E01F 15/00
Safety arrangements for slowing, redirecting or stopping errant vehicles
Official title: Safety arrangements for slowing, redirecting or stopping errant vehicles, e.g. guard posts or bollards; Arrangements for reducing damage to roadside structures due to vehicular impact (arrangements for fastening signs or signals to safety barriers or the like E01F9/669; for forcibly arresting vehicles E01F13/00)
E01F15/00 (Safety arrangements for slowing, redirecting or stopping errant vehicles) appears on 1,365 US grants and 1,193 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in E01F- Granted patents
- 1,365
- Published applications
- 1,193
- Assignees
- 553
- Inventors
- 1,744
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
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| 2023 | 40 | 61 |
| 2024 | 50 | 59 |
| 2025 | 47 | 52 |
| 2026 | 37 | 35 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- E01F 15/02Continuous barriers extending along roads or between traffic lanes905
- E01F 15/14Safety arrangements for slowing, redirecting or stopping errant vehicles: specially adapted for539
- E01F 15/006Lane control by movable lane separating barriers86
- E01F 15/003Individual devices arranged in spaced relationship73
Recent patents
- Roadway safety device6 Oct 2026US 12,753,557 B2Argo Corp, Inc.
- Towable crash-attenuating vehicle22 Sep 2026US 12,742,298 B2Concaten, Inc.
- Shallow-mount, stand-alone security bollard15 Sep 2026US 12,735,852 B1Barrier1 Systems, LLC
- Impact nose wedge8 Sep 2026US 12,729,496 B2Lindsay Transportation Solutions, Inc.
- Hinge for use with a roadway barrier system25 Aug 2026US 12,716,181 B2Lindsay Transportation Solutions, Inc.
- Bollard1 Oct 2026US 2026/0297872 A1Atg Access Ltd.
- Modular barrier1 Oct 2026US 2026/0297873 A1Atg Access Ltd.
- Vehicle arresting system24 Sep 2026US 2026/0286629 A1Systemes Versilis Inc.
- Guard rail beam27 Aug 2026US 2026/0250919 A1Nippon Steel Corporation
- Electronic component positioning fixture27 Aug 2026US 2026/0255523 A1Chroma Ate Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Energy absorbing barrier221US 4,681,302 A1987
- Shear action and compression energy absorber160US 4,352,484 AEnergy Absorption Systems, Inc. · 1982
- Stand-alone highway barrier136US 5,123,773 ARose Enterprises Inc. · 1992
- Vehicle crash barrier119US 5,022,782 AEnergy Absorption Systems, Inc. · 1991
- Restorable fender panel112US 4,452,431 AEnergy Absorption Systems, Inc. · 1984