Vehicle fenders – Miscellaneous
Patent
1992-03-13
1993-11-02
Song, Robert R.
Vehicle fenders
Miscellaneous
180276, 188 5, B60R 1900
Patent
active
052578429
ABSTRACT:
An impact absorber for a vehicle having a frame and a front bumper includes an elongate arm having a front end and a back end. This arm is suitably mounted by a mounting system in a rest position at an angle to horizontal with the back end higher than the front end and the front end extending beyond the bumper so that the front end is engaged before any other portion of the vehicle by any horizontal impact force at the level thereof. The mounting system includes a rotation device for mounting the back end of the arm to the frame for rotation about a horizontal axis such that a horizontal impact force to the front end of the arm is changed directly to a lifting force at the rotation device and hence to a lifting force of the frame of the vehicle as the arm rotates about the rotation device due to the impact force. Preferably, the front end includes a vertical extension with a forwardmost pad. In addition, the mounting device also includes a spring attached to the arm for resiliently holding the arm in the rest position.
REFERENCES:
patent: 3349865 (1967-10-01), Deutsch
patent: 3472332 (1969-10-01), Hahvajian
patent: 3495676 (1970-02-01), Graham
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