Humanetics is committed to advancing safety, performance, and human well-being through rigorous research and engineering. Across its family of products, the company invests heavily in the development of technologies that address complex, real-world challenges in automotive, aerospace, defense, medical, and industrial applications. Humanetics’ patent portfolio reflects this sustained effort, protecting innovations that span sensing, simulation, testing, and human-centered design. These patents help safeguard the technologies that differentiate Humanetics’ solutions and support its ongoing work to improve how people and systems interact in critical environments.

In accordance with Section 287(a) of Title 35 of the United States Code, notice is hereby provided of Humanetics’ rights in at least the United States patents listed on this site and associated with at least the following applicable products. Not included in the lists below are other worldwide granted patent applications and pending United States applications.

Anthropomorphic Test Devices
Patent No./Publication No.Patent Title
8,622,748Ankle Assembly for Crash Test Dummy
9,355,575Chest Band Assembly for Crash Test Dummy
9,514,659Upper Arm Assembly for Crash Test Dummy
9,721,484Shoulder Kit Assembly for Crash Test Dummy
9,754,514Adjustable Friction Joint Assembly for Crash Test Dummy
9,799,234Shoulder Assembly for Crash Test Dummy
9,916,775Joint Assembly for Crash Test Dummy
9,947,244Adjustable Spine Joint Assembly
9,965,977Adjustable Lumbar Spine Assembly
9,972,220Omni-Directional Neck Assembly
10,008,130Omni-Directional Shoulder Assembly
10,262,557Omni-Directional Shoulder Assembly
10,395,561Three-dimensionally printed internal organs for a crash test dummy
10,585,019Neck Assembly for Anthropometric Test Device
10,713,974Displacement Transducer Arrangement and Crash Test Dummy
10,733,911Three-Dimensional Ribs and Method of Three-Dimensional Printing of Ribs
10,852,216Neck Assembly for Anthropometric Test Device
11,162,825System and method for calibration and optical fiber measurement system
11,200,816Head assembly with facial insert
11,709,105Fiber Optic System for Detecting Forces on and Measuring Deformation of ATD
11,756,450Pad assembly for ATD
11,823,590Neck Assembly for Anthropometric Test Device
11,874,197Coupling Design for the flesh members of ATD
11,885,699Optical Fiber System having helical Core Structure for Detecting Forces During a collision test
11,885,713Coupling design for coupling simulated flesh to a support structure of an ATD
12,050,098Shape Sensing system and method for ATD
12,174,087Neck bracket design for ATD in multiple reclined seating postures
12,169,162Pelvis member of an ATD having a buttock cavity to simulate buttock compression
12,230,163Lumbar spine stretch limiter assembly
12,266,274Coupling design for abdominal flesh
Testing and Measurement Systems
Patent No./Publication No.Patent Title
8,548,752System for Investigating Collisions Between Test Body and Physical Structure
9,217,691System for Investigating a Test Body
9,787,883Test Device for Carrying Out Examination of Test Body
10,436,689Test Pendulum Arrangement and Method for Operating a Test Pendulum Arrangement
12,339,198Test Pendulum Arrangement for Performing Neck Certifications and Method for Operating a Test Pendulum Arrangement
Virtual Models
Patent No./Publication No.Patent Title
8,407,033System for modeling dynamic response changes in an ATD
10,229,616Method for creating customized chest response Finite Element Model for ATD involving creating finite Element Model for Crash Test Dummy
10,943,510Customized chest response Finite Element Model for Crash Test Dummy and Method
11,244,088Customized response finite element model for crash test dummy and method
11,514,213Customized finite element model for crash test dummy
Active Safety Test Systems
Patent No./Publication No.Patent Title
10,830,670Soft Collision Target
11,541,858Braking System for Test Vehicle
11,820,356System and Method for Force Compensation in a Robotic Driving System
12,005,879Braking System for Test Vehicle
12,122,363Overrunnable Small Platform Test Vehicle with Soft Target Mount
12,140,499Overrunable Test Vehicle
12,472,920System and method for Force Compensation in a Robotic Driving System.
Fiber Optics
Patent No./Publication No.Patent Title
9,515,732Optical Transmission
10,261,242Optical Fiber and Method of Producing an Optical Fiber
11,808,613Composite Single-Mode/Multimode Optical Fiber
11,180,957Drilling System
Fiber Processing
Patent No./Publication No.Patent Title
10,393,620Method of Configuring an Optical Cable Apparatus
12,358,831Assembly and Method for Cleaving a Glass Body with a Laser

Last updated on March 24, 2026.