ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,539,434, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to ZEDEL (Crolles, France).
"Energy absorber and method for manufacturing such" was invented by Victor Pouppeville (Porte de Savoie, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An energy absorber has a textile element comprising two substrates connected to one another by breaking links and resistant links, the textile element being wound. A container receives the textile element. The container defines a first opening for a first end and a second opening for a second end of the textile element. The resistant link connects a portion of the two substrates and maintains the connection in response to a first s...