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Energy Absorber With Double-Acting Crush Lobes

  • US 20100326782A1
  • Filed: 06/24/2010
  • Published: 12/30/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/24/2009
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An energy absorber construction comprising:

  • first and second polymeric panel members with opposing walls connected together, the opposing walls each defining at least one pair of crush lobes that define at least one cavity therebetween, with each crush lobe being movable between a collapsed position where the crush lobes are collapsed toward each other and an expanded position where the crush lobes are expanded in generally opposite directions; and

    an inflator connected to the cavity and constructed to expand the crush lobes prior to an impact.

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