CA1011767A - Crash energy attenuating means for a vehicle frame construction - Google Patents

Crash energy attenuating means for a vehicle frame construction

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CA1011767A
CA1011767A CA221,227A CA221227A CA1011767A CA 1011767 A CA1011767 A CA 1011767A CA 221227 A CA221227 A CA 221227A CA 1011767 A CA1011767 A CA 1011767A
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vehicle frame
frame construction
attenuating means
crash energy
energy attenuating
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Walter S. Eggert
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ThyssenKrupp Budd Co
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Budd Co
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
    • F16F—SPRINGS; SHOCK-ABSORBERS; MEANS FOR DAMPING VIBRATION
    • F16F7/00—Vibration-dampers; Shock-absorbers
    • F16F7/12—Vibration-dampers; Shock-absorbers using plastic deformation of members
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60R—VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B60R19/00—Wheel guards; Radiator guards, e.g. grilles; Obstruction removers; Fittings damping bouncing force in collisions
    • B60R19/02—Bumpers, i.e. impact receiving or absorbing members for protecting vehicles or fending off blows from other vehicles or objects
    • B60R19/24—Arrangements for mounting bumpers on vehicles
    • B60R19/26—Arrangements for mounting bumpers on vehicles comprising yieldable mounting means
    • B60R19/36—Combinations of yieldable mounting means of different types
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60R—VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B60R19/00—Wheel guards; Radiator guards, e.g. grilles; Obstruction removers; Fittings damping bouncing force in collisions
    • B60R19/02—Bumpers, i.e. impact receiving or absorbing members for protecting vehicles or fending off blows from other vehicles or objects
    • B60R19/24—Arrangements for mounting bumpers on vehicles
    • B60R19/26—Arrangements for mounting bumpers on vehicles comprising yieldable mounting means
    • B60R19/30—Elastomeric material
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60R—VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B60R19/00—Wheel guards; Radiator guards, e.g. grilles; Obstruction removers; Fittings damping bouncing force in collisions
    • B60R19/02—Bumpers, i.e. impact receiving or absorbing members for protecting vehicles or fending off blows from other vehicles or objects
    • B60R19/24—Arrangements for mounting bumpers on vehicles
    • B60R19/26—Arrangements for mounting bumpers on vehicles comprising yieldable mounting means
    • B60R19/34—Arrangements for mounting bumpers on vehicles comprising yieldable mounting means destroyed upon impact, e.g. one-shot type

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
  • General Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Body Structure For Vehicles (AREA)
  • Vibration Dampers (AREA)
CA221,227A 1974-03-04 1975-03-04 Crash energy attenuating means for a vehicle frame construction Expired CA1011767A (en)

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US447628A US3912295A (en) 1974-03-04 1974-03-04 Crash energy-attenuating means for a vehicle frame construction

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CA1011767A true CA1011767A (en) 1977-06-07

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US (1) US3912295A (it)
AR (1) AR207641A1 (it)
BR (1) BR7501254A (it)
CA (1) CA1011767A (it)
DE (1) DE2509351C2 (it)
ES (1) ES435242A1 (it)
FR (1) FR2272865B3 (it)
IT (1) IT1029924B (it)
SE (1) SE395419B (it)

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FR2272865B3 (it) 1977-11-10
SE395419B (sv) 1977-08-15
SE7502374L (it) 1975-09-05
DE2509351A1 (de) 1975-09-11
FR2272865A1 (it) 1975-12-26
AR207641A1 (es) 1976-10-22
US3912295A (en) 1975-10-14
DE2509351C2 (de) 1985-09-05
IT1029924B (it) 1979-03-20
ES435242A1 (es) 1976-11-16
BR7501254A (pt) 1975-12-02

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