×

Energy-absorbing knee bolster

  • US 10,442,384 B2
  • Filed: 04/12/2017
  • Issued: 10/15/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/12/2017
  • Status: Active Grant
First Claim
Patent Images

1. A vehicle component comprising:

  • a crossbeam;

    a cylinder having a chamber and fixed relative to the crossbeam;

    a piston linearly movable in the chamber;

    a panel fixed relative to the piston; and

    a heterogeneous mixture enclosed by the piston in the chamber, the heterogeneous mixture including hydrophobic nanoporous particles and a liquid;

    wherein the cylinder has an orifice between the chamber and a space outside the cylinder; and

    the orifice allows the liquid in the chamber to exit the chamber through the orifice when the liquid is above a fixed pressure threshold and blocks the liquid in the chamber from exiting the chamber when the liquid is below the fixed pressure threshold.

View all claims
  • 1 Assignment
Timeline View
Assignment View
    ×
    ×