Energy absorber for aircraft

US8302747B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• AIRBUS OPERATIONS LIMITED · DE

Inventors

• Dirk Humfeldt · Hamburg, DE
• Michael Harriehausen · Hamburg, DE
• Jan Schröder · Weimar, DE
• Martin Sperber · Coral Springs, US
• Michael Demary · Meckenheim, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 7, 2007
• Grant date: Nov 6, 2012
• Expiry date: Nov 10, 2028

Classification

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

Abstract

An energy absorber for aircraft includes one or more energy absorber elements and a housing, whereby the energy absorber elements can absorb crash impulses by plastic deformation within the housing.