| PATENTS &
TECHNICAL PAPERS |
| United States Patents: |
No.
5,680,866 |
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issued October 28, 1997 |
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"Impact Energy Absorber" |
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No. 6,092,555 |
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Issued July 25, 2000 |
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"Absorbing Body and a
Combination of an Absorbing Body and Vehicle Body Parts" |
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"Corrugated
Tubular Energy Absorbing Structure" |
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| US Patent Application |
No.20080036242 |
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Date of filing:
February, 1, 2008 |
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"Corrugated
Tubular Energy Absorbing Structure" |
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| Publication: |
No. 2005/0167977 A1 |
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Publication Date: August 4, 2005 |
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“Flange Coupling and Manufacturing
Method for the Same" |
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| Canada Patent: |
No. 2,184,307 |
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Issued June 15, 1999 |
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“Impact Energy Absorber” |
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| European Patent Application: |
No. 02707185.1 |
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Date of filing: March 27, 2002 |
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“Flange Joint and Method of
Manufacturing the Flange Joint” |
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| Japanese Patent: |
No. 3,091,734 |
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Issue Date: July 21, 2000 |
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“Energy Absorption” |
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| Japanese Patent Application: |
No. WO2003/08115 |
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Date of filing: July 28, 2005 |
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“How to Manufacture a Flange Coupling
and Process” |
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| Technical Papers: |
SAE Publication No. 2008-01-1344 |
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"Design Methodology for Design and
Selection of Vehicle Head Impact Countermeasures" |
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Authors: Paul Glance and Bryant
Tokarz, O-Flex |
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SAE Publication No. 2008-01-1375 |
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"Evaluation of a New Tubular Energy
Absorber Designed to Meet Bumper System Pedestrian Lower Leg Impact
and 5 and 6MPH Impact Series Requirements" |
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Authors: Paul Glance and Bryant
Tokarz, O-Flex |
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SAE Publication No. 2000-01-0628 |
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“Head Impact Protection Using a Light
Weight
Composite Tubular Structure” |
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Authors: Eddy Finch , O-Flex
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A. Mani & Karthik Kumar, INDUS Concepts
and Engineering, LLC. |
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