US 11,756,450 B2
Pad assembly for anthropomorphic test device
Zhenwen J. Wang, Farmington Hills, MI (US); Yuanhui Fu, South Lyon, MI (US); Joseph P. McInnis, New Hudson, MI (US); and John A. Arthur, Milan, OH (US)
Assigned to Humanetics Innovative Solutions, Inc., Farmington Hills, MI (US)
Filed by Humanetics Innovative Solutions, Inc., Farmington Hills, MI (US)
Filed on Oct. 31, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/669,637.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/754,137, filed on Nov. 1, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2020/0143709 A1, May 7, 2020
Int. Cl. G09B 23/30 (2006.01); G01M 17/007 (2006.01)
CPC G09B 23/30 (2013.01) [G01M 17/0078 (2013.01)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An anthropomorphic test device comprising:
a spine assembly;
a pair of clavicle assemblies extending respectively from opposite sides of said spine assembly;
a pair of arms with a respective one of said pair of arms coupled to a corresponding respective one of said pair of clavicle assemblies; and
at least one pad assembly having a clavicle portion mounted to one of said clavicle assemblies and positioned adjacent one of said arms with said clavicle portion formed from a first material, and a neck portion mounted to said clavicle portion and extending from said clavicle portion to a position adjacent said spine assembly with said neck portion formed from a second material different from said first material, and wherein said neck portion is stiffer than said clavicle portion.