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DEFORMABLE STRUCTURE FOR ABSORPTION OF ENERGY FROM MECHANICAL AND/OR ACOUSTIC IMPACTS

  • US 20170058985A1
  • Filed: 08/25/2016
  • Published: 03/02/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/27/2015
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A deformable structure for absorbing energy from at least one of a mechanical or acoustic impact comprising:

  • an inner core andone or more external layers covering the inner core,the inner core comprising a set of first segments having a positive Poison'"'"'s ratio and second segments having a negative Poisson'"'"'s ratio;

    the first and second segments being arranged alternately and joined between them so that a deformation received by one first segment is transmitted to an adjacent second segment and vice versa.

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