Patents by Inventor Michael C. Cordeiro

Michael C. Cordeiro has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Protective headgear for whitewater use
    Patent number: 6854133
    Abstract: Protective headgear configured for protection of a portion of a wearer's head, including a resilient outer shell, a layered composite liner including a multiplicity of deformable layers, each layer having a different stiffness than adjacent layers, and wherein a layer has a higher stiffness than that of adjacent layers on either side, and a retention system configured to resist upward/rearward rotation of the headgear with respect to the wearer's head to expose the forehead, due to hydrodynamic or aerodynamic forces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2005
    Assignee: Whitewater Research and Safety Institute
    Inventors: Chang Lee, Michael C. Cordeiro, Andrew F. Conn
  • Protective headgear for whitewater use
    Publication number: 20030221245
    Abstract: Protective headgear configured for protection of a portion of a wearer's head, including a resilient outer shell, a layered composite liner including a multiplicity of deformable layers, each layer having a different stiffness than adjacent layers, and wherein a layer has a higher stiffness than that of adjacent layers on either side, and a retention system configured to resist upward/rearward rotation of the headgear with respect to the wearer's head to expose the forehead, due to hydrodynamic or aerodynamic forces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2003
    Publication date: December 4, 2003
    Applicant: Whitewater Research & Safety Institute, Inc.
    Inventors: Chang Lee, Michael C. Cordeiro, Andrew F. Conn