F16F 7/003
One-shot shock absorbers
Official title: {One-shot shock absorbers (using plastic deformation of members, e.g. using sacrificial, fibre-reinforced composite members F16F7/12)}
F16F7/003 (One-shot shock absorbers) appears on 107 US grants and 120 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F16F- Granted patents
- 107
- Published applications
- 120
- Assignees
- 95
- Inventors
- 281
- Latest grant
- 8 Sep 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Hybrid crush zone shock absorber apparatus, systems, and methods of using the same8 Sep 2026US 12,729,740 B2Savior Brain Inc.
- Force damper26 May 2026US 12,638,062 B2On Top Safety Equipment, LLC
- Flexible tensile member with releasable convolutions for absorbing tensile energy4 Nov 2025US 12,460,692 B1Barrier1 Systems, LLC
- Kinetic energy absorptive composite article30 Sep 2025US 12,429,104 B2ROLLS-ROYCE plc
- Energy absorbing structure for vehicle-mounted display screen and display screen using the same31 Dec 2024US 12,179,672 B2Futaijing Precision Electronics (Yantai) Co., Ltd.
- Kinetic energy absorptive composite article28 Nov 2024US 2024/0392855 A1ROLLS-ROYCE plc
- Hybrid crush zone shock absorber apparatus, systems, and methods of using the same21 Mar 2024US 2024/0093746 A1Savior Brain Inc.
- Assembly for absorbing impact energy1 Feb 2024US 2024/0034259 A1Valeo Systemes Thermiques
- Shock Absorption in a Handheld Aerosol Generating Device11 Jan 2024US 2024/0008533 A1JT International SA
- Apparatus for break off sensor pod30 Nov 2023US 2023/0382315 A1Kodiak Robotics, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Shock absorber safety system for workers and method of making same71US 5,174,410 ADB Industries, Inc. · 1992
- Safety line shock absorber54US 5,113,981 A1992
- Shock absorber for fall protection system46US 4,538,702 AD B Industries, Inc. · 1985
- Shock absorbing line device31US 7,032,529 B22006
- Textile damping material and tee-off golfing mat and impact and water absorbing mat made thereof25US 5,908,673 AGebr. Wunderlich GmbH & Co. KG · 1999