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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 01, 2025
Filed:
Jun. 21, 2024
Traffix Devices, Inc., San Clemente, CA (US);
Nutech Ventures, Lincoln, NE (US);
Geoffrey B. Maus, Trabuco Canyon, CA (US);
Felipe Almanza, San Clemente, CA (US);
Scott Kenneth Rosenbaugh, Lincoln, NE (US);
Ronald Keith Faller, Lincoln, NE (US);
Robert W. Bielenberg, Lincoln, NE (US);
Jennifer Dawn Rasmussen, Lincoln, NE (US);
Cody Stolle, Lincoln, NE (US);
Karla Ann Lechtenberg, Raymond, NE (US);
Brock David Schroder, Lincoln, NE (US);
Wyatt Gregory Fallet, Council Bluffs, IA (US);
TRAFFIX DEVICES, INC., San Clemente, CA (US);
NUTECH VENTURES, Lincoln, NE (US);
Abstract
A crash impact attenuator system for deployment in front of a structure includes a rail and a plurality of diaphragms initially disposed in spaced relation along the length of the rail. Each of the plurality of diaphragms moves along the rail, so that when a front end of the crash attenuator system receives an impact force from a vehicle, a first one of the diaphragms moves rearwardly along the rail and impacts a second one of the diaphragms so that both the first and second diaphragms move further rearwardly along the rail, this process continuing with additional ones of the diaphragms until the impact forces have been fully attenuated. A tearing member on the crash attenuator system engages material forming a side or fender panel of the crash attenuator system, the tearing member tearing material forming the side panel to attenuate the impact force.