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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 27, 2005
Filed:
Sep. 09, 2003
Travis Hess, Farr West, UT (US);
Kurt Kottke, Bountiful, UT (US);
Corey Farnsworth, Kaysville, UT (US);
Thomas C. Burton, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Jesse Crookston, North Ogden, UT (US);
Travis Hess, Farr West, UT (US);
Kurt Kottke, Bountiful, UT (US);
Corey Farnsworth, Kaysville, UT (US);
Thomas C. Burton, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Jesse Crookston, North Ogden, UT (US);
Autoliv ASP, Inc., Ogden, UT (US);
Abstract
An energy-absorbing bracket is disclosed for use in a vehicle to absorb the impact of a vehicle occupant with an interior surface of the vehicle such as a vehicular pillar, an interior trim panel, and other potential areas of contact. The brackets of the invention generally include an anchor plate configured to allow attachment of the bracket to a surface, an extension arm extending from the anchor plate; and a support foot linked to the extension arm. The energy-absorbing brackets of the invention are generally incompletely tubular in nature, and configured to deform when impacted to dissipate impact energy and assume a configuration adapted to absorb additional impact energy.