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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 13, 2001
Filed:
Apr. 15, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Compagnie Plastic Omnium, Lyons, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 1/903 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 1/903 ;
Abstract
A shock absorber for a motor vehicle, having a bumper, a bumper shield and a cross-member interconnecting two side rails of the vehicle, comprising only one layer comprising a single sheet having an undulating section defining undulating shapes each having a concavity, wherein the shock absorber is interposed between the cross-member and the bumper shield, the concavity having an axis which is substantially parallel to a direction of impact, and the shock absorber is to primarily absorb energy from an impact.