Title:
DYNAMIC TENSIONER AND LOAD REDUCING DEVICE
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2018/093852
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
A dynamic tensioning and load reducing device for a vehicle includes an elastic body extending in a longitudinal direction between a first end and a second end. The elastic body has a first length between the first end and the second end. The elastic body may include one or more web-extension members configured to extend in a second direction generally perpendicular to the longitudinal direction between the first and second ends. The elastic body is further formed to include one or more web slots. A flexible web may extend through the one or more web slots of the elastic body to extend from the first end to the second end in a non-linear manner. The elastic body is deformable in the longitudinal direction to a second length when a force is applied by the flexible web to the elastic body, where the second length is longer than the first length.
Inventors:
BITTNER DOUGLAS W (US)
KING JEFFREY A (US)
BARNES AMIE M (US)
MAIS JANICE L (US)
KING JEFFREY A (US)
BARNES AMIE M (US)
MAIS JANICE L (US)
Application Number:
PCT/US2017/061732
Publication Date:
August 02, 2018
Filing Date:
November 15, 2017
Export Citation:
Assignee:
INDIANA MILLS & MFG (US)
International Classes:
B60R22/46; B60R22/12
Foreign References:
| US20160137160A1 | 2016-05-19 | |||
| JP2016002822A | 2016-01-12 | |||
| US6024383A | 2000-02-15 | |||
| KR20040095435A | 2004-11-15 | |||
| US20120001460A1 | 2012-01-05 |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
MICHAEL, Jeffrey A. (US)
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