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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 06, 2007
Filed:
Jul. 19, 2002
C. Eugene Buth, Wellborn, TX (US);
Roger P. Bligh, Bryan, TX (US);
Dean C. Alberson, Bryan, TX (US);
Lance D. Bullard, Jr., College Station, TX (US);
Hayes E. Ross, Jr., College Station, TX (US);
Akram Abu-odeh, College Station, TX (US);
C. Eugene Buth, Wellborn, TX (US);
Roger P. Bligh, Bryan, TX (US);
Dean C. Alberson, Bryan, TX (US);
Lance D. Bullard, Jr., College Station, TX (US);
Hayes E. Ross, Jr., College Station, TX (US);
Akram Abu-Odeh, College Station, TX (US);
The Texas A&M University System, College Station, TX (US);
Abstract
Guardrail installation designs are described that incorporate a box beam rail as the structural rail member. The box beam rail member may have an open cross-section or a closed cross-section. An impact head is provided to bend and deflect the rail member during an end-on collision, allowing the rail member to be deflected away from the roadway and out of the path of an end-on impacting vehicle. The impact head includes a striking face and a chute portion that receives the box beam rail member therewithin. In addition to bending and deflecting the rail member, the impact head may also include a flattening section for flattening the rail member.