公开(公告)号：US20070147957A1

公开(公告)日：2007-06-28

申请号：US11682442

申请日：2007-03-06

申请人： C. Buth ,  Roger Bligh ,  Dean Alberson ,  D. Bullard ,  Hayes Ross ,  Akram Abu-Odeh

发明人： C. Buth ,  Roger Bligh ,  Dean Alberson ,  D. Bullard ,  Hayes Ross ,  Akram Abu-Odeh

IPC分类号： E01F15/00

CPC分类号： E01F15/143

摘要： Guardrail installation designs are described that incorporate a box beam rail as the structural rail member. The box beam rail member may have an open cross-section or a closed cross-section. An impact head is provided to bend and deflect the rail member during an end-on collision, allowing the rail member to be deflected away from the roadway and out of the path of an end-on impacting vehicle. The impact head includes a striking face and a chute portion that receives the box beam rail member therewithin. In addition to bending and deflecting the rail member, the impact head may also include a flattening section for flattening the rail member.

摘要翻译： 描述了包括箱梁轨道作为结构轨道构件的护栏安装设计。 箱梁轨道构件可以具有敞开的横截面或封闭的横截面。 提供冲击头以在最终碰撞期间弯曲和偏转轨道构件，允许轨道构件偏离远离巷道并离开终端撞击车辆的路径。 撞击头包括撞击面和在其中容纳箱梁轨道构件的滑槽部分。 除了弯曲和偏转轨道构件之外，冲击头还可以包括用于使轨道构件平坦化的平坦部分。

公开(公告)号：US20060002760A1

公开(公告)日：2006-01-05

申请号：US10504068

申请日：2003-02-06

申请人： Joseph Vellozzi ,  Matthew Gelfand ,  John Paner ,  Norman Mackenzie ,  Shubin ruan ,  D. Lance Bullard ,  Dean Alberson

发明人： Joseph Vellozzi ,  Matthew Gelfand ,  John Paner ,  Norman Mackenzie ,  Shubin ruan ,  D. Lance Bullard ,  Dean Alberson

IPC分类号： E01F15/00

CPC分类号： B61L29/08 ,  E01F13/028 ,  E01F13/123

摘要： A heavy duty ground retractable automobile barrier for a railroad crossing. Concrete bunkers are placed at each side of a roadway. An upstanding concrete-filled steel pipe fixed in each bunker has a sleeve for rotational and axial movement. Shock absorbers are mounted on each sleeve. A net extends across the road and is attached to the opposite ends of the shock absorbers. Collision of an automobile with the net creates tensile forces in the net. The shock absorbers expand while rotating about the pipe's axis in response to tensile forces from the net that meet or exceed a minimum threshold. Forces from the net pass through the axis of the steel pipe. The net is stored in a pit transverse the roadway parallel to the railroad tracks and is raised and lowered as appropriate. The net includes a cable that extends across the road in a wave pattern, having peaks, valleys and midpoints, wherein tangents of the wave midpoints are at least 90 degrees from tangents of the peaks and valleys.

公开(公告)号：US20070063179A1

公开(公告)日：2007-03-22

申请号：US11532795

申请日：2006-09-18

申请人： Dean Alberson ,  D. Bullard ,  C. Buth ,  Roger Bligh

发明人： Dean Alberson ,  D. Bullard ,  C. Buth ,  Roger Bligh

IPC分类号： E01F15/00

CPC分类号： E01F15/0461 ,  E01F9/635 ,  E01F15/0453

摘要： In accordance with a particular embodiment of the present invention, a guardrail safety system includes a guardrail beam and a plurality of support posts in spaced apart relation to one another. Each support post is configured to be releasably coupled to the guardrail beam. A plurality of connectors couple the plurality of support posts to the guardrail beam. Each connector includes a head portion that is configured to provide a sufficiently strong connection between the guardrail beam and the support post to support the guardrail beam and a sufficiently weak connection between the guardrail beam and the support post to enable the support post to detach from the guardrail beam when struck by the errant vehicle.

摘要翻译： 根据本发明的特定实施例，护栏安全系统包括护栏梁和彼此间隔开的多个支撑柱。 每个支撑柱被构造成可释放地联接到护栏梁。 多个连接器将多个支撑柱连接到护栏梁。 每个连接器包括头部，该头部构造成在护栏梁和支撑柱之间提供足够坚固的连接以支撑护栏梁，并且护栏梁和支撑柱之间的足够弱的连接使得支撑柱能够从 护栏梁被错误的车辆撞击时。

公开(公告)号：US20070102689A1

公开(公告)日：2007-05-10

申请号：US11269137

申请日：2005-11-08

申请人： Dean Alberson ,  Roger Bligh ,  D. Bullard ,  C. Buth

发明人： Dean Alberson ,  Roger Bligh ,  D. Bullard ,  C. Buth

IPC分类号： E01F15/00

CPC分类号： E01F15/06

摘要： In accordance with a particular embodiment of the present invention, a guardrail system includes at least one cable operable to contain and redirect an errant vehicle. The guardrail system also includes a plurality of guardrail support posts spaced apart in relation to one another. Each support post includes a lower portion, a mid portion, and an upper portion. The lower portion is for installing below grade adjacent the roadway. The mid portion lies substantially adjacent the grade and includes a weakened section operable to weaken the support post about a longitudinal axis. The upper portion is releasably coupled to the at least one cable such that the upper portion is uncoupled from the at least one cable when the support post is displaced.

摘要翻译： 根据本发明的特定实施例，护栏系统包括至少一个电缆，其可操作以容纳和重定向错误的车辆。 护栏系统还包括相互间隔开的多个护栏支撑柱。 每个支撑柱包括下部，中部和上部。 下部用于在巷道附近安装。 中间部分基本上位于等级附近并且包括可操作以弱化支撑柱围绕纵向轴线的弱化部分。 上部可释放地联接到所述至少一个电缆，使得当所述支撑柱移位时，所述上部与所述至少一个电缆分离。

公开(公告)号：US20070063177A1

公开(公告)日：2007-03-22

申请号：US11532751

申请日：2006-09-18

申请人： Dean Alberson ,  D. Lance Bullard ,  C. Eugene Buth ,  Roger Bligh

发明人： Dean Alberson ,  D. Lance Bullard ,  C. Eugene Buth ,  Roger Bligh

IPC分类号： E01F15/00

CPC分类号： E01F15/0461 ,  E01F9/635 ,  E01F15/0453

摘要： In accordance with a particular embodiment of the present invention, a guardrail safety system includes a guardrail beam having a length-of-need (LON) portion spanning between two terminal portions. The guardrail safety system also includes a plurality of guardrail support posts in spaced apart relation to one another. At least a portion of the plurality of support posts include a lower portion for installing below grade adjacent the roadway, a mid portion that lies substantially adjacent the grade, and an upper portion releasably coupled to the LON portion of the guardrail beam. The mid portion includes a weakened section operable to weaken the support post about a first axis without substantially changing the behavior of the support post about a second axis that is generally perpendicular to the first axis.

摘要翻译： 根据本发明的特定实施例，护栏安全系统包括护栏梁，其具有跨越两个端部之间的需要长度（LON）部分。 护栏安全系统还包括彼此间隔开的多个护栏支撑柱。 多个支撑柱的至少一部分包括用于安装在巷道附近的等级下方的下部，基本上邻近坡度的中部，以及可释放地联接到护栏梁的LON部分的上部。 中间部分包括弱化部分，其可操作以围绕第一轴线弱化支撑柱，而基本上不改变支撑柱围绕大致垂直于第一轴线的第二轴线的行为。

公开(公告)号：US20060017048A1

公开(公告)日：2006-01-26

申请号：US11209470

申请日：2005-08-23

申请人： Dean Alberson ,  Roger Bligh ,  D. Bullard ,  C. Buth

发明人： Dean Alberson ,  Roger Bligh ,  D. Bullard ,  C. Buth

IPC分类号： E01F15/00

CPC分类号： E01F15/0476 ,  E01F15/06

摘要： A cable guardrail release system includes a first number of anchor posts installed adjacent a roadway. Each of the first number of anchor posts secures an end of a respective cable. Each anchor post is operable to release the respective cable secured by the anchor post upon a vehicle impact to the anchor post. The system may include a length of need section that includes a plurality of intermediate support posts each configured to support each of the respective cables. The length of need section may include portions of each of the respective cables running in between the plurality of intermediate support posts. Each anchor post may be configured to resist release of the respective cable secured by the anchor post upon a vehicle impact to the length of need section generally at an angle to the flow of traffic on the roadway.

公开(公告)号：US20050224776A1

公开(公告)日：2005-10-13

申请号：US10819526

申请日：2004-04-07

申请人： Dean Alberson ,  Roger Bligh ,  D. Bullard ,  C. Buth ,  Hayes Ross ,  Stephen Brown

发明人： Dean Alberson ,  Roger Bligh ,  D. Bullard ,  C. Buth ,  Hayes Ross ,  Stephen Brown

IPC分类号： E01F15/14 ,  A01K3/00

CPC分类号： E01F15/143

摘要： According to one embodiment, a cable anchor system for an end terminal includes a cable anchor bracket configured to couple to a guardrail, in which the cable anchor bracket includes a flat plate having an aperture formed therein and a plurality of protrusions extending from a plane containing the aperture. The protrusions are configured to releasably engage the guardrail.

摘要翻译： 根据一个实施例，用于端子端子的电缆锚固系统包括电缆固定支架，其被配置为联接到护栏，其中电缆锚固支架包括其中形成有孔的平板和从包含 光圈。 突起被构造成可释放地接合护栏。

公开(公告)号：US20050211520A1

公开(公告)日：2005-09-29

申请号：US11092802

申请日：2005-03-28

申请人： Akram Abu-Odeh ,  Roger Bligh ,  Dean Alberson ,  Jacob Ness

发明人： Akram Abu-Odeh ,  Roger Bligh ,  Dean Alberson ,  Jacob Ness

IPC分类号： B60R19/34 ,  B62D21/15 ,  E01F15/14 ,  F16F7/12

CPC分类号： B62D21/15 ,  B60R19/34 ,  E01F15/146 ,  F16F7/12 ,  F16F7/123

摘要： According to one embodiment of the invention, an energy-absorbing device includes a section of material having a plurality of crush zones along a longitudinal length thereof, a first crush zone of the plurality of crush zones including a pair of opposed first bends formed in a first side and a second side of the section, a pair of opposed second bends formed in a third side and a fourth side of the section, and a first set of notches spaced around a perimeter of the section at a longitudinal location corresponding to the first bends and second bends. The first bends project in a direction that is one of inward and outward and the second bends project in a direction opposite that of the first bends. At least one of the other crush zones includes a second set of notches spaced around the perimeter of the section.

摘要翻译： 根据本发明的一个实施例，一种能量吸收装置包括沿其纵向长度具有多个挤压区域的材料部分，多个挤压区域的第一挤压区域包括一对相对的第一弯曲部， 所述部分的第一侧和第二侧，形成在所述部分的第三侧面和第四侧面中的一对相对的第二弯曲部，以及在对应于所述第一部分的纵向位置处在所述部分的周边上间隔开的第一组凹口 弯曲和第二弯。 第一个弯曲项目是向内和向外的方向，第二个弯曲项目的方向与第一个弯曲的方向相反。 至少其中一个挤压区域包括围绕该部分的周边间隔开的第二组凹口。

公开(公告)号：US20080011992A1

公开(公告)日：2008-01-17

申请号：US11775436

申请日：2007-07-10

申请人： Dean Alberson ,  Roger Bligh ,  D. Bullard ,  C. Buth ,  Hayes Ross ,  Stephen Brown

发明人： Dean Alberson ,  Roger Bligh ,  D. Bullard ,  C. Buth ,  Hayes Ross ,  Stephen Brown

IPC分类号： E01F15/00

CPC分类号： E01F15/143

摘要： According to one embodiment, a cable anchor system for an end terminal includes a cable anchor bracket configured to couple to a guardrail, in which the cable anchor bracket includes a flat plate having an aperture formed therein and a plurality of protrusions extending from a plane containing the aperture. The protrusions are configured to releasably engage the guardrail.

摘要翻译： 根据一个实施例，用于端子端子的电缆锚固系统包括电缆固定支架，其被配置为联接到护栏，其中电缆锚固支架包括其中形成有孔的平板和从包含 光圈。 突起被构造成可释放地接合护栏。

公开(公告)号：US20070063178A1

公开(公告)日：2007-03-22

申请号：US11532781

申请日：2006-09-18

申请人： Dean Alberson ,  D. Bullard ,  C. Buth ,  Roger Bligh

发明人： Dean Alberson ,  D. Bullard ,  C. Buth ,  Roger Bligh

IPC分类号： E01F15/00

CPC分类号： E01F15/0461 ,  E01F9/635 ,  E01F15/0453

摘要： In accordance with a particular embodiment of the present invention, a guardrail safety system includes a guardrail beam and a support post of a predetermined depth coupled to the guardrail beam. The support post includes a lower portion for installing below grade adjacent the roadway, a mid portion that lies substantially adjacent the grade, and an upper portion releasably coupled to the guardrail beam. The mid portion includes a weakened section operable to weaken the support post about a first axis without substantially changing the behavior of the support post about a second axis that is generally perpendicular to the first axis. A flange protector is coupled between the support post and the guardrail beam. The flange protector has a depth that is less than the predetermined depth of the support post.

摘要翻译： 根据本发明的特定实施例，护栏安全系统包括护栏梁和联接到护栏梁的预定深度的支撑柱。 支撑柱包括用于安装在巷道附近的等级下方的下部，基本上邻近坡度的中部，以及可释放地联接到护栏梁的上部。 中间部分包括弱化部分，其可操作以围绕第一轴线弱化支撑柱，而基本上不改变支撑柱围绕大致垂直于第一轴线的第二轴线的行为。 法兰保护器联接在支撑柱和护栏梁之间。 凸缘保护器的深度小于支撑柱的预定深度。