US 11,885,713 B2
Coupling design for coupling simulated flesh to a support structure of an anthropomorphic test device
Zhenwen J. Wang, Farmington Hills, MI (US); Joseph P. McInnis, New Hudson, MI (US); Thanh Nghi, Ann Arbor, 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 Aug. 12, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/991,546.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/886,186, filed on Aug. 13, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0048373 A1, Feb. 18, 2021
Int. Cl. G01M 17/007 (2006.01); G09B 23/00 (2006.01)
CPC G01M 17/0078 (2013.01) [G09B 23/00 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An anthropomorphic test device configured for use in crash test simulations, said anthropomorphic test device comprising:
a hollow member comprising a simulated flesh having an inner foam core portion and with said hollow member defining an inner cavity, said simulated flesh defining a channel extending partially through said inner foam core portion;
a support structure received within said inner cavity; and
a mounting mechanism coupled to each of said hollow member and said support structure for maintaining the positioning of said simulated flesh relative to said support structure during the crash test simulations, wherein said mounting mechanism comprises:
one or more inserts each respectively coupled within said simulated flesh, wherein each of said one or more inserts comprises:
a flange portion having an outer surface and an opposing inner surface, said flange portion positioned within said inner foam core portion such that said inner foam core portion covers at least a portion of said outer surface and covers at least a portion of said opposing inner surface of said flange portion to at least partially encapsulate said flange portion within said inner foam core portion with a portion of said outer surface not covered with said inner foam core portion and open to said channel; and
an elongated portion extending from said flange portion towards said support structure, said elongated portion defining an elongated opening therethrough with said elongated opening open to said channel; and
a fastening member passing through said channel and through said elongated openings and secured to said support structure, and
wherein a width of said channel of said simulated flesh is greater than a width of said elongated opening of said insert.