Patent ID: 11930879
Assignee: GENTEX CORPORATION
Field: Other consumer goods (Other fields)
Classification: CPC A  H | IPC A  H

Claim 21:
22. A helmet accessory mounting system comprising:
a mounting device configured to couple to an outer surface of a side of a helmet, the mounting device including a plurality of mounting locations configured to releasably couple to a first accessory and a second accessory, a plurality of the plurality of mounting locations each including an electrical node;
a power supply coupled to the mounting device;
a sensor configured to detect whether the at least one accessory is connected to the electrical nodes and at which electrical node the at least one accessory is electrically connected to;
an electrical supply line electrically coupling the power supply to each of the electrical nodes, the electrical supply line contained at least partially within the mounting device; and
a data line communicatively coupling each of the electrical nodes, wherein the data line is configured to transmit first accessory data from the first accessory connected at one of the electrical nodes to the second accessory connected at another of the electrical nodes,
wherein the first accessory data includes first accessory state data representative of the state of the first accessory, and
wherein the second accessory changes from operating in a first state to operating in a second state in response to receiving the first accessory state data from the first accessory.