Energy-absorbing device

US6062355A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• ABB Daimler-Benz Transporation (Technology) GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Matthias Nohr · Eßlingen, DE
• Franz Bayer · Linz, AT
• Friedrich Werner · Cologne, DE
• Manfred Riegler · Oberasbach, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 27, 1998
• Grant date: May 16, 2000
• Expiry date: Apr 27, 2018

Classification

• Technology area (CPC F): Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
• CPC primary: F16F7/123
• WIPO field: Mechanical elements
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

An energy-absorbing device, particularly for rolling stock to provide protection therefor when potentially damaging impact occurs, includes first and second tubular elements which are fitted into one another and which are of unlike material.