Crash box
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1. A crash box comprising:
- an outer hollow member; and
an internal member slideably mounted within the outer hollow member, said internal member being provided with compression reducing arms extending towards the internal surface of the outer hollow member.
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Abstract
A crash box consisting of or including an outer hollow member and internal member slideably mounted within the outer hollow member, said internal member being provided with compression reducing arms extending towards the internal surface of the outer hollow member, the compression reducing arms are provided with expandable material at their extremities adjacent to the inner surface of the hollow external member.
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1. A crash box comprising:
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an outer hollow member; and
an internal member slideably mounted within the outer hollow member, said internal member being provided with compression reducing arms extending towards the internal surface of the outer hollow member. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A crash box comprising:
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an outer hollow member; and
an internal member slideably mounted within the outer hollow member, said internal member being provided with compression reducing arms extending towards the internal surface of the outer hollow member, wherein;
i. the compression reducing arms are provided with expandable material at their extremities adjacent to the inner surface of the hollow external member;
ii. the expandable material is a structural adhesive foam;
iii. the expandable material is selected so that it will foam under the conditions into which the vehicle frame is subjected in the e coat oven;
iv. the external hollow member is cylindrical, hexagonal, rectangular or square in cross section;
v. the inner member is shorter than the outer hollow member by from 1 centimeter to 10 centimeters;
spacers holding the internal member away from the internal surface of the external member to allow anticorrosion fluid to contact substantially the entire internal surface of the external member wherein the spacers are provided on the internal member. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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