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US 12,674,291 B2Granted
Guardrail terminal and guardrail assembly
AssigneeSicking Safety Systems LLC
InventorDean L. Sicking
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Abstract
A corrugated guardrail, guardrail terminal, and support post designs that work to control a vehicle during collisions. Embodiments include folding and/or flattening of the corrugated guardrail and controlling the folded and flattened guardrail to avoid intrusion into the vehicle.
Claims20
A guardrail terminal, comprising:
- a first end, the first end including an opening configured to accept a corrugated shaped guardrail;
- a second end;
- an impact face positioned at the second end, the impact face including a front surface facing away from the first end, a back surface facing toward the first end, and a bottom surface;
- a top plate extending from the first end to the impact face;
- a bottom plate extending from the first end toward the impact face;
- an opening formed between the bottom plate and the back surface of the impact face;
- a pair of side plates extending from the top plate to the bottom plate on opposite sides of the top plate and the bottom plate;
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- a deflector attached to the top plate and to a lower location on the back surface of the impact face, the deflector extending at an angle of at least 15 degrees downwardly from the top plate toward the back surface of the impact face.
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A guardrail terminal, comprising:
- a first end;
- a second end;
- a plurality of walls extending between the first end and the second end, including a top wall and a bottom wall;
- an opening formed in the first end by the plurality of walls;
- a passage having a vertical width formed by the plurality of walls extending from the opening to the second end;
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- an angled deflector attached to the top wall and extending across the entire vertical width of the passage from the top wall toward the second end.
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A guardrail terminal, comprising:
- a plurality of walls configured to peripherally enclose a guardrail, the plurality of walls extending in a longitudinal direction along a longitudinal axis;
- a plate extending in a direction transverse to the longitudinal direction and connected to the plurality of walls, the plate including a front surface;
- at least one side wall connected to the plate and extending in a first direction away from the plurality of walls;
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- a plurality of engagement pins supported by at least one of the plate and the at least one side wall, the plurality of engagement pins extending away from the plate in the first direction, and each of the plurality of engagement pins overlapping the front surface in a view along the longitudinal axis.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.