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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 22, 2012
Filed:
Apr. 27, 2011
Sean Thompson, Sacramento, CA (US);
Samuel Ross Stanley, Jr., Pell City, AL (US);
Patrick A. Leonhardt, Rocklin, CA (US);
Donald C. Pyde, Schaumburg, IL (US);
Sean Thompson, Sacramento, CA (US);
Samuel Ross Stanley, Jr., Pell City, AL (US);
Patrick A. Leonhardt, Rocklin, CA (US);
Donald C. Pyde, Schaumburg, IL (US);
Energy Absorption Systems, Inc., Dallas, TX (US);
Abstract
A non-lethal energy absorbing vehicle barrier for decelerating an impacting vehicle a gate member disposed between first and second gate receivers that is deformable from a pre-impact configuration to an impact configuration. The gate member may include a first deformable energy absorption member having a first end coupled to the first gate receiver and a second end extending inward toward a center of the gate member; a second deformable energy absorption member having a first end coupled to the second gate receiver and a second end extending inward toward the center of the gate member; and a deforming member connecting the first and second deformable energy absorption members in an overlapping configuration. The deforming member is configured to engage and deform the first and second deformable energy absorption members as the gate member is deformed from the pre-impact configuration to the impact configuration.