Patent · US Expired

Vehicular shock absorber

US6315339A · kind A · utility

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11References

21Claims

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Assignee

COMPAGNIE PLASTIC OMNIUM SE · FR

Inventors

Olivier Devilliers · Langres, FR
Guillaume Jean Fernand BERGER · Langres, FR
Thierry Roussel · Avallon, FR

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 15, 1999
Grant date	Nov 13, 2001
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 15, 2019

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB60R2019/1886
WIPO fieldTransport
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A shock absorber for a motor vehicle, having a bumper, a bumper shield and a cross-member interconnecting two side rails of the vehicle, comprising only one layer comprising a single sheet having an undulating section defining undulating shapes each having a concavity, wherein the shock absorber is interposed between the cross-member and the bumper shield, the concavity having an axis which is substantially parallel to a direction of impact, and the shock absorber is to primarily absorb energy from an impact.

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