US 12,195,934 B2 · Vehicle barrier gate system

Abstract

Vehicle barrier systems that can selectively move a barrier arm between a first position that prevents a vehicle from passing, or a second position that allows the vehicle to pass, wherein the barrier arm moves both upwardly away from a travel path and laterally along the travel path in a direction away from the vehicle. The barrier arm movement thereby leads the driver of the vehicle through the barrier system in a sweeping or leading movement. In some embodiments, an actuator assembly of the barrier system includes a breakaway assembly coupled to the barrier arm. In the event that an abnormal force (e.g. vehicle strike, vandalism, etc.) applied to the barrier arm exceeds a predetermined threshold, one or more drive magnets of the breakaway assembly disengage from the one or more magnetically-attractive elements to prevent damage to the barrier system.

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Dependent claims

A barrier system, comprising:

a barrier arm having a proximal end and a distal end opposite from the proximal end;
a main support attached to a support surface;
an actuator assembly coupled between the main support and the proximal end of the barrier arm, wherein the actuator assembly selectively, rotatably drives the barrier arm between a lowered position and a raised position causing the distal end of the barrier arm to move through an arc of movement;
and
a breakaway assembly that is magnetically engageable with the actuator assembly to rotate the barrier arm through the arc of movement and that is magnetically disengageable from the actuator assembly responsive to an abnormal force that exceeds a pre-determined force threshold applied to the barrier arm, wherein the barrier arm rotates freely through the arc of movement while the breakaway assembly is magnetically disengaged from the actuator assembly.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Vehicle barrier gate system

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Abstract

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