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:''Trauma-buffers are a technology used in Transformer bodies. | :''Trauma-buffers are a technology used in Transformer bodies. | ||
[[Image:Spotlightultramagnus cydraulics.jpg|thumb|250px|Trauma buffers positioned to protect rotational joints. Note the two types of materials used in their construction.]] | [[Image:Spotlightultramagnus cydraulics.jpg|thumb|250px|Trauma buffers positioned to protect rotational joints. Note the two types of materials used in their construction.]] | ||
On a Transformer body, '''trauma-buffers''' are plates which are used to protect delicate mechanical joints and servos from sheering pressure | On a Transformer body, '''trauma-buffers''' are plates which are used to protect delicate mechanical joints and servos from sheering pressure during sharp impact. | ||
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. | 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. | ||
Revision as of 20:53, 1 December 2009
- Trauma-buffers are a technology used in Transformer bodies.
On a Transformer body, trauma-buffers are plates which are used to protect delicate mechanical joints and servos from sheering pressure during sharp impact.
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.
Fiction
IDW Generation 1 continuity
On the planet Nebulos, Ultra Magnus recognized the combination of servos, trauma-buffers and cydraulics within an augmented Nebulan as Cybertronian technology. Spotlight: Ultra Magnus
Notes
- Modern automobiles are "designed to fail" during accidents in much this same way as a safety feature, in contrast to older "more durable" steel-bodied cars which might suffer little damage in an accident, but translated the entire force to the driver. That's neat!
- Outside of Transformers, the term "trauma buffer" refers to an unrelated concept in developmental psychology. A child's ability to handle (appropriately enough) emotional whiplash.
