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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 08, 2006
Filed:
Aug. 24, 2004
Stephen F. Shuler, Royal Oak, MI (US);
Alok Nanda, Bangalore, IN;
Takaaki Nemoto, Mishima, JP;
Frank Mooijman, Halsteren, NL;
Katsuhisa Kumagai, Ichikawa, JP;
A. D. Shaleena, Bangalore, IN;
Stephen F. Shuler, Royal Oak, MI (US);
Alok Nanda, Bangalore, IN;
Takaaki Nemoto, Mishima, JP;
Frank Mooijman, Halsteren, NL;
Katsuhisa Kumagai, Ichikawa, JP;
A. D. Shaleena, Bangalore, IN;
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A bumper system for an automobile vehicle includes, in an exemplary embodiment, a first beam configured to attached to the vehicle and a first energy absorber coupled to the first beam. The first energy absorber is tunable for meeting predetermined criteria for both low speed and pedestrian impacts, and includes a plurality of tunable lobes. The lobes are tuned so that a stiffness of the first energy absorber varies from a center of the first energy absorber to each end.