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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 13, 2007
Filed:
Sep. 07, 2005
Ridha Baccouche, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Bill Stanko, Canton, MI (US);
Jamal Bakkar, Dearborn, MI (US);
Hikmat Mahmood, Bloomfield Hills, MI (US);
Ridha Baccouche, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Bill Stanko, Canton, MI (US);
Jamal Bakkar, Dearborn, MI (US);
Hikmat Mahmood, Bloomfield Hills, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
An energy-absorbing device () with a reduced initial peak load () for enhancing the management of crash energy in an end structure (') for a vehicle (). The energy-absorbing device () has a deformable construction adapted for progressively folding along a longitudinal axis () under an oscillating crash load (′). The oscillating crash load (′) is comprised of a mean load () and a peak load () that is in close proximity to the mean load ().