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2006-10-03

2006-10-03

Pape, Joseph D. (Department: 3612)

Land vehicles: bodies and tops

Bodies

Structural detail

C296S187020, C296S187040, C296S187090, C180S274000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07114765

ABSTRACT:
An automobile hood has a skin and a frame reinforcing it. At least part of a space defined between the skin and the frame is packed with a foamed metal which breaks down continuously upon receiving an external force. Its continuous breakdown absorbs a substantially equal amount of impact energy continuously.

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