The concept of the crumple zone safety feature was first used by the Mercedes-Benz engineer Bela Barenyi on the 1959 model Mercedes-Benz "Fintail". This innovation was first patented by Mercedes-Benz in the early 1950s. The patent was then granted as patent number 854157, in1952.
All your Newer car have crumple zones
Bela Berenyi who presented his idea to the major car companies of his time.
Béla Barényi (A Mercedes-Benz engineer)
crumple zones absorb impact damage to protect the passenger cell
Crumple Zones prevent damage or injury by supplying a place in the structure of the frame to crumple in an accident.
Crumple zones are zones built into cars that crumple in a controlled manner. The main crumple zones are at the front and the rear of a vehicle. On impact, they crumple up in a controlled manner, which stops the force energy reaching the occupants and injuring them. The crumple zone dissipates the energy Advantage :they save lives by stopping forceful energy Disadvantage: they can kill occupants in severe accidents because in high speed impacts they can dislodge the dashboard from the frame of the body Potential collapse of the footwells, trapping the driver and passenger Crumple zones can be recognised by bent body panels.
Crumple zones
The crumple zones of cars are normally at the front because it is estimated that 65% of the car impacts occur on the front side. The crumple zone is aimed at absorbing the impact of a crush to secure the passengers.
1951 by mercedes benz
You would have to crash to use them.
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By absorbing some of the energy.