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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:
Jan. 04, 1983
Filed:
Sep. 16, 1980
Applicant:
Inventor:
Hans G Vrijburg, Heemskerk, NL;
Assignee:
Hoogovens Ijmuiden B.V., Ijmuiden, NL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16F / ; B60R / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
188377 ; 293110 ; 293121 ;
Abstract
A protective strip or bumper for a road vehicle has an energy absorbing structure, partly formed of plastics material, mounted on a metal backing member. Within the plastics material body are a plurality of metal crushable elements which are plastically deformable in order to absorb energy when an impact occurs and which are also readily replaceable.