PATENTS & TECHNICAL PAPERS

United States Patents

 No. 5,680,866
issued October 28, 1997
"Impact Energy Absorber"

 No. 6,092,555
Issued July 25, 2000
"Absorbing Body and a Combination of an Absorbing Body and Vehicle Body Parts"
"Corrugated Tubular Energy Absorbing Structure"

US Patent Application

 No.20080036242
Date of filing: February, 1, 2008
"Corrugated Tubular Energy Absorbing Structure"

Publication

 No. 2005/0167977 A1
Publication Date: August 4, 2005
"Flange Coupling and Manufacturing Method for the Same"

Canada Patent

 No. 2,184,307
Issued June 15, 1999
"Impact Energy Absorber"

European Patent Application

 No. 02707185.1
Date of filing: March 27, 2002
"Flange Joint and Method of Manufacturing the Flange Joint"

Japanese Patent

 No. 3,091,734
Issue Date: July 21, 2000
"Energy Absorption"

Japanese Patent Application

 No. WO2003/08115
Date of filing: July 28, 2005
"How to Manufacture a Flange Coupling and Process"

Technical Papers

 SAE Publication
No. 2008-01-1344
"Design Methodology for Design and Selection of Vehicle Head Impact Countermeasures"
Authors: Paul Glance and Bryant Tokarz, O-Flex

 SAE Publication
No. 2008-01-1375
"Evaluation of a New Tubular Energy Absorber Designed to Meet Bumper System Pedestrian Lower Leg Impact and 5 and 6MPH Impact Series Requirements"
Authors: Paul Glance and Bryant Tokarz, O-Flex

 SAE Publication
No. 2000-01-0628
"Head Impact Protection Using a Light Weight Composite Tubular Structure"
Authors: Eddy Finch, O-Flex
A. Mani & Karthik Kumar, INDUS Concepts and Engineering, LLC.