The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 08, 2025
Filed:
Nov. 14, 2022
Ami Industries, Inc., Colorado Springs, CO (US);
Jason M. Sharpe, Colorado Springs, CO (US);
AMI Industries, Inc., Colorado Springs, CO (US);
Abstract
A seat and an energy absorbing system for a seat including sequentially activated first and second energy absorbing devices. The first device is resiliently deformable and activates to accommodate less severe dynamic events whereas the second device plastically deforms to accommodate severe dynamic events such as a crash. In use, when a first predetermined load value is exceeded the first device activates until a compressive limit of the first device is reached, after which exceeding a second predetermined load value transfers remaining energy to the second device. In embodiments, the first device operates to permit a limited amount of seat bucket stroking followed by recovery to an original state, and the second device operates to permit continued stroking without recovery to an original state.