dc.creator | Abu-odeh, Akram Y. | |
dc.creator | Bligh, Roger P. | |
dc.creator | Alberson, Dean C. | |
dc.creator | Ness, Jacob R. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2019-06-17T17:03:15Z | |
dc.date.available | 2019-06-17T17:03:15Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2008-06-24 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/176880 | |
dc.description.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. | en |
dc.language | eng | |
dc.publisher | United States. Patent and Trademark Office | |
dc.rights | Public Domain (No copyright - United States) | en |
dc.rights.uri | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/ | |
dc.title | Energy absorbing device having notches and pre-bent sections | en |
dc.type | Utility patent | en |
dc.format.digitalOrigin | reformatted digital | en |
dc.description.country | US | |
dc.contributor.assignee | The Texas A&M University System | |
dc.identifier.patentapplicationnumber | 11/092802 | |
dc.subject.uspcprimary | 188/377 | |
dc.subject.uspcother | 188/376 | |
dc.subject.uspcother | 256/13.1 | |
dc.date.filed | 2005-03-28 | |
dc.publisher.digital | Texas A&M University. Libraries | |
dc.subject.cpcprimary | B62D 21/15 | |
dc.subject.cpcprimary | F16F 7/123 | |
dc.subject.cpcprimary | F16F 7/12 | |
dc.subject.cpcprimary | E01F 15/146 | |
dc.subject.cpcprimary | B60R 19/34 | |