18347042. STRUCTURAL SHAPE MODE INFLUENCERS (The Boeing Company)
STRUCTURAL SHAPE MODE INFLUENCERS
Organization Name
Inventor(s)
Jonathan Wayne Gabrys of Downingtown PA (US)
Megan E. Prucnal of Wallingford PA (US)
Angela Santo of Philadelphia PA (US)
STRUCTURAL SHAPE MODE INFLUENCERS
This abstract first appeared for US patent application 18347042 titled 'STRUCTURAL SHAPE MODE INFLUENCERS
Original Abstract Submitted
Structural shape mode influencers are disclosed. An example apparatus to introduce a pre-defined buckling mode in a beam for energy absorption in a vehicle includes a body of the beam, the body extending along a lateral direction thereof between a first lateral side of the beam and a second lateral side of the beam, and a stiffener interstitially placed in the body, the stiffener positioned between the first and second lateral sides, the stiffener extending across at least a portion of a longitudinal direction of the body.