Patent ID: 8056962
Filing Date: 2011-11-15
Classification: B60R,F16F,Y10T

Abstract:
1. An energy absorber for installation between an auto body panel and an interior member of an automobile, so as to absorb impact energy of a collision, the energy absorber comprising a base configured to be fastened between the auto body panel and the interior member; and a plurality of projections which projects from the base and is formed into a hollow conical shape or a hollow circular truncated cone shape, wherein the plurality of projections has different heights and different number of linear ribs, one of the ribs projecting from an outer circumferential face of the projection and extending from a leading end of the projection to the base, the ribs of the projections next to each other are spaced apart, and the two adjacent ribs of the projections next to each other are offset from a line connecting the centers of the projections.