Fences – Highway guard
Patent
1997-07-11
2000-10-10
Browne, Lynne H.
Fences
Highway guard
404 6, E01F 1300
Patent
active
061293423
ABSTRACT:
An improvement to an energy-absorbing guardrail terminal for use on longitudinally extending roadways. The improved end terminal has a system for transferring forces from a floor structure of a vehicle to beams on the energy-absorbing guardrail end terminal during a side impact with the vehicle. The system for transferring forces includes a spacer channel attached between first and second guardrails and a force transfer member coupled to the spacer channel and having a portion extending to a position above ground level to receive a floor structure of a vehicle during a forceful side impact. A method of manufacturing a system for transferring forces from a floor structure of a vehicle to a guardrail end terminal during a forceful side impact includes attaching a force transfer member that extends to a position to engage the floor structure.
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Bochna David E.
Browne Lynne H.
TRN Business Trust
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