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The UAB Research Foundation (The University of Alabama at Birmingham)

Blake Feltman

Dean L Sicking

David Littlefield

Andrew Dameron

Dakotah Sicking

Joseph Schwertz

Kenneth Walls

Steven D Thompson

Kevin D Schrum

James T Houston

Guardrail, guardrail terminal, and support post designs that improve control of a vehicle during collisions are described. The disclosed designs also reduce the likelihood of intrusion into vehicle systems and the occupant compartment(s). Embodiments include folding and/or flattening of the guardrail and controlling the folded and flattened guardrail to avoid intrusion into the vehicle. Other embodiments include containing the guardrail in an impact head of a guardrail terminal, which also avoids vehicle intrusion.

Guardrail terminal

In one embodiment, a tether system for use with a protective helmet worn by a user includes multiple tethers, each tether having a first end adapted to attach to a shell of the protective helmet and a second end adapted to attach to an article worn by the user, wherein the tethers limit movement of the helmet.

Protective helmets having energy absorbing tethers

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Birmingham, AL, United States of America

Blake Feltman