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<p>92.5.29.188: </p> <hr /> <div>:''Trauma-buffers are a technology used in Transformer bodies.<br /> [[Image:Spotlightultramagnus cydraulics.jpg|thumb|250px|Trauma buffers positioned to protect rotational joints. Note the two types of materials used in their construction.]]<br /> On a Transformer body, '''trauma-buffers''' are plates which are used to protect delicate mechanical joints and servos from sheering pressure during sharp impact.<br /> <br /> The mechanism used by trauma-buffers to provide protection is not clear. Their two-level construction ''suggests'' they may be sacrificial; designed to fail or shatter when a force exceeds a structural limit rather than translating that impact to the joint.<br /> <br /> ==Fiction==<br /> ===IDW ''Generation 1'' continuity===<br /> On the planet [[Nebulos]], [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] recognized the combination of servos, trauma-buffers and [[cydraulic]]s within an [[augment]]ed Nebulan as Cybertronian technology. {{storylink|Spotlight: Ultra Magnus}}<br /> <br /> ==Notes==<br /> * Modern automobiles are &quot;designed to fail&quot; during accidents in much this same way as a safety feature, in contrast to older &quot;more durable&quot; steel-bodied cars which might suffer little damage in an accident, but [[Wikipedia:Whiplash (medicine)|translated the entire force]] to the driver. ''That's neat!''<br /> * Outside of ''Transformers'', the term &quot;trauma buffer&quot; refers to an unrelated concept in developmental psychology. A child's ability to handle &lt;small&gt;(appropriately enough)&lt;/small&gt; ''emotional'' whiplash.<br /> <br /> [[Category: Transformer anatomy]]</div>

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