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Application Number:  20120032459

Publication Date:  2012-02-09

Inventors:  Fang, Xiangfan; Seper, Christoph

The invention relates to an energy absorption device which can be arranged to absorb energy by deformation between a support structure of a vehicle and a damper, the energy absorption device carrying a deformable main profile which has a hollow body-type cross-section. The aim of the invention is to improve an energy absorption device of the aforementioned type in such a manner that the energy can be well carried off even if the forces produced by an accident impact the energy absorption device ...
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Application Number:  20120032458

Publication Date:  2012-02-09

Inventors:  Graves, Wayne C.; Cormier, Joel Matthew; Rossi, Michael Anthony; Brooks, Ryan Johnson; Morell, Daric

A bumper system includes a bumper beam having top and bottom attachment features, such as apertures or concavities for attachment. A thermoformed polymeric energy absorber includes a base flange for engaging the face of the beam, protruding crush lobes for absorbing energy upon an impact, and top and bottom rear flanges. The top and bottom rear flanges include inwardly-facing protrusions defining a second dimension less than a first dimension of the beam's face, but the base flange is ...
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Application Number:  20120031299

Publication Date:  2012-02-09

Inventor:  Kontetzki, Arthur

An energy-absorbing device, particularly for a shock absorber of a track-guided vehicle, has an energy-absorbing element designed as a deformation tube and a counter element which interacts with the deformation tube such that upon a critical impact force being exceeded, the counter element and the deformation tube exhibit a relative movement toward one another while at least a portion of the impact energy introduced into the energy-absorbing device is simultaneously absorbed. For the energy ...
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Application Number:  20120025548

Publication Date:  2012-02-02

Inventor:  Bodin, Hans

A side rail for vehicles has a tensile strength in excess of 1400 MPa and has one end (16) projecting from the safety cage of the vehicle and adapted to carry a bumper. The end projecting from the safety cage has lower strength with a yield point of less than 1000 MPa over a length of at least 0.4 m. It has an outer portion with a length of at least 0.2 m and a tensile strength below 800 MPa and an inner portion with a higher tensile strength than the outer ...
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Application Number:  20120025547

Publication Date:  2012-02-02

Inventors:  Haneda, Shinichi; Kita, Kiyoichi; Inoue, Shuji; Ito, Makoto; Adachi, Kenichi; Shobo, Jun

An impact absorbing device for a vehicle includes an impact-absorbing portion including an inner wall surface extending smoothly in an axial direction and configured to compressively deform in the axial direction for absorbing an impact energy, a first attaching portion closing an opening end of the impact-absorbing portion closer to a bumper reinforcement and configured to be attached to the bumper reinforcement, a second attaching portion extending from an opening end of the impact-absorbing ...
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Application Number:  20120025546

Publication Date:  2012-02-02

Inventors:  Haneda, Shinichi; Kita, Kiyoichi; Ohbayashi, Tamaki; Matsui, Kyousuke

A bumper device for a vehicle, includes a bumper reinforcement extending in a width direction of the vehicle, a connecting member extending in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle and connected to an end portion of the bumper reinforcement, the connecting member including a bottom wall portion that is in contact with the bumper reinforcement, a fitting bore formed in either one of the bottom wall portion and a contact wall portion of the bumper reinforcement, an insertion portion formed at ...
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Application Number:  20120025545

Publication Date:  2012-02-02

Inventors:  HANEDA, Shinichi; KITA, Kiyoichi; OHBAYASHI, Tamaki

A bumper reinforcement having end portions in a width direction of a vehicle, includes a main wall extending in a first direction perpendicular to the width direction, first and second walls protruding from the main wall in the first direction to extend toward an interior side of the vehicle in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle, flanges protruding from respective ends of the first and second walls along the first direction, the main wall, the first and second walls, and the flanges being ...
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Application Number:  20120019025

Publication Date:  2012-01-26

Inventors:  Zabik, Benjamin R.; Evans, Darin; Ralston, Dan

An integrated assembly includes a bumper energy absorber section with crush lobes for abutting a bumper beam, an upper air shutter section with subassembled shutter members movable between closed and open positions, a first actuator mechanism for moving the shutter members between positions, an upper fascia support section with upper leg crush lobe therein above the upper air shutter section, a lower air shutter section with subassembled lower shutter members movable between closed and open ...
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Application Number:  20120013137

Publication Date:  2012-01-19

Inventor:  Rinklin, Gerhard

A bumper attachment (1) for a motor vehicle (3) has: a base attachment part (4) with a front side (5) for installation of a license plate (8) and a rear side (6) for installation of the bumper attachment (1) in a license plate trough (2) of the motor vehicle (3). At least one impact protection element (9, 10) extends from the front (5) of the base attachment part (4) and has a reinforcing insert (11, 12) ...
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Application Number:  20120013136

Publication Date:  2012-01-19

Inventor:  Rich, Stewart Bradford

This disclosure relates to apparatuses and methods for providing and using concealable license plate mounting systems. Specifically, the present invention is a license plate mounting system that provides an aesthetically pleasing and aerodynamically efficient bumper surface in states not requiring front license plates, while simultaneously allowing the simple and secure affixing of a license plate in states requiring the display of a front license ...
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