GARY J PIORKOWSKI
Engineers in Mayfield, PA
License number
Pennsylvania PE034375E
Category
Engineers
Type
Professional Engineer
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Address
Mayfield, PA 18433
Professional information
Method And Apparatus For Manufacturing A Custom Fit Optical Display Helmet
US Patent:
7234812, Jun 26, 2007
Filed:
Feb 25, 2004
Appl. No.:
10/788052
Inventors:
Gary J. Piorkowski - Mayfield PA, US
William Radzelovage - Newton NJ, US
William Radzelovage - Newton NJ, US
Assignee:
Crew Systems Corporation - Carbondale PA
International Classification:
A61B 3/00, A61B 3/14, A61B 3/02, G01D 21/00, B29C 65/00
US Classification:
351200, 351206, 351209, 351210, 351240, 33645, 33512, 264 465, 2410, 2416, 2417
Abstract:
A helmet with an optical display system is provided with a custom fit protective liner which precisely aligns the wearer's eyes with the optics on the helmet. The helmet is manufactured by positioning the subject's head in a fixture; determining the position of the subject's pupils with respect to the fixture; scanning the subject's head with a laser while positioned in the fixture in order to obtain a 3-D model of the subject's head; and providing a helmet liner having an outer surface which is profiled to position it inside a helmet shell. The position of the subject's pupils may be determined by scanning pupil locating features of the fixture. The 3-D model is then used to provide the helmet liner with an inner surface which conforms to the subject's head and is positioned with respect to the outer surface so that the outer surface will have a predetermined position with respect to the subject's pupils. The helmet liner is then fitted in the helmet shell to form a helmet. The helmet shell may thus be fitted with pre-positioned optics which are properly positioned with respect to the subject's pupils.
Facepiece For A Respirator For High Performance Fixed-Wing Aircraft Crew Protection
US Patent:
2007011, May 24, 2007
Filed:
Jun 26, 2006
Appl. No.:
11/474779
Inventors:
Gary Piorkowski - Mayfield PA, US
William Radzelovage - Newton NJ, US
William Radzelovage - Newton NJ, US
International Classification:
A62B 18/08, A62B 17/04
US Classification:
128201260, 128201220
Abstract:
A facepiece for use in a respirator for a pilot. The facepiece includes a separate mask and faceframe, each of which is individually fittable to the user. Once the two pieces are fitted, a mechanism may fixedly connect them to one another, thereby preventing further relative movement therebetween.