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US 5,851,005 AGranted
Energy absorption apparatus
OwnerFranz M. Muller, Marco Anghileriinventors
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Abstract
An energy absorption apparatus to dissipate impact force of a vehicle and to protect fixed objects near highway by safely stopping the vehicle. A plurality of energy absorbing metal plates are configured in such a way that by applying the force of impact of a vehicle that they successfully collapse absorbing the impact forces.
Claims7
An energy absorption barrier for rigid road side obstacles to dissipate kinetic energy imparted by a vehicle impact comprises;
- a ductile metal plate having a hexagon polygon shape, said hexagon polygon shape having two identical pairs of equal length intersecting elements defining oppositely disposed aligned vertexes interconnected by spaced parallel identical intermediate portions therebetween, wherein said metal plate is positioned within said energy absorption barrier so as to be compressed under impact on at least one vertex of said hexagon polygon, and means for mounting said metal plate within said energy absorption barrier.
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