Did You Know...
...that on Dec. 15, 1836, the Patent Office was completely destroyed by fire? Lost were some 7,000 models, 9,000 drawings, and 230 books plus all records of patent applications and grants.
PatentStorm News
Make the Most of Our Site
See this month's Top Inventors and Most Cited Patents.
Stay on top of the latest innovations by subscribing to an RSS feed.
Registered users: Manage your profile.
| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7503602 | Energy absorbing bumper A bumper for a vehicle is disclosed. The bumper includes a housing that has a pair of interlocking supporting frames. One of the supporting frames is fixed to the vehicle body. The bumper includes a plurality of rebounding elements and a plurality of biasing element... | 03/17/2009 |
| 7097222 | Vehicle anti-crash safety device An anti-crash safety device includes a supporting frame for securely mounting to a vehicle body and an impact rebounding unit which includes at least a resilient reinforcing member supported by the supporting frame at a position spaced apart from the vehicle body fo... | 08/29/2006 |
| 6926322 | Laterally extendable bumper system An extendable bumper system for a vehicle, the extendable bumper system comprising: a bumper structure; a laterally extending bumper segment slideably located within the bumper structure; and an actuator in operable communication between the bumper structure and the... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6739011 | Vertically movable dock bumper device A vertically movable loading dock bumper device to be attached to a loading dock and interposed between the loading dock and a vehicle during the loading/unloading process, in which the vertical movement of the bumper is in concert with the vertical movement of the ... | 05/25/2004 |
| 6443512 | Shock absorbing bumper system A vehicle bumper system includes a multi-strand cable secured to opposing plates.... | 09/03/2002 |
| 6007123 | Energy absorbing bumper An energy absorbing bumper that dissipates kinetic energy of a moving mass via conversion to compressive membrane energy stored in a primary beam-column, potential energy stored in two laterally mounted energy absorbers and bending energy stored in a seco... | 12/28/1999 |
| 5029919 | Pneumatic shock absorber for an automobile bumper having venting means A pneumatic energy absorbing arrangement, for use between the bumper and the frame of an automobile, includes a piston and cylinder combination which provides for an increasing amount of force or energy absorbed in relation to an increasing amount of trav... | 07/09/1991 |
| 4753467 | Movable molding for a vehicle A movable molding is provided for a vehicle on the vehicle body adjacent to a wrap-around end portion of the bumper. The molding and end portion of the bumper have mating abutment walls through which these elements are fastened together. When the bumper m... | 06/28/1988 |
| 4635982 | Collision protection device for industrial vehicles, especially industrial trucks The collision protection device comprises a collision protector held in a rest position by spring force. Upon collision against an obstacle, the collision protector is displaced against the spring force and thus cooperates with a de-energizing device. Thi... | 01/13/1987 |
| 4493502 | Car body guard A car body guard comprising a flexible rubber strap rolled up in a housing which is mounted in one of the wheel wells of the car. The strap may be unwound from the housing and extended across the side of the car and its free end fastened to an attachment ... | 01/15/1985 |
| 4234222 | Protective device for automobiles A vehicle body protection device having a first pair of arms telescopically disposed within a sleeve and adapted to extend outwardly from the side of a vehicle on the rear portion of the vehicle and a second set of arms telescopically disposed within a sl... | 11/18/1980 |
| 3979109 | Locking device in gas spring A locking device in a gas spring including a cylinder, a free piston slidably disposed in the cylinder for dividing the interior of the cylinder into a gas chamber and an oil chamber, and a piston slidably disposed in the oil chamber and having a piston r... | 09/07/1976 |
