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Document Type
Article
Date of this Version
12-12-2006
Citation
United States Patent Reid et al. Patent No.: US 7,147,088 B2
Abstract
A single-sided crash attenuation cushion system having an impact head and three stage energy absorption mechanism. The energy absorbing mechanism has a mandrel for deforming thin-walled tubes in a controlled collapse to absorb impact forces from a colliding vehicle. The third stage of the absorption mechanism includes an additional deformable compressible tube between the fixed-object hazard and the thin walled tubes.
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