ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,698,608, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to Lindsay Transportation Solutions LLC (Omaha, Neb.).
"Roadway crash cushion" was invented by Matthew A. Elmore (Rio Vista, Calif.), Jason T. Lim (Stockton, Calif.), Daniel Paul Dacayanan Loya (Elk Grove, Calif.) and John James Angus (Omaha, Neb.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A crash cushion that may be used as a traffic barrier end treatment is constructed to prevent an impacting vehicle from lifting off the ground and to minimize fragmentation and that is compatible with BTMs without compromise to impact mitigation performance. The crash cushion includes a nose assembly and a number of energy-ab...