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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 13, 2006
Filed:
Jun. 14, 2004
Evrard Borg, Sanary, FR;
Laurent D'emmanuelle, Toulon, FR;
Eric Laspesa, Six Fours, FR;
Jean-paul Nadeau, Ollioules, FR;
Evrard Borg, Sanary, FR;
Laurent D'Emmanuelle, Toulon, FR;
Eric Laspesa, Six Fours, FR;
Jean-Paul Nadeau, Ollioules, FR;
Pyroalliance, Les Mureaux, FR;
Abstract
A damping device used for motor vehicle safety, for damping the displacement of at least one part set in motion during a collision between a motor vehicle and an external object, the part being, for example, a bumper, a steering column or a bonnet of a motor vehicle, the device comprising an actuator that is able to displace a piston and is characterized in that it includes a wire having one end connected to a fixed portion of the vehicle, the actuator, which is secured to the part to be damped, interacting with the wire in order to retard and then stop the part.