Isolation energy absorber
View Patent ↗An isolation energy absorber has at least one core post, two supporting boards, multiple first material layers, and multiple second material layers. The at least one core post is a columnar body and is made of zinc metal or zinc alloy that has been metal smelted to have a shear strain capacity of at least 50%. The two supporting boards are respectively disposed on two ends of the isolation energy absorber at a spaced interval. The first material layers and the second material layers are alternately mounted between the two supporting boards and surround the at least one core post.
1 . An isolation energy absorber comprising:
two ends;
at least one core post being a columnar body and being made of zine metal or zine alloy that has been metal processed to have a shear strain capacity of at least 50%, and to change mechanical properties of the at least one core post from brittle to ductile;
two supporting boards respectively disposed on two ends of the isolation energy absorber at a spaced interval; and
multiple first material layers and multiple second material layers alternately mounted between the two supporting boards and surrounding the at least one core post.
2 . The isolation energy absorber as claimed in claim 1 , wherein one single said core post is implemented.
3 . The isolation energy absorber as claimed in claim 1 , wherein multiple said core posts are implemented.
4 . The isolation energy absorber as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the at least one core post extends through the first material layers and the second material layers.
5 . The isolation energy absorber as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the at least one core post extends through the two supporting boards, the first material layers, and the second material layers.
6 . The isolation energy absorber as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the at least one core post extends through a part of the first material layers and the second material layers.
7 . The isolation energy absorber as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first material layers have a same thickness.
8 . The isolation energy absorber as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the second material layers have a same thickness.
9 . The isolation energy absorber as claimed in claim 1 , wherein at least one of the first material layers has a thickness being different from a thickness of the rest of the first material layers.
10 . The isolation energy absorber as claimed in claim 1 , wherein at least one of the second material layers has a thickness being different from a thickness of the rest of the second material layers.
11 . The isolation energy absorber as claimed in claim 4 , wherein at least one of the second material layers has a thickness being different from a thickness of the rest of the second material layers.
12 . The isolation energy absorber as claimed in claim 5 , wherein at least one of the second material layers has a thickness being different from a thickness of the rest of the second material layers.
13 . The isolation energy absorber as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a restricting module is mounted on and covering an outer surface of the at least one core post, the restricting module located between the at least one core post, the first material layers, and the second material layers.
14 . The isolation energy absorber as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the at least one core post extends through the first material layers, the second material layers, and a part of one of the two supporting boards.
15 . The isolation energy absorber as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the at least one core post extends through the first material layers, the second material layers, and a part of the two supporting boards.
16 . The isolation energy absorber as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the at least one core post extends through the first material layers, the second material layers, one of the two supporting boards, and a part of the other one of the two supporting boards.
17 . The isolation energy absorber as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a mass ratio of purity of zine of the at least one core post is at least 60%.
18 . The isolation energy absorber as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the zinc metal or zinc alloy is metal smelted by an anneal process, an extrusion process, an equal channel angular press, a severe plastic deformation process, a hydrostatic extrusion process, a metal rolling process, a die casting process, a thermal-mechanical processing, a spark plasma sintering process, a sintering process, an argon plasma process, a spinning forming process, an axial forming process, a shear forming process, a flow forming process, a forging process, a high pressure torsion process or a tempering process.
19 . The isolation energy absorber as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the at least one core post is made of the zinc alloy, and based on a total mass of the zinc alloy, a zinc content in the zinc alloy is greater than or equal to 50% mass and less than or equal to 99% mass.
20 . The isolation energy absorber as claimed in claim 19 , wherein the zinc alloy contains zinc and a first additive element or component, and the first additive element or component contains aluminum, copper, lithium, iron, magnesium, manganese, calcium, zirconium, bismuth, chromium, titanium, germanium, strontium, lead, silver, or combinations thereof.
21 . The isolation energy absorber as claimed in claim 19 , wherein based on the total mass of the zinc alloy, the zine content in the zine alloy is greater than or equal to 60% mass and less than or equal to 90% mass.
22 . The isolation energy absorber as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the at least one core post is made of the zinc metal, and the purity of the zinc metal is over 99%.
23 . The isolation energy absorber as claimed in claim 22 , wherein the purity of the zinc metal is 99% to 99.5%.
24 . The isolation energy absorber as claimed in claim 22 , wherein the purity of the zinc metal is 99.5% to 99.9%.
25 . The isolation energy absorber as claimed in claim 22 , wherein the purity of the zinc metal is 99.9% to 99.98%.
26 . The isolation energy absorber as claimed in claim 22 , wherein the purity of the zine metal is 99.98% to 99.995%.
27 . The isolation energy absorber as claimed in claim 22 , wherein the purity of the zinc metal is 99.995% to 100%.
28 . The isolation energy absorber as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the zinc metal and the zinc alloy of the at least one core post are metal smelted by pressure or compressive force, shear force, torsion, bending moment, tensile force or a combination of the aforementioned forces.
29 . The isolation energy absorber as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the zinc metal and the zinc alloy of the at least one core post are metal smelted by a combination of pressure or compressive force and torsion.
30 . The isolation energy absorber as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the zine metal and the zinc alloy of the at least one core post are metal smelted by a combination of pressure or compressive force and shear force.
31 . The isolation energy absorber as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the zinc metal and the zinc alloy of the at least one core post are metal smelted by a combination of pressure or compressive force and bending moment.