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US 9,174,595 B2Granted
Collision sensing and energy absorbing apparatus
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsMahmoud Yousef Ghannam, Steven Yellin Schondorf, Abraham G. Philip, David James Tippy
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Abstract
An apparatus includes an enclosed body defining a chamber therein. The body includes a rearward portion, a forward portion opposite the rearward portion and a first portion extending between the rearward and forward portions. The first portion has a stiffness less than at least one remaining portion of the body. The apparatus further includes at least one pressure sensor coupled to the body and the chamber to detect deformation of the first portion of the body.
Claims18
An apparatus comprising:
- an enclosed body defining a chamber therein, the body including a rearward portion, a forward portion opposite the rearward portion and a first portion extending between the rearward and forward portions, the first portion having a stiffness less than at least one remaining portion of the body;
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- at least one pressure sensor coupled to the body and the chamber to detect deformation of the first portion of the body.
An assembly comprising:
- a bumper beam for a vehicle;
- an enclosed body defining a chamber therein, the body including a rearward portion engaged with the bumper beam, a forward portion opposite the rearward portion and a first portion extending between the rear and forward portions, the first portion having a stiffness less than at least one remaining portion of the body, the at least one remaining portion of the body having a stiffness less than the bumper beam;
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- at least one pressure sensor coupled to the body and in communication with the chamber, the at least one pressure sensor detecting deformation of the first portion of the body.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.