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US 11,685,336 B1Granted
Vehilce-hood assembly including energy absorbers
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsS. M. Iskander Farooq, Saeed D. Barbat, Dean M. Jaradi, Mohammad Omar Faruque
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Abstract
A vehicle-hood assembly includes a vehicle hood and an energy absorber fixed to the vehicle hood. The energy absorber is releasable from a compressed position to an uncompressed position. The energy absorber includes a chamber that is sealed and vacuum pressurized in the compressed position. An actuator is configured to unseal the chamber to release the energy absorber from the compressed position to the uncompressed position.
Claims20
A vehicle-hood assembly comprising:
- a vehicle hood;
- an energy absorber fixed to the vehicle hood, the energy absorber being releasable from a compressed position to an uncompressed position, the energy absorber including a chamber that is sealed and vacuum pressurized in the compressed position;
- an actuator configured to unseal the chamber to release the energy absorber from the compressed position to the uncompressed position;
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- a wire extending from the actuator to the energy absorber.
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A vehicle comprising:
- a vehicle hood;
- a vehicle component beneath the vehicle hood, the vehicle component being rigid relative to the vehicle hood;
- an energy absorber between the vehicle hood and the vehicle component, the energy absorber being fixed to the vehicle hood, the energy absorber being releasable from a compressed position to an uncompressed position, the energy absorber including a chamber that is sealed and vacuum pressurized in the compressed position;
- an actuator configured to unseal the chamber to release the energy absorber from the compressed position to the uncompressed position;
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- a wire extending from the actuator to the energy absorber.
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A vehicle-hood assembly comprising:
- a vehicle hood;
- an energy absorber fixed to the vehicle hood, the energy absorber being releasable from a compressed position to an uncompressed position, the energy absorber including a chamber that is sealed and vacuum pressurized in the compressed position;
- an actuator configured to unseal the chamber to release the energy absorber from the compressed position to the uncompressed position;
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- more than one of the energy absorber, the energy absorbers being spaced from each other along the vehicle hood;
- the actuator being operatively connected to each of the energy absorbers to unseal the chambers of the energy absorbers.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.