Giro Atmos-2004
Industrial Designer Greg Marting
My role: Atmos was my first helmet as mechanical lead. The Giro Product Brief specified there be no visible strap attachment points on the exterior of the helmet and a carbon beam across the front. I used two thermoplastic carbon components to expand the carbon coverage to additional areas. The strapping anchors were buried inside the EPS (helmet foam) and attached to the plastic roll cage. I got a patent for this technique. (US7739783)
As a junior engineer at the time I needed to work very closely with Greg Marting and employed the services of Pattern Worker Irving Aguiar. In those days helmets were released via hand made clay masters and were copy milled at the helmet vendor. I executed roll cage cad and other internal components and managed testing. Webbing was in-molded at the EPS press, another first, and I worked with the vendor to figure out how to do that without damage or kinking to the webbing material.
