Patents by Inventor Delbert Lance Bullard, Jr.

Delbert Lance Bullard, Jr. has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 11608604
    Abstract: A single anchor terminal is provided for a roadside wire rope barrier. The single anchor terminal includes a release post, a brace, and an anchor base. The brace supports the release post in an upright position and extends from the release post to the anchor base. The brace has a first portion attached to the release post and a second portion coupled to the first portion with a release component. The anchor base includes a main post that supports the release post and a brace anchor that is coupled to the main post.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: THE TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY SYSTEM
    Inventors: Michael S. Brackin, Dean C. Alberson, Roger P. Bligh, Delbert Lance Bullard, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20190194889
    Abstract: A single anchor terminal is provided for a roadside wire rope barrier. The single anchor terminal includes a release post, a brace, and an anchor base. The brace supports the release post in an upright position and extends from the release post to the anchor base. The brace has a first portion attached to the release post and a second portion coupled to the first portion with a release component. The anchor base includes a main post that supports the release post and a brace anchor that is coupled to the main post.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2019
    Publication date: June 27, 2019
    Applicant: The Texas A&M University System
    Inventors: Michael S. Brackin, Dean C. Alberson, Roger P. Bligh, Delbert Lance Bullard, JR.
  • Patent number: 10253469
    Abstract: A single anchor terminal is provided for a roadside wire rope barrier. The single anchor terminal includes a release post, a brace, and an anchor base. The brace supports the release post in an upright position and extends from the release post to the anchor base. The brace has a first portion attached to the release post and a second portion coupled to the first portion with a release component. The anchor base includes a main post that supports the release post and a brace anchor that is coupled to the main post.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: THE TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY SYSTEM
    Inventors: Michael S. Brackin, Dean C. Alberson, Roger P. Bligh, Delbert Lance Bullard, Jr.
  • Patent number: 5765811
    Abstract: A guardrail terminal end system for use at the upstream end of a W-beam guardrail mounted along the side of a roadway. The system includes a flat plate rail which extends horizontally along and is flared away from the roadway in a substantially straight linear direction and is supported by a plurality of horizontally spaced vertical break away posts. A vertical energy absorbing cylinder is supported by a vertical break away post which is located generally along the center line of the cylinder. The rail is operatively associated with the cylinder to attenuate the force of a vehicle impacting the cylinder. A transition shoe has a flat section which connects to the downstream end of the flat rail and a W-beam section which is adapted to connect to the standard W-beam guardrail. The cylinder distributes the load of an impacting vehicle equally on its support post to rapidly shear the post and cause bending or buckling of the flat rail which has low column strength in comparison to a W-beam rail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 1997
    Date of Patent: June 16, 1998
    Inventors: Dean C. Alberson, Delbert Lance Bullard, Jr.