Patents by Inventor Jeffery T. Burke

Jeffery T. Burke has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Energy absorber with crush boxes and back straps
    Patent number: 7699367
    Abstract: An energy absorber includes a base flange and elongated crush boxes that to form a substantially continuously face surface on the energy absorber. Back straps are attached across a back of the crush boxes to prevent unacceptable spreading of the side walls of the crush boxes during an impact. The back straps can be integrally formed when the energy absorber is molded, and can include a living hinge at one end and a free end that can be bent over and snap attached during post-molding assembly without additional secondary operations. Alternatively, a separate wall-stabilizing thermoformed component is sandwiched between the energy absorber and beam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2010
    Assignee: NetShape Energy Management, LLC
    Inventors: Darin Evans, Jeffery T. Burke, Kenneth R. Bastien, Kevin E. Holdren, Daniel D. Ralston, David Gorman
  • ENERGY ABSORBER WITH CRUSH BOXES AND BACK STRAPS
    Publication number: 20080185851
    Abstract: An energy absorber includes a base flange and elongated crush boxes that to form a substantially continuously face surface on the energy absorber. Back straps are attached across a back of the crush boxes to prevent unacceptable spreading of the side walls of the crush boxes during an impact. The back straps can be integrally formed when the energy absorber is molded, and can include a living hinge at one end and a free end that can be bent over and snap attached during post-molding assembly without additional secondary operations. Alternatively, a separate wall-stabilizing thermoformed component is sandwiched between the energy absorber and beam.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2008
    Publication date: August 7, 2008
    Inventors: Darin Evans, Jeffery T. Burke, Kenneth R. Bastien, Kevin E. Holdren, Daniel D. Ralston, David Gorman