Impact-absorber device

Details Impact-absorber device Impact-absorber device

1994-04-13

1995-10-31

Oberleitner, Robert J.

Brakes

Plastic deformation or breakage of retarder element

Crushable element

105416, 296189, 293132, F16F 712, B61D 1700

Patent

active

054621445

ABSTRACT:
The invention concerns an impact-absorber device comprising at least one mechanical member absorbing by deformation the energy generated by an impact in a given direction, wherein said member is made from thin plate, having a cross-section in a plane perpendicular to the direction of impact in the shape of at least two triangles each having a common vertex. Applications to rail vehicles, for example.

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