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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 25, 2024
Filed:
Jan. 27, 2022
Applicant:
Wavecel, Llc, Wilsonville, OR (US);
Inventors:
Michael Bottlang, Happy Valley, OR (US);
Jeffrey Bennett, Portland, OR (US);
Assignee:
WAVECEL, LLC, Wilsonville, OR (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B32B 3/12 (2006.01); A42B 3/06 (2006.01); B33Y 80/00 (2015.01); F16F 7/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B32B 3/12 (2013.01); A42B 3/065 (2013.01); B33Y 80/00 (2014.12); F16F 7/121 (2013.01);
Abstract
An impact-absorbing structure that includes a plurality of interconnected cells forming a sheet, each cell having a sidewall and a longitudinal axis. Each cell may be configured to absorb energy through plastic deformation in response to an applied load, and a sidewall of at least one cell may include a geometric perturbation that is oriented in a direction that is not parallel to the longitudinal axis of the cell. The geometric perturbation may reduce the load required to cause plastic deformation of the cell.