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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 19, 2006
Filed:
Aug. 13, 2004
William Barvosa-carter, Ventura, CA (US);
Nancy L. Johnson, Northville, MI (US);
Alan L. Browne, Grosse Pointe, MI (US);
Geoffrey P. MC Knight, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Cameron Massey, Hawthorne, CA (US);
William Barvosa-Carter, Ventura, CA (US);
Nancy L. Johnson, Northville, MI (US);
Alan L. Browne, Grosse Pointe, MI (US);
Geoffrey P. Mc Knight, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Cameron Massey, Hawthorne, CA (US);
General Motors Corporation, Detroit, MI (US);
Abstract
Reversibly deployable energy absorbing assemblies for impact management generally include a translatable first element, a rigid support structure and a second element having one end fixedly attached to the rigid support structure and an other end fixedly attached to the translatable first element. The second elements are adapted to plastically deform along a predefined buckling path. The predefined buckling path may be uni-modal or multi-modal depending on the desired application and/or impact conditions. Also disclosed herein are methods for operating the energy absorbing assemblies.