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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 13, 2007
Filed:
Jun. 17, 2005
Julian E. Renton, Bradford on Avon, GB;
Peter Nott, Devizes, GB;
Julian E. Renton, Bradford on Avon, GB;
Peter Nott, Devizes, GB;
Keyguard Limited, Wiltshire, GB;
Abstract
An energy absorber comprises a housing (), a store () of plastically deformable material () mounted in the housing and having an endstop (), an attachment () for attaching the energy absorber to a structure, another attachment () for attaching the plastically deformable material () to a structure, and the housing mounting a pair of spaced pins () around which the deformable material () from a coil is plastically deformed in different directions in a sequential manner to absorb energy. A pair of pins () or a guide element () and a pin () are contacted by the endstop () to limit the plastic deformation.