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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 03, 2021
Filed:
Feb. 27, 2018
GM Global Technology Operations Llc, Detroit, MI (US);
Continental Structural Plastics, Inc., Auburn Hills, MI (US);
William R. Rodgers, Bloomfield Township, MI (US);
Venkateshwar R. Aitharaju, Troy, MI (US);
Terrence Wathen, Sterling Heights, MI (US);
Yutaka Yagi, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC, Detroit, MI (US);
CONTINENTAL STRUCTURAL PLASTICS, INC, Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Abstract
An energy-absorbing assembly includes a housing and a plurality of discrete energy-absorbing elements. The housing includes a first wall and a second wall. The first wall and the second wall are spaced apart from one another to at least partially define an interior compartment. Each element of the plurality of energy-absorbing elements includes a polymer and a plurality of reinforcing fibers. The plurality of energy-absorbing elements is at least partially disposed within the interior compartment and fixed to the housing. Each energy-absorbing element of the plurality of energy-absorbing elements includes an elongated hollow structure extending between a first end and a second end. Each elongated hollow structure defines a longitudinal axis extending nonparallel to at least one of the first wall and the second wall. In various alternative aspects, each energy-absorbing element may include a transverse wall.