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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:
Apr. 09, 1985
Filed:
Sep. 20, 1982
Applicant:
Inventors:
Melvin E Dick, Fenton, MI (US);
Linn A Peterson, Milford, MI (US);
Assignee:
General Motors Corporation, Detroit, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
293104 ; 293136 ; 293155 ; 267140 ; 188379 ;
Abstract
A bumper/energy absorber system is resiliently mounted at the body mounting location to allow the bumper/energy absorber system to vibrate freely both vertically and in pitch at its natural frequency. The mounting spring rate is selected to use the dynamic energy of the bumper/energy absorbing system to attenuate steering column vibrations excited through the vehicle body structure by the shaking forces of the engine within a predetermined speed range. The mounting is designed to minimize bumper movement relative to the body from forces directly applied to the bumper from loads such as bumper jacking.