KinG-Hay Yang, Liying Zhang

Keywords(s): Athletic

Category(s): Safety, Automotive & Transportation, Physical Sciences, Life Science, Medical Devices

Concussion Reduction Helmet

Technology Overview Wayne State University Researchers have designed a football helmet to reduce the likelihood of a cerebral concussion to the wearer during blunt impact with another player or the ground. The helmet shell and interior padding are tuned using a computer model of the head and helmet to reduce the strain experienced by the brain...

Published: 2/6/2014 | Inventor(s): Albert King, KinG-Hay Yang, Liying Zhang

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Category(s): Physical Sciences, Automotive & Transportation, Life Science, Medical Devices, Safety, Software, Simulation & Modeling

Enhanced Peripheral Detection Test-I (EPDT-I) Enhanced Peripheral Detection Test-II (EPDT-II)

Wayne State University researchers have teamed up with the Toyota Technical Center, a division of Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc. (TEMA), to work on projects for TEMA's safety research center -- the Collaborative Safety Research Center (CSRC). One technology under development is a software program related to driver distraction: •Method...

Published: 2/6/2014 | Inventor(s): Li Hsieh, Richard Young, Sean Seaman

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Category(s): Software, Automotive & Transportation, Physical Sciences, Safety

New Vehicle Roof Interior Design Concepts for Occupant Neck Protection During Rollover Crashes

Researchers at the Bioengineering Center at WSU have developed an interior roof design that reduces the coefficient of friction (COF) between the head and the roof or reduces the COF between the padding and its supporting structure. Rollover crashes are the most hazardous crashes to the human cervical spine. It has been reported that the neck is the...

Published: 2/6/2014 | Inventor(s): Jingwen Hu, KinG-Hay Yang, Clifford Chou, Albert King

Keywords(s): Headliner, Roll_Over_Crashes

Category(s): Automotive & Transportation, Safety, Physical Sciences, Simulation & Modeling, Software