ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,698,605, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to SMA ROAD SAFETY S.R.L. (Naples, Italy).
"Modular road safety barrier and an emergency openable passage" was invented by Pasquale Impero (Acerra, Italy).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A central road safety barrier includes modules mutually couplable by means of a bolt which engages holes made in protrusions extending in a longitudinal direction at the ends of the modules. Walls adjacent to the protrusions improve the transfer between the modules of an impact of an errant vehicle on the barrier and improve response to an impact. The safety barrier provides an emergency openable passage. A module may...