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Device for absorbing impact energy

US4047702A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateFeb 12, 1976
Grant dateSep 13, 1977
Priority date
Expiry dateFeb 12, 1996

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF16F7/14
  • WIPO fieldCivil engineering
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

The invention relates to a device for absorbing impact energy and more particularly to a device to be mounted to a conventional guard rail structure. The device consists of a skein of yarn of undrawn synthetic polymer and preferably nylon 6. The yarn is passed through the holes of a plate which, in turn, is mounted in a gap of a conventional guard rail structure. The weight of the skein is related to the amount of impact energy to be absorbed.

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