| US 7,516,993 B2 | ||
| Locally-deformable vehicle bumper shock absorber | ||
| Emilie Bouchez, Le Plessis Hebert (France); Laurent Delmas, Vernon (France); and Thierry Renault, Vernon (France) | ||
| Assigned to Cadence Innovation, Saint Marcel (France) | ||
| Appl. No. 10/573,360 PCT Filed Sep. 27, 2004, PCT No. PCT/FR2004/002433 § 371(c)(1), (2), (4) Date Dec. 08, 2006, PCT Pub. No. WO2005/030533, PCT Pub. Date Apr. 07, 2005. |
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| Claims priority of application No. 03 11292 (FR), filed on Sep. 26, 2003. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2007/0187958 A1, Aug. 16, 2007 | ||
| Int. Cl. B60R 19/03 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 293—120 | 9 Claims |
| 1. An absorber (6) for vehicle bumper (2), comprising:
a support (12) having an upper half and a lower half; and
strips (32, 34) extending forwards from the support and having a first face (38) directed towards the interior of the absorber, wherein each strip has an opening (36) extending opposite the first face (38) and opening onto the exterior of the absorber, wherein each strip (32, 34) extends from a longitudinal edge (18, 20) of the support (12), wherein each strip (32, 34) has a second face (40) directed towards the exterior of the absorber, is planar, and extends in a horizonal plane from only one of the lower and
upper halves of the support (12).
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