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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6431340 | Soft stop mechanism and method This invention offers advantages over the prior art by providing a simple, inexpensive mechanism and method for reducing the shock load on the drive of a rotary or linear actuator when the motion of the actuator output shaft is slowed, even to the point o... | 08/13/2002 |
| 6367859 | Vehicle seat with load carrying backrest A motor vehicle's rear bench seat has a back seat structure acting as a reclining back and at least one cam plate for guiding the seat back structure relative to a part affixed to the car structure. An element is provided for the absorption of energy, act... | 04/09/2002 |
| 6345707 | Frictionless damper A hydraulic damper including an inner cylinder, an outer cylinder, a space between the inner and outer cylinders, first and second end walls in the inner cylinder, a piston rod extending only through the first end wall and supported therein by a ball bear... | 02/12/2002 |
| 6264182 | Motion converting device and impact absorbing/buffering device A motion converting device includes a plurality of branched elements. Each branched element includes a base beam, an intermediate beam, and a coupling beam. The base beam is elastically deformable, and one end of the base beam is fixed such that the base ... | 07/24/2001 |
| 5913538 | Force limiter for a safety belt system A force limiter for a safety belt system is provided, which allows relative rotation-between a shaft and an anchoring part in a first direction when a predetermined torque acts between the shaft and the anchoring part. The force limiter comprises at least... | 06/22/1999 |
| 5454453 | Break-away bracket for attaching cross member A break-away bracket for connecting structural beams in a vehicle such as connecting a transmission cross-member to a frame rail. The break-away bracket connects to the cross-member by use of a connecting pin. During normal operation, the cross-member is ... | 10/03/1995 |
| 4720139 | Variable response load limiting device An energy absorbing device used as a load limiting member in a structure to control its response to applied loads is disclosed and functions by utilizing a spool assembly 20 having flanged ends 36 and an interior cavity 34 of sufficiently large diameter t... | 01/19/1988 |
| 4688662 | Energy absorber An energy absorber system utilizing a pair of housings having facing cavities and with a hollow deformable torsion member interconnecting the housings. One portion of the torsion member is received in the cavity of one housing and another portion of the t... | 08/25/1987 |
