Clamped tube type impact absorber

Details Clamped tube type impact absorber Clamped tube type impact absorber

1995-08-22

1997-01-28

Oberleitner, Robert J.

Brakes

Plastic deformation or breakage of retarder element

F16F 712

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active

055970559

ABSTRACT:
An impact absorber is disclosed which comprises: (a) a substantially square inner tube with a plurality of opposing walls each wall having an exterior surface, wherein the inner tube has at least a pair of concave indentations formed on the exterior surfaces of two opposing walls, respectively, of the inner tube; (b) a substantially square outer tube with a plurality of opposing walls each wall having an interior surface. The outer tube has at least a pair of arc-shaped convex elements formed on the interior surfaces of two opposing walls, respectively, of the outer tube at locations corresponding to those of the concave indentations formed on the inner tube. The arc-shaped convex element are dimensioned such that they can be exactly embedded into the concave indentations of the inner tube. The inner tube is made of a deformable material such that during impact and the inner tube and the outer tube stretch or extend relative to each other, the arc-shaped convent elements on the outer tube will form respective channels on the exterior surfaces of the inner tube so as to absorb impact.

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