Patents by Inventor Hayes Ross

Hayes Ross 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).

  • Cable Anchor Bracket
    Publication number: 20080011992
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a cable anchor system for an end terminal includes a cable anchor bracket configured to couple to a guardrail, in which the cable anchor bracket includes a flat plate having an aperture formed therein and a plurality of protrusions extending from a plane containing the aperture. The protrusions are configured to releasably engage the guardrail.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2007
    Publication date: January 17, 2008
    Applicants: The Texas A&M University System, TRN Business Trust
    Inventors: Dean Alberson, Roger Bligh, D. Bullard, C. Buth, Hayes Ross, Stephen Brown
  • Box Beam Terminals
    Publication number: 20070147957
    Abstract: Guardrail installation designs are described that incorporate a box beam rail as the structural rail member. The box beam rail member may have an open cross-section or a closed cross-section. An impact head is provided to bend and deflect the rail member during an end-on collision, allowing the rail member to be deflected away from the roadway and out of the path of an end-on impacting vehicle. The impact head includes a striking face and a chute portion that receives the box beam rail member therewithin. In addition to bending and deflecting the rail member, the impact head may also include a flattening section for flattening the rail member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2007
    Publication date: June 28, 2007
    Applicant: The Texas A&M University System
    Inventors: C. Buth, Roger Bligh, Dean Alberson, D. Bullard, Hayes Ross, Akram Abu-Odeh
  • Cable anchor bracket
    Publication number: 20050224776
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a cable anchor system for an end terminal includes a cable anchor bracket configured to couple to a guardrail, in which the cable anchor bracket includes a flat plate having an aperture formed therein and a plurality of protrusions extending from a plane containing the aperture. The protrusions are configured to releasably engage the guardrail.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2004
    Publication date: October 13, 2005
    Inventors: Dean Alberson, Roger Bligh, D. Bullard, C. Buth, Hayes Ross, Stephen Brown