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US 9,969,345 B2Granted
Energy absorbing strap retaining device
AssigneeSteering Solutions IP Holding Corporation
InventorsRobert W. Dubay, Michael P. Anspaugh, Melvin L. Tinnin, Roger A. Bourbina, Donald A. Buzzard
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Abstract
An energy absorbing system includes a subject structure, an energy absorbing strap associated with the subject structure, and a retaining device to selectively retain the energy absorbing strap during an energy addition event. The retaining device surrounds both an upper and lower portion of the energy absorbing strap.
Claims12
An energy absorbing system, the system comprising:
- a strap mounting pad disposed on a subject structure;
- an energy absorbing strap having an outer portion and an inner portion, the inner portion attached to the strap mounting pad;
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- a retaining device to selectively retain the energy absorbing strap during an energy addition event and constrain a geometric relationship between the outer and inner portions of the energy absorbing strap, the retaining device includes a first protrusion that extends into an interface hole of the inner portion to attach the energy absorbing strap to the retaining device and a break away portion to break away at a predetermined break away load level during the energy addition event and release the geometric relationship between the outer and inner portions of the energy absorbing strap.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.