A Safer Small Car
I have invented a way to make cars safer in collisions. Small cars need the invention more than large cars.
However, in side collisions, even large cars deliver huge g forces onto the passengers.
Click HERE to see a side crash into a pole.
The invention uses a box of energy absorbing material that is connected to bumper shafts that stick out of the box.
During an accident, the shafts compress the energy absorbing material which absorbs collision energy.
This reduces the G forces on the passengers.
The energy absorbing material is shared between side and rear bumpers.
The bumpers are deployed before driving and retracted when parking.
The bumpers are NOT deployed just before an accident is anticipated.
Click HERE to see why the invention is needed.
Click HERE to see the invention details.
Click HERE to see an "aftermarket" version of the invention.
My invention is patent pending.
Click HERE to see the US Patent Application on Google Patents.
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Contact me at steve.shoap@alum.mit.edu
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I have invented a way to make cars safer in collisions. Small cars need the invention more than large cars.
However, in side collisions, even large cars deliver huge g forces onto the passengers.
Click HERE to see a side crash into a pole.
The invention uses a box of energy absorbing material that is connected to bumper shafts that stick out of the box.
During an accident, the shafts compress the energy absorbing material which absorbs collision energy.
This reduces the G forces on the passengers.
The energy absorbing material is shared between side and rear bumpers.
The bumpers are deployed before driving and retracted when parking.
The bumpers are NOT deployed just before an accident is anticipated.
Click HERE to see why the invention is needed.
Click HERE to see the invention details.
Click HERE to see an "aftermarket" version of the invention.
My invention is patent pending.
Click HERE to see the US Patent Application on Google Patents.
The PDF Download option does not work. Select "Read this application"
and be sure to select "Page images" and NOT "Plain Text".
Contact me at steve.shoap@alum.mit.edu
Click HERE to see an irrigation system that installs quickly.
Click HERE to see a system for fighting wildfires
Click HERE to see how the existing cell phone system can give emergency warnings to everyone in a particular cell.
Click HERE to see my Bio
