Airbus Helicopters Deutschland Gmbh

Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft

Roberto Gusmini

Andreas Doleschel

Marius Herrmann

Frank Seidel

Sophie De Lamarliere

Marius Klinkner

Thomas Schmitz

An energy absorbing system that is adapted for absorbing energy of an object in a vehicle in a crash situation by decreasing acceleration and force acting on the object in the crash situation, the energy absorbing system comprising at least one plastically deformable energy absorber that is plastically deformable in the crash situation. A mass-dependent self-adjusting mechanism is provided, the mass-dependent self-adjusting mechanism being adapted for adjusting, on the basis of an underlying mass of the object, a required compensation force that is to be provided by the energy absorbing system in the crash situation for plastically deforming the at least one plastically deformable energy absorber in order to decrease the acceleration and force acting on the object.

Energy absorbing system for absorbing energy of an object in a vehicle in a crash situation

A shaft mounted rotor brake () with at least one braking force absorption element non-rotatable connected to said shaft (). A stationary brake actuator () is mounted to a rotor gear box housing (). Said stationary brake actuator () actuates a braking force transmission element () that is functionally coupled to the at least one braking force absorption element () so as to exert a braking effect. At least one rotor brake deactivation device () is provided. The at least one braking force absorption element comprises lamellas () interacting with stationary lamellas (), said lamellas () and stationary lamellas () being arranged inside of the rotor gear box housing () with oil inside.

Shaft mounted rotor brake

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Munich, Germany

Roberto Gusmini