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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 12, 2006
Filed:
Jun. 23, 2005
Applicants:
John D. Reid, Lincoln, NE (US);
John R. Rohde, Lincoln, NE (US);
Dean L. Sicking, Houston, TX (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16F 7/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A single-sided crash attenuation cushion system having an impact head and three stage energy absorption mechanism. The energy absorbing mechanism has a mandrel for deforming thin-walled tubes in a controlled collapse to absorb impact forces from a colliding vehicle. The third stage of the absorption mechanism includes an additional deformable compressible tube between the fixed-object hazard and the thin walled tubes.