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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 19, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 12, 2016
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Stephen Noel Pingston, Royal Oak, MI (US);
Sudip Sankar Bhattacharjee, Novi, MI (US);
Mohammed Shenaq, Dearborn, MI (US);
Ray Hari Manala Rethinam, Westland, MI (US);
Assignee:
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 19/18 (2006.01); B60R 19/44 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 19/44 (2013.01); B60R 19/18 (2013.01); B60R 2019/1846 (2013.01); B60R 2019/1893 (2013.01);
Abstract
An energy-absorbing device includes a beam having a longitudinal axis and a plurality of lobes attached to and positioned sequentially along the beam. The lobes are spaced from each other, deformable relative to the beam, and configured to contact adjacent lobes when deformed. The size and spacing of the lobes is such that if a single lobe is deformed, the lobe will not contact adjacent lobes, but if adjacent lobes are deformed, the lobes will contact each other.