We assume that more than one, at some point, will have been tempted to acquire a Modular helmeteither because you have to renew the one that currently uses or simply by the temptation to prove how they work at all levels (comfort, safety, ventilation, etc.) a model of this type.
However, most users who finally rule out this possibility for related issues, generally to the design and adjustment of this helmet modality.
Shoei reinvents the idea of the modular helmet
Recently and thanks to Ride Apart’s colleagues, we have encountered the registration of a patent by Shoei in reference precisely to a new modular case design. As we can observe in the attached images, the Japanese brand seems to have devised a system with which to maximize the changes of volumes that exist between the helmet’s herself and the part of the chin.
As we all know in a modular helmet, the latter is separated from the main housing in a folding way, hence the technical denomination of this typology of helmets. However, this disconnection process between both parties generates a series of uniform contours, as well as different union areas that offer an unattractive visual image in commercial matters.
Then there is the section of the volume, since a modular helmet precise of having a higher surface in the zone of the mentonera, with which to compensate the own operation, as well as to deal with various issues related to the final security and homologation of each model.
In order to solve a good part of these inconveniences that a modular helmet presents and therefore ends up being less interesting to acquire for a wide spectrum of users, Shoei has patented a system in which it addresses these aspects. For this they have developed an additional piece that serves as a transition when opening and closing the helmet.
In this way not only softens the general lines, but also gets them more compact without losing the benefits that a modular helmet usually offers us. As detailed in the patent itself, referring to the new component adhered to the external lateral part:
“Each fixing surface is reduced from the curved surface to the inside of the body of the helmet to reduce the height difference between the outer surface of the closing element and the curved surface.” In this way, it is achieved, in addition to having uniform hell thickness, efficiently distributing energy absorption in case of impact. You just have to ask, will we see this system soon in any model of Shoei modular helmet?