Patents by Inventor KENNETH WALLS

KENNETH WALLS 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).

  • GUARDRAIL TERMINAL
    Publication number: 20240117580
    Abstract: Guardrail, guardrail terminal, and support post designs that improve control of a vehicle during collisions are described. The disclosed designs also reduce the likelihood of intrusion into vehicle systems and the occupant compartment(s). Embodiments include folding and/or flattening of the guardrail and controlling the folded and flattened guardrail to avoid intrusion into the vehicle. Other embodiments include containing the guardrail in an impact head of a guardrail terminal, which also avoids vehicle intrusion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicant: Sicking Safety Systems LLC
    Inventors: Dean L. SICKING, Dakotah SICKING, Steven D. THOMPSON, Kenneth WALLS, Kevin D. SCHRUM, Joseph SCHWERTZ, David LITTLEFIELD, Andrew DAMERON
  • PROTECTIVE HELMETS HAVING ENERGY ABSORBING LINERS
    Publication number: 20170303623
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a protective helmet includes an outer shell and an inner liner provided within the outer shell, the liner comprising an energy absorber including a first layer, an opposed second layer, and a plurality of energy absorbing columns provided between the layers, wherein the columns include relatively long columns that are attached to both the first and second layers and relatively short columns that are attached to only one of the first and second layers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2015
    Publication date: October 26, 2017
    Inventors: DEAN SICKING, DAVID LITTLEFIELD, KENNETH WALLS
  • SELF-RESTORING CRASH CUSHIONS
    Publication number: 20170016191
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a self-restoring crash cushion including multiple diaphragms spaced along a length direction of the cushion, an elongated track adapted to be anchored to the ground that extends along the length direction under the cushion, the diaphragms being mounted to the track in a manner in which they can slide along the track when impacted by a moving vehicle or when the cushion is being restored, and means for dissipating energy of the moving vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2015
    Publication date: January 19, 2017
    Inventors: DEAN SICKING, DAVID LITTLEFIELD, KENNETH WALLS, SETH COHEN, KEVIN SCHRUM
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SUPPORTING BOLLARDS
    Publication number: 20160194841
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a bollard system includes multiple support beams adapted to be embedded in concrete, multiple bollards, each bollard being attached to a support beam a point near a center of the beam, and a reinforcing bar that is woven between the support beams to provide reinforcement to the system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2014
    Publication date: July 7, 2016
    Applicant: THE UAB RESEARCH FOUNDATION
    Inventors: DEAN SICKING, DAVID LITTLEFIELD, KENNETH WALLS