ENERGY ABSORBING DEVICE

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide energy absorbing devices to dissipate kinetic energy in response to a load or impact force in both tension and compression.SOLUTION: An energy absorbing device 10 includes a housing 328 having a first end 316 and a second end 318 longitudinally opposed to the first e...

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Hauptverfasser: DOUGLAS R LUDIN, MATTHEW L RENNINGER
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide energy absorbing devices to dissipate kinetic energy in response to a load or impact force in both tension and compression.SOLUTION: An energy absorbing device 10 includes a housing 328 having a first end 316 and a second end 318 longitudinally opposed to the first end, a crushing member 320 positioned proximately to the first end, a stopping member 322 longitudinally separated from the crushing member, an energy absorbing member 324 positioned between the crushing member and the stopping member, and a linking member 312 connected to the crushing member.