Shock absorber made of fiber material

US8047602B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Faurecia Innenraum Systeme GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Bernhard Sielhorst · Gerstungen, DE
• Eric Zimmerman · Kassel, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 14, 2005
• Grant date: Nov 1, 2011
• Expiry date: Mar 12, 2028

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60R21/0428
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

The invention relates to a shock absorber for protection against side impact on a motor vehicle, which absorber is made of fiber material and has a cross-sectional profile comprising at least first, second, third and fourth flanks, wherein two consecutive flanks extend in opposite directions, respectively.