Vehicle fenders – Double-ender interconnected
Patent
1976-12-16
1978-09-19
Knowles, Allen N.
Vehicle fenders
Double-ender interconnected
B60R 1902
Patent
active
041149378
ABSTRACT:
The invention relates to vehicle bumpers of the kind including attachment means in the form of energy-absorbing pivotable connections. In a collision the bumper height of the concerned vehicles can vary particularly if the following vehicle brakes just prior to impact and is hence nose down on its suspension at the moment of impact. The object of the invention is to provide a bumper arrangement which can swing upwardly or downwardly to reduce the possibility of severe chassis damage in the event of such an impact. The invention provides an arrangement in which each pivotable connection comprises two hinge-halves mounted on a pivot shaft, the bumper being attached to one hinge-half, and the other hinge-half being attached to the vehicle, and in which energy-absorbing elements are arranged between the hinge-halves. The energy-absorbing elements control upward and downward swinging movement of the bumper when subjected to an impact in dependence upon whether the impact occurs above, or respectively beneath, the horizontal central plane of the bumper.
REFERENCES:
patent: 2145952 (1939-02-01), Ryan
patent: 3146013 (1964-08-01), Kappen
patent: 3361467 (1968-01-01), Ludwikowski
patent: 3781048 (1973-12-01), Oguma et al.
Knowles Allen N.
Saab-Scania Aktiebolag
Wacyra Edward M.
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