Title:
ENERGY ABSORBER
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2014/202612
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
An energy absorber comprising a housing for attachment to a first body, a deformer member mounted to the housing, a strip of plastically deformable material extending in a longitudinal direction between first and second ends, an attachment member provided at, or towards, the second end of the strip for attachment to a second body, the strip being arranged with the deformer member such that when a predetermined force is applied to the attachment member, the strip is moved relative to the deformer member from a first position in which a first section of the strip extends from the first end of the strip to the deformer member, to a second position in which at least a part of the first section of the strip is plastically deformed by the deformer member, wherein the strip is arranged such that when it is in its first position, the first section of the strip is substantially flat in the longitudinal direction of the first section of the strip.
Inventors:
SLAVEN JOHN P (GB)
Application Number:
PCT/EP2014/062730
Publication Date:
April 09, 2015
Filing Date:
June 17, 2014
Export Citation:
Assignee:
SPANSET INTER AG (CH)
International Classes:
F16F7/12; A62B35/04
Domestic Patent References:
| WO2005002676A1 | 2005-01-13 |
Foreign References:
| US5700035A | 1997-12-23 | |||
| EP1288103A2 | 2003-03-05 | |||
| DE4435770A1 | 1996-04-11 |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
LAMBERT, Thomas (1 New York Street, Manchester Greater Manchester M1 4HD, GB)
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