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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 01, 2011
Filed:
Jun. 13, 2008
Thomas M. Goral, Oakland, MI (US);
Todd Korpi, South Lyon, MI (US);
Eric D. Kowal, Macomb, MI (US);
Prasad Satyanarayana Puvvala, Karnataka, IN;
Thomas M. Goral, Oakland, MI (US);
Todd Korpi, South Lyon, MI (US);
Eric D. Kowal, Macomb, MI (US);
Prasad Satyanarayana Puvvala, Karnataka, IN;
Abstract
A plastic crush countermeasure for motor vehicles that includes a plastic insert and a reinforcement structure that provides impact and/or reinforcement characteristics and an attachment interface to the vehicle in a lighter weight structure. The crush countermeasure provides a lightweight crush system that provides comparable protection to current metal crush countermeasures using, in part, a plastic material. As such, the overall weight of a vehicle is reduced without any reduction in safety to passengers.