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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:
Oct. 08, 2002
Filed:
Dec. 04, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Edward J. Ahern, Manchester, NH (US);
Fernand Beaudet, Londonderry, NH (US);
Joseph Psenka, Lake Leelanau, MI (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16F 1/36 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16F 1/36 ;
Abstract
A filament based energy absorbing system for absorbing a force applied to a base structure. The filament based energy absorbing system comprising a backing member having a top surface and an opposed bottom surface. A first plurality of energy absorbing filaments being rigidly attached to the top surface of the planar backing member, and the first plurality of filaments extending away from the top surface for absorbing an applied force.