Energy management structure
AssigneeIP Holdings, LLC
InventorsShawn THOMAS, Ronald M. SZALKOWSKI, Joseph Vincent PEASE, III
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Abstract
An energy management structure is adapted to absorb a force applied thereto. The structure includes a first component possessing a first compressive response profile, a second component possessing a second compressive response profile different from the first compressive response profile, and a third component connecting the first component to the second component. Upon application of a force, the second compressive response profile of the second component is additive to the first compressive response profile of the first component to result in an overall compressive response profile of the energy management structure that meets a design compressive response profile.
Claims54
An energy management structure adapted to absorb a force applied thereto, the structure comprising:
- a first component possessing a first compressive response profile;
- a second component possessing a second compressive response profile different from the first compressive response profile;
- and
- a third component connecting the first component to the second component;
- wherein
- upon application of a force, the second compressive response profile of the second component is additive to the first compressive response profile of the first component to result in an overall compressive response profile of the energy management structure that meets a design compressive response profile.
A method of designing an energy management structure adapted to absorb a force applied thereto, the method comprising:
- determining a first compressive response profile of a first component;
- determining a second compressive response profile of a second component, the second compressive response profile being different from the first compressive response profile;
- and
- designing an energy management structure by coupling at least one first component having the first compressive response profile with at least one second component having the second compressive response profile to result in an overall compressive response profile of the energy management structure that meets a design compressive response profile,
- wherein the determining steps are carried out in a specifically programmed computer executing code to carry out the steps.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.