Global Patent Index - EP 4251476 A1

EP 4251476 A1 20231004 - ENERGY-ABSORBING DEVICE

Title (en)

ENERGY-ABSORBING DEVICE

Title (de)

ENERGIEABSORBIERENDE VORRICHTUNG

Title (fr)

DISPOSITIF ABSORBEUR D'ENERGIE

Publication

EP 4251476 A1 20231004 (FR)

Application

EP 21786235 A 20211006

Priority

  • FR 2012187 A 20201126
  • EP 2021077597 W 20211006

Abstract (en)

[origin: WO2022111896A1] The invention relates to an energy-absorbing device (6) configured to be mounted between a bumper (2) and a longitudinal member (4) of a motor vehicle (1), the energy-absorbing device (6) comprising at least a first part (18), composed of a first reinforced material and forming a reinforcement of the energy-absorbing device (6), and a second part (20), composed of a second non-reinforced material and arranged around the reinforcement, the energy-absorbing device (6) extending in a longitudinal main direction (L) between the bumper (2) and the longitudinal member (4) and comprising at least one plate (30) which is made of a material having a hardness greater than the hardness of the second non-reinforced material and which extends across the longitudinal direction (L) of the energy-absorbing device (6).

IPC 8 full level

B60R 19/34 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP US)

B60R 19/34 (2013.01 - EP US)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR

Designated extension state (EPC)

BA ME

Designated validation state (EPC)

KH MA MD TN

DOCDB simple family (publication)

FR 3116491 A1 20220527; FR 3116491 B1 20230310; CN 116419872 A 20230711; EP 4251476 A1 20231004; US 2024001878 A1 20240104; WO 2022111896 A1 20220602

DOCDB simple family (application)

FR 2012187 A 20201126; CN 202180066152 A 20211006; EP 2021077597 W 20211006; EP 21786235 A 20211006; US 202118254716 A 20211006