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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 24, 2008
Filed:
Mar. 28, 2005
Akram Y. Abu-odeh, College Station, TX (US);
Roger P. Bligh, Bryan, TX (US);
Dean C. Alberson, Bryan, TX (US);
Jacob R. Ness, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Akram Y. Abu-Odeh, College Station, TX (US);
Roger P. Bligh, Bryan, TX (US);
Dean C. Alberson, Bryan, TX (US);
Jacob R. Ness, Sugar Land, TX (US);
The Texas A&M University System, College Station, TX (US);
Abstract
According to one embodiment of the invention, an energy-absorbing device includes a section of material having a plurality of crush zones along a longitudinal length thereof, a first crush zone of the plurality of crush zones including a pair of opposed first bends formed in a first side and a second side of the section, a pair of opposed second bends formed in a third side and a fourth side of the section, and a first set of notches spaced around a perimeter of the section at a longitudinal location corresponding to the first bends and second bends. The first bends project in a direction that is one of inward and outward and the second bends project in a direction opposite that of the first bends. At least one of the other crush zones includes a second set of notches spaced around the perimeter of the section.