Patent ID: 11884222
Assignee: TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC.
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 14:
15. A vehicle, comprising:
a bumper body; and
an adaptive energy absorption module operatively connected to the bumper body, the adaptive energy absorption module including:
a primary deformable impact absorber member defining a first/primary impact chamber having a shape that is structurally adaptive or otherwise conforms to an impact force received by the bumper body,
a secondary deformable impact absorber member arranged in the primary impact chamber and itself defining a secondary impact chamber containing a shear thickening fluid that exhibits a decreasing viscosity responsive to the impact force, and
a plurality of fluidically connected tertiary deformable impact absorber members arranged in the primary impact chamber and itself defining a plurality of tertiary impact chambers containing a volume of fluid, and having a shape that is structurally adaptive to the impact force.