Land vehicles: bodies and tops – Bodies – Body shell
Patent
1997-01-23
1998-03-10
Pape, Joseph D.
Land vehicles: bodies and tops
Bodies
Body shell
280751, B60R 2109
Patent
active
057252718
ABSTRACT:
An automotive vehicle body structure includes a structural member which forms a load-bearing portion of the vehicle and a trim component mounted to the structural member. A plurality of energy absorbing elements are mounted to the trim component and spaced relative to one another along the longitudinal length of the trim component. Each of the energy absorbing elements have a serpentine shape and extend from the trim component toward the structural member such that the distal ends of the energy absorbing elements are spaced from, but adjacent to, the structural member in non-contacting relationship therewith. The energy absorbing elements are deformable in response to a force which causes the distal end of the elements to contact the structural member to absorb and dissipate the energy generated by the force.
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Barbat Saeed David
Breckenridge Guy Allen
Patel Rasik N.
Ford Global Technologies Inc.
May, Esq. Roger L.
Pape Joseph D.
Stock, Esq. Daniel M.
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