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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 29, 2004
Filed:
Jul. 26, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Peter J. Cate, Blockley, GB;
Pádraig Naughton, Schmitten-Dorfweil, DE;
Assignee:
Dow Global Technologies Inc., Midland, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 1/903 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 1/903 ;
Abstract
An energy absorbing unit for use as a vehicle bumper having an upper zone and a lower zone wherein the upper zone comprises an inner relatively high density foam material for protecting a structural part of the vehicle by absorbing energy in a direction generally longitudinal of the vehicle and an outer relatively low density foam material for providing protection against impact for a body by absorbing energy during impact. The lower zone includes a foam material having a density intermediate that of the foam materials in the inner and outer areas of the upper zone.