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Patent No.:

US 7478833 B1

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Date of Patent:
Jan. 20, 2009

Filed:

Mar. 21, 2005
Applicants:

Steven E. Morris, Fair Haven, MI (US);

Lawrence C Maugh, Ann Arbor, MI (US);

Robert R. Kubiak, Macomb, MI (US);

Peter J. Gareau, Warren, MI (US);

Brian Latouf, Rochester, MI (US);

Inventors:

Steven E. Morris, Fair Haven, MI (US);

Lawrence C Maugh, Ann Arbor, MI (US);

Robert R. Kubiak, Macomb, MI (US);

Peter J. Gareau, Warren, MI (US);

Brian Latouf, Rochester, MI (US);

Assignee:

General Motors Corporation, Detroit, MI (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 21/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A volume-filling mechanical structure for modifying a crash includes a bolster system defined by an outer bolster and an inner bolster, a honeycomb celled material expandable from a dormant state to a deployed state, the honeycomb celled material disposed intermediate the outer and inner bolsters cooperatively positioned with the honeycomb celled material to cover surfaces defining the honeycomb celled material in the deployed and dormant states, and a means for deploying the honeycomb celled material from the dormant state to the deployed state causing the outer bolster to translate away from the inner bolster.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Morris, Steven. (2009). Volume-filling mechanical structures for a bolster system (U.S. Patent No. 7478833). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/7478833

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