Motor vehicles – Bodies – Footboards and pedal guards
Patent
1975-12-23
1977-08-16
Peters, Jr., Joseph F.
Motor vehicles
Bodies
Footboards and pedal guards
280751, B60K 3700
Patent
active
040420574
ABSTRACT:
A motor vehicle damage and injury preventing system is disclosed. The system is based upon shock-absorbing bumpers extending over substantially the entire flattened front and rear ends of a specially designed vehicle and made up of a relatively thin sheet of compressible, rigid but bendable, shock-absorbing, impact-resistant material on the outer face of which is a relatively thick mass of cellular shock-absorbing plastic material. Typically a second relatively thin sheet of the impact-resistant material is provided on the outer portion of the cellular shock-absorbing plastic material and a second relatively thick mass of the cellular shock-absorbing plastic material is provided on the outer portion of this second sheet. In this way the second sheet can move inwardly and distribute the force of impacts during collisions over the entire area of the cellular plastic behind it and also over the entire flattened end of the vehicle.
The body of the motor vehicle is preferably made from relatively thin sheet-like compressible, rigid but bendable, shock-absorbing, impact-resistant plastic material of the same general type as that used as the rigid elements in the bumpers. Other novel features of the disclosure include special interior crash pads of cellular shock-absorbing plastic material placed in front of and close to the occupants and reaching to roughly the levels of their lower faces in such a way as not to interfere unduly with their freedom of action or reduce their range of vision, means for preventing undesired sagging of the cellular plastic shock-absorbing elements of the bumpers, means for restraining rocking and bending of the bumpers during certain types of collisions, and means for offsetting the high inertia of engine blocks and other heavy components during collisions.
REFERENCES:
patent: 3556550 (1971-01-01), Franchini
patent: 3560041 (1971-02-01), Foster
patent: 3632136 (1972-01-01), Foltz
Peters Jr. Joseph F.
Siemens Terrance L.
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