| dc.creator | Buth, Eugene C. | |
| dc.creator | Bligh, Roger P. | |
| dc.creator | Alberson, Dean C. | |
| dc.creator | Bullard Jr., Lance D. | |
| dc.creator | Ross Jr., Hayes E. | |
| dc.creator | Abu-odeh, Akram | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2019-06-17T17:02:51Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2019-06-17T17:02:51Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2008-02-05 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/176870 | |
| dc.description.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. | en |
| dc.language | eng | |
| dc.publisher | United States. Patent and Trademark Office | |
| dc.rights | Public Domain (No copyright - United States) | en |
| dc.rights.uri | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/ | |
| dc.title | Box beam terminals | en |
| dc.type | Utility patent | en |
| dc.format.digitalOrigin | reformatted digital | en |
| dc.description.country | US | |
| dc.contributor.assignee | The Texas A&M University System | |
| dc.identifier.patentapplicationnumber | 11/682442 | |
| dc.subject.uspcprimary | 256/13.1 | |
| dc.subject.uspcother | 256/19 | |
| dc.date.filed | 2007-03-06 | |
| dc.publisher.digital | Texas A&M University. Libraries | |
| dc.subject.cpcprimary | E01F 15/143 | |
