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1. HANS device, 2. Tether (one per side), 3. Helmet anchor (one per side), and 4. Shoulder support. Primarily made of carbon fiber reinforced polymer, the HANS device is shaped like a "U", with the back of the "U" set behind the nape of the neck and the two arms lying flat along the top of the chest over the pectoral muscles.
HANS Device [ edit ] Jim Downing has been credited as the first to identify the problems associated with a restrained torso and an unrestrained head in sudden deceleration impacts, following the 1981 death of Patrick Jacquemart at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course during the Red Roof Inns 200 IMSA GT Championship event in May 1981.
The Hutchens device was developed by engineer Trevor Ashline. [2] [3] [4] It was named after Bobby Hutchens, who also helped develop the product.Hutchens was a driver on the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour, and was a racing engineer and the general manager of Richard Childress Racing at the time of the device's creation.
Ernst Abbe: Invented the first refractometer, and many other devices. Donated his shares in the company Carl Zeiss to form Carl-Zeiss-Stiftung, still in existence today. Franz Carl Achard: Developed a process to produce sugar from sugar beet. Built the first factory for the process in 1802. Robert Adler: Invented a better television remote control.
The problem of band noise with tape devices is reduced dramatically by the invention of radio frequency bias of Walter Weber and Hans-Joachim von Braunmühl. 1942: The first all-electronic computer is used by John Vincent Atanasoff , but quickly fades into oblivion.
1924: Electroencephalography (EEG) by Hans Berger. He also invented the electroencephalogram and discovered alpha waves. [369] 1929: Cardiac catheterization by Werner Forssmann [370] 1932: Prontosil by Josef Klarer and Fritz Mietzsch at Bayer [371] 1934: Synthesis of Chloroquine by Italian-born Hans Andersag working for Bayer AG [372]
After a string of fatal accidents involving skull fractures, NASCAR has made it mandatory for drivers to wear the HANS device, which reduces the risk of head and neck injuries in the event of a crash. [13] NASCAR also allowed the use of the Hutchens device but banned it in 2005 due to test failures. [14]
Hans Lipperhey [a] (c. 1570 – buried 29 September 1619), also known as Johann Lippershey or simply Lippershey, [b] was a German-Dutch spectacle-maker. He is commonly associated with the invention of the telescope, because he was the first one who tried to obtain a patent for it. [1] It is, however, unclear if he was the first one to build a ...