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https://drivepatents.com/patents/1378103 · 22 Jan 2026
A vehicle defines a forward direction and a rearward direction along a longitudinal axis, a rightward direction and a leftward direction along a lateral axis, and an upward direction and a downward direction along a vertical axis, and includes a wheel well...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/962810 · 4 Mar 2015
A wheel-embracing mechanism and a safety vehicle having the wheel-embracing mechanism. The wheel-embracing mechanism comprises a forward-pushing base arranged in front of a wheel, a rearward-pulling base arranged behind the wheel, and a downward-pressing b...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/972111 · 23 Jul 2014
The crash structure (10a) has a deformation element (22) provided in a region of a wheel housing of a vehicle and releasing a wheel movement in a deactivated state. The deformation element transfers a wheel (24) arranged in the wheel housing into a predete...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/1072084 · 30 Nov 2005
A safety arrester cable comprising multiple untwisted windings forming closed loops with at least one open shackle at each end, especially for linking a racing car wheel to the chassis, in which more than 70% of the cable material consists of nickel wire o...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/1073458 · 5 Oct 2005
A volume-filling mechanical structure for modifying a crash comprising a honeycomb celled material (104) expandable from a dormant state to a deployed state; a support surface (105) cooperatively positioned with the honeycomb celled material (104) to cover...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/1073494 · 5 Oct 2005
A volume-filling mechanical structure (100) for modifying a crash or impact comprising a honeycomb celled material (104) expandable from a compact state to a expanded state and methods for operating the same.
https://drivepatents.com/patents/1073462 · 5 Oct 2005
Force and deceleration delimiting devices (100) and methods for operating the same in a vehicle. The devices generally include an open celled material (104) expandable from a non-expanded state to an expanded state, wherein the open celled material (104) i...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/1087793 · 21 Apr 2004
A method for achieving a constant average deceleration of a vehicle is disclosed. In an exemplary embodiment, the method includes comparing an effective load mass of the vehicle to a baseline load mass. If the effective load mass differs from the baseline ...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/1088712 · 24 Mar 2004
A vehicle body and frame assembly includes a closed channel structural member having an interior portion that can be pressurized under certain conditions, such as during a collision, to provide increased strength and absorb energy. A pressurizing device (2...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/1089043 · 10 Mar 2004
A mechanical, active crash pulse management structure (100) for providing modification of crash pulse, wherein the structure has a dormant (initial) state volume, but then in the event of a crash, timely expands into a much larger deployed volume for provi...