E01F 15/145
Means for vehicle stopping using impact energy absorbers
Official title: {Means for vehicle stopping using impact energy absorbers}
E01F15/145 (Means for vehicle stopping using impact energy absorbers) appears on 343 US grants and 318 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in E01F- Granted patents
- 343
- Published applications
- 318
- Assignees
- 135
- Inventors
- 427
- Latest grant
- 22 Sep 2026
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| 2024 | 15 | 19 |
| 2025 | 12 | 18 |
| 2026 | 10 | 14 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Towable crash-attenuating vehicle22 Sep 2026US 12,742,298 B2Concaten, Inc.
- Impact nose wedge8 Sep 2026US 12,729,496 B2Lindsay Transportation Solutions, Inc.
- Flexible tensioned crash barrier4 Aug 2026US 12,698,607 B2Robos International Limited
- Roadway crash cushion4 Aug 2026US 12,698,608 B2Lindsay Transportation Solutions, Inc.
- Guardrail terminal and guardrail assembly7 Jul 2026US 12,674,291 B2Sicking Safety Systems LLC
- Modular barrier1 Oct 2026US 2026/0297873 A1Atg Access Ltd.
- Restorable crash cushion apparatus30 Jul 2026US 2026/0218464 A1Lindsay Transportation Solutions, Inc.
- Guard Rail System9 Jul 2026US 2026/0193856 A1McCue Corporation
- End terminal for a cable barrier14 May 2026US 2026/0132581 A1Valtir LLC
- Vehicle crash cushion7 May 2026US 2026/0125864 A1Lindsay Transportation Solutions, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Shear action and compression energy absorber160US 4,352,484 AEnergy Absorption Systems, Inc. · 1982
- Restorable fender panel112US 4,452,431 AEnergy Absorption Systems, Inc. · 1984
- Energy absorbing pneumatic crash cushion109US 4,674,911 AEnergy Absorption Systems, Inc. · 1987
- Energy absorbing crash cushion98US 5,947,452 AExodyne Technologies Inc. · 1999
- Universal anchor assembly for impact attenuation device96US 4,583,716 AEnergy Absorption Systems, Inc. · 1986