(19)
(11) EP 1 387 008 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
09.06.2004 Bulletin 2004/24

(43) Date of publication A2:
04.02.2004 Bulletin 2004/06

(21) Application number: 03017411.4

(22) Date of filing: 01.08.2003
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: E01F 15/14
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IT LI LU MC NL PT RO SE SI SK TR
Designated Extension States:
AL LT LV MK

(30) Priority: 02.08.2002 IT TO20020694

(71) Applicant: METALMECCANICA FRACASSO S.p.A.
30032 Fiesso d'Artico (IT)

(72) Inventor:
  • Cicinnati, Luigi
    35123 Padova (IT)

(74) Representative: Cerbaro, Elena, Dr. et al
STUDIO TORTA S.r.l., Via Viotti, 9
10121 Torino
10121 Torino (IT)

   


(54) Front impact damper


(57) A front impact damper (1) having a vertical supporting member (2) secured firmly to the ground, and a number of deformable tubular members (3) fitted vertically inside one another and fixed to the vertical supporting member (2) at a given height off the ground; the deformable tubular members (3) each being defined by a portion of W- or triple-groove-section corrugated sheet metal (4, 7) bent appropriately to form a cylindrical tubular body with a corrugated lateral wall.






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