Patent · US Expired

Energy absorber device having a parallelepiped shape for absorbing impacts to a vehicle

US6158356A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateFeb 9, 1998
Grant dateDec 12, 2000
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Expiry dateFeb 9, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB61G11/00
  • WIPO fieldTransport
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

An energy absorber device for use in vehicles, in particular railroad vehicles, is of generally parallelepipedal shape and can be inserted between a driver's cab and a coach-body. The larger opposite faces of the parallelepiped are disposed in a plane formed by the rear face of the driver's cab and in a plane formed by the front face of the coach-body, respectively.

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