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Motor vehicle energy absorbing member

US6312028A · kind A · utility

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12Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateDec 4, 1999
Grant dateNov 6, 2001
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Expiry dateDec 4, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB60R2019/182
  • WIPO fieldTransport
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A motor vehicle structural energy absorbing member (12) is light weight and is made in a manner to produce random or directionally oriented, elongated pores or voids (16) in a structural matrix (14) in a manner that permits tailoring of impact energy absorption in one or more direction(s) to provide an integral energy absorbing region.

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