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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 31, 2016
Filed:
Apr. 17, 2014
Applicant:
Tesla Motors, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Inventors:
N. Petter Winberg, Hayward, CA (US);
Timothy L. Sheldon, Mountain House, CA (US);
Sachin Shrimant Sawant, Newark, CA (US);
Assignee:
Tesla Motors, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 19/34 (2006.01); B62D 21/15 (2006.01); B62D 29/00 (2006.01); F16F 7/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 21/152 (2013.01); B62D 29/008 (2013.01); F16F 7/12 (2013.01);
Abstract
A vehicle crush rail includes: a body configured to be at least partially crushed along an axis between first and second ends thereof, the body having a cross section profile that comprises first, second and third cells that are substantially square, wherein at least one of the first, second and third cells extends from the first end to the second end, wherein the first, second and third cells have respective initiators arranged according to a crush pattern for the crush rail.