US Patent Issued to Hill & Smith on Nov. 3 for "Crash attenuator assemblies for decelerating vehicles" (Ohio, California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,781,450, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Hill & Smith Inc. (Columbus, Ohio).

"Crash attenuator assemblies for decelerating vehicles" was invented by Andrew J. Dameron (Hilliard, Ohio) and Gerrit A. Dyke (Stockton, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Crash attenuator assemblies are operable to decelerate errant vehicles traveling along roadways. The crash attenuator assemblies include guide rails anchorable to a ground surface adjacent a roadway. Frame assemblies are supported on the guide rails and are displaced upon impact by errant vehicles. The frame assemblies are spaced longitudinally along the guide rail such that a bay is defin...