An absorbing bracket can be coupled to a vehicle body and can absorb energy from an external force applied to the vehicle body. In an embodiment, the energy absorbing bracket includes a bracket body at least partly made of a rigid material. The bracket body includes a deformable wall defining a first edge and a second edge opposite the first edge. The first edge is parallel to the second edge. The bracket body defines a plurality of slots extending through the deformable wall. Each slot extends along a slot axis. Further, each slot axis is obliquely angled relative to the first edge.
Energy absorbing bracket
27.12.2016
Patent
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
ENERGY ABSORBING LOAD TRANSMITTAL BRACKET WITH WELD ACCESSIBILITY
Europäisches Patentamt | 2017
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