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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:
Feb. 05, 1980
Filed:
Jan. 29, 1976
Applicant:
Inventors:
Gary P Zeller, Anderson, IN (US);
DeWayne A Landwehr, Anderson, IN (US);
Assignee:
General Motors Corporation, Detroit, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
267140 ; 293122 ;
Abstract
Soft face bumper for vehicles incorporating a resilient energy absorbing cellular matrix molded from a plastic material and having walls of longitudinally extending cells stepped in thickness to provide at least two serially arranged working zones to form a staged energy absorber.