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2008-05-20

2008-05-20

Dayoan, D. Glenn (Department: 3612)

Land vehicles: bodies and tops

Bodies

Structural detail

C296S187030, C296S187060, C293S118000

Reexamination Certificate

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07374231

ABSTRACT:
Force and deceleration delimiting devices and methods for operating the same in a vehicle. The devices generally include an open celled material expandable from a non-expanded state to an expanded state, wherein the open celled material is sandwiched between a first end cap member and a second end cap member; an optional support surface cooperatively positioned with the open celled material to cover a surface of the open celled material in the expanded and the non-expanded states; and an optional shield cooperatively positioned with the open celled material to cover a surface of the open celled material in the expanded and the non-expanded states; and an activation mechanism adapted to regulate selective expansion of the open celled material from the non-expanded state to the expanded state in response to a triggering event, wherein the support surface and/or shield have a compact shape when the open celled material is in the non-expanded state and an expanded state when the open celled material is in the expanded state.

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