Patent ID: 7571615

Claim:
A protective gear cooling device, comprising, in combination: a helmet having an inside surface and an outside surface; a cooling plate coupled to the inside surface of the helmet; a pnp conductor and an npn conductor with each conductor having a first end and a second end, the conductors being coupled to the cooling plate; a heat sink coupled to the outside surface of the helmet; a fan coupled to the fin of the heat sink; a control module being electronically coupled to the fan and the conductors; the helmet being fabricated of a material having limited flexibility comprising an inner surface and an outer surface with a thickness there between, the helmet having a forward face portion and a rearward occipital portion and a top portion and a bottom neck portion, with the forward face portion having a viewing aperture there through and a chin protection region, the bottom neck portion having an opening there through, the top portion being solid and continuous and the occipital portion having a mounting aperture there through; and a direct current power source electronically coupled to the control module.