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AssigneeFaurecia Interieur Industrie
InventorsHerve Thenier, Nathalie David, Stephane Baxiu
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An injected part (26) designed to form by being folded, an energy absorbing device and a spacer, the energy absorbing device having a number of hollow elements (12) projecting from a first plate portion (10), and a number of hollow elements (16) projecting from a second plate portion (14), associated in pairs. The spacer includes a number of spacing elements (20) projecting from a third plate portion (18), one of the plate portions (10, 14, 18) is articulated on the other two, and the articulations (28, 30) are such that, after each of the plates has rotated by 180°, a first hollow element (12), a second hollow element (16) and a spacer element (20) are aligned. The energy absorbing device is designed to motor vehicle doors.
Injection-moulded part which, by being folded, is to form an energy-absorbing device and a spacer, the energy-absorbing device having a plurality of hollow impact-absorbing elements (12) projecting from a first plate portion (10) and a plurality of hollow impact-absorbing elements (16) projecting from a second plate portion (14), the absorbing elements (12, 16) of the two plates being associated in pairs, characterised in that the spacer comprises a plurality of spacer elements (20) projecting from a third plate portion (18), one of the first, second and third plate portions (10, 14, 18) being articulated with the other two, the articulations (28, 30) being so arranged that, after each of the plate portions has been rotated through 180°, a hollow impact-absorbing element (12) of the first plate portion, a hollow impact-absorbing element (16) of the second plate portion and a spacer element (20) are aligned in a direction perpendicular to the plane of the plate portions.
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