Application of an inventive problem solving approach for developing new generation vehicle crash boxes

In frontal crashes, the most important parts that absorb the kinetic energy of the vehicle by plastic deformation are impact absorbers. Efforts are underway to develop innovative impact absorbers to keep the impact of the accident on drivers and passengers to a minimum. The TRIZ (theory of inventive problem solving) approach was used in the product development process of an impact absorber. TRIZ is a creative and systematic problem-solving method that can be used for the development of the next generation of products and systems. TRIZ tools such as ideality, technical contradictions formulation, inventive principles, s-field analysis, and scientific effects were used to achieve ideal final results (IFR). The solutions obtained are evaluated in terms of applicability/manufacturing, cost, lightweight and patentability. This study generated a new standardized solution in Turkey.