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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 10, 2000
Filed:
Jul. 11, 1997
Maurice E Bronstad, San Antonio, TX (US);
TRN Business Trust, Dallas, TX (US);
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.