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Energy absorber device with plastic casing and screw-in plastic seal

US4793451A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateSep 17, 1982
Grant dateDec 27, 1988
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Expiry dateSep 17, 2002

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF16F9/3235
  • WIPO fieldMechanical elements
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

An energy absorber device including a plastic cylinder having a smaller and larger diameter portion with a shoulder at the junction therebetween, a screw-in plastic seal at one end of the casing surrounding a piston member, a metal housing having smaller and larger diameter portions for sliding engagement with the smaller and larger diameter portions of the casing and having a shoulder for abutting engagement with the shoulder on the casing, and an abutment member carried by the housing for engaging the outer end of the piston member.

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