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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 23, 2016
Filed:
Jun. 02, 2014
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Rodney Simon, Brighton, MI (US);
Jerome Ng, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
William McDonald, South Lyon, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E01F 13/00 (2006.01); G01M 17/007 (2006.01); E01F 15/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01M 17/0078 (2013.01); E01F 15/145 (2013.01);
Abstract
A rigid barrier system includes a base piece and a face piece. The face piece may be configured to be to be mounted to the base piece, such that the face piece is laterally movable while mounted to the base piece in an unfixed mode. Alternatively or additionally, the rigid barrier system may include a steel floor plate resting on a base layer. A mass of the base layer may be at least ten times a mass of the face piece and the base piece.