Abstract: A structural support system consisting of a bridging structural element and two (2) or more frangible elements providing fatigue and/or shock load(s) capacities utilized as a structural jointing between a foundation and a superstructure.

Abstract: The present invention utilizes solid-state components'/devices' electrically-conductive elements as means for transport of thermal-energy via the application of the Thomson Effect through affecting a change in temperature, such as in the electrical power supply leads. Application may be at electrical current characteristics below that required to energize said solid-state components/devices to achieve intended solid-state utility output. The present invention applies Tesla's phase-change conductive/non-conductive, both of an electrical and/or thermal nature, to the present art of solid-state electronics' individual integrated circuit elements, printed wiring boards, insulating layer(s), and pillars for the optimizing of the thermal-energy-management of such.

Abstract: A pneumatic radial tire has a carcass and a tread. The carcass has at least one carcass reinforcing ply and opposing bead portions. Each bead portion has a bead core and a bead apex radially. The apexes in each bead portion having the same radial height (HA), as measured from a bead base line (B). The tire has a bead reinforcing ply comprising chopped carbon fiber in the amount of 0.5 to 30 parts per hundred rubber located in only one bead portion of the tire, with the bead reinforcing ply being adjacent to the carcass reinforcing ply.

Abstract: The present invention relates to Light Emitting Diode (LED) based lamps utilising thermoelectric modules improving the efficiency of the lamps. The present invention provides in a first aspect a light illuminating device that comprises at least one light emitting diode (LED), at least one thermoelectric module (TEM) having a first surface which is thermally connected to the LED, a heat sink thermally connected to a a second surface of the at least one TEM, a thermally insulating cover creating a chamber substantially insulating the LED from ambient air. The LED may be of any conventional type, the invention however is particularly useful for devices using hi-flux LEDs, including traffic lights, illuminated roadway and/or emergency signs, airport runway lights and such.

Abstract: An assembly of structural elements, having significant asymmetric engineering properties, such as iron and glass, providing fatigue resistant structural composites.

Abstract: A highway safety equipment system using solid catalyst crystal, such as titanium dioxide, targeted for the breakdown of fluid borne undesirable material, such as “smog” utilizing standard, commonly encountered, U.S. Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), National Cooperation Highway Research Program (NCHRP), and/or American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials' (AASHTO) Standard Specification items such as highway guiderail, highway signing, highway signal equipment, housings, toll booth, bridgework, bridgerails and/or such items' support structures.

Abstract: An energy absorbing system comprising a plurality of break-away post elements sequentially spaced to be sheared off by impact of a vehicle. Each post element individually absorbs and decelerates the impacting vehicle at a pre-determined rate that in multiple successive impacts slows the vehicle to a stop before the barrier or to an acceptable speed within the design requirements for impact with a barrier.

Abstract: An illuminated sign comprises a front lens having a sign legend; an electroluminescent panel disposed behind the lens to provide lighting to the sign legend; a power source operably connected to the electroluminescent panel; a first sensor responsive to the headlights of an approaching vehicle and connected to the electroluminescent panel to activate the electroluminescent panel upon detection of the headlights; and a second sensor responsive to ambient light and connected to the electroluminescent panel such that the electroluminescent panel is OFF during daylight.

Abstract: An efficient structural composite suitable for a cantilever applications in nonomnidirectional uses, such as that of highway guardrail posts, assembled from recycled plastic or rubber material as compressive elements with embedded formed sheet steel as tensile elements and shear transfer by encapsulation of said tensile elements in said compressive elements. Structural integrity and/or specific maximum service loads can be achieved through design sizing of shear-transfer elements allowing for intended catastrophic structural failure, which is useful in highway guardrail system design.