US Patent Issued to Tesseract Structural Innovations on Sept. 1 for "Sill beam uniform deceleration unit" (Arkansas Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,722,711, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to Tesseract Structural Innovations Inc. (Fayetteville, Ark.).

"Sill beam uniform deceleration unit" was invented by Henry L. Renegar (Fayetteville, Ark.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Devices and methods for absorbing vehicle crash energy with a safety device are disclosed. The safety device may function as a uniform deceleration unit (UDU). In some embodiments, the UDUs described herein may include an assembly of an inner skin stiffener and an energy absorber, arranged inside of an outer skin casing. The inner skin stiffener may have a series of projections configured to engage with holes in the...