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US 10,947,681 B2Granted
Protective construction
AssigneeTrumer Schutzbauten GesmbH
InventorsGernot Stelzer, Daniel Jäger
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Abstract
A protective construction, such as a fence for a race track, may include a device for energy dissipation, e.g., in line with a guy wire. In some examples, the energy dissipation device may have a braking profile and a cutting unit having at least one blade that can be pulled through the braking profile along its longitudinal axis.
Claims3
A protective construction comprising:
- a carrier structure having at least one support held in place by a guy cable, wherein the guy cable is coupled to an anchor in the ground;
- an energy dissipation device disposed in line with the guy cable, the energy dissipation device including:
- a cutting unit having two cutting sheets arranged at a distance to each other, each cutting sheet having a cutting edge, wherein the cutting unit is coupled to a connecting lug;
- a flat sheet-metal strip having two pre-cut insertion gaps which transition into tapering inlet areas, which in turn transition into corresponding insertion slits;
- wherein the two pre-cut insertion gaps are configured to receive the cutting edges of the two cutting sheets;
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- wherein the flat sheet-metal strip is provided with a guide web having an end stop arranged at a free end thereof.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.