Vehicle barrier with access delay
| DWPI Title: Access delay vehicle barrier for preventing unauthorized vehicle access to e.g. embassies, has anchor devices connected between barrier section and terrain surface, and operatively arranged to secure barrier section to surface |
| Abstract: An access delay vehicle barrier for stopping unauthorized entry into secure areas by a vehicle ramming attack includes access delay features for preventing and/or delaying an adversary from defeating or compromising the barrier. A horizontally deployed barrier member can include an exterior steel casing, an interior steel reinforcing member and access delay members disposed within the casing and between the casing and the interior reinforcing member. Access delay members can include wooden structural lumber, concrete and/or polymeric members that in combination with the exterior casing and interior reinforcing member act cooperatively to impair an adversarial attach by thermal, mechanical and/or explosive tools. |
| Use: Access delay vehicle barrier for preventing unauthorized vehicle access to secure and/or high value facilities such as embassies, nuclear power generating stations and military installations. |
| Advantage: The access delay vehicle barrier is provided for stopping unauthorized entry into secure areas by a vehicle ramming attack, and is included with access delay features for preventing and/or delaying an adversary from defeating, compromising, or removing the barrier. |
| Novelty: The vehicle barrier (100) has a barrier section (102) horizontally arranged above a local terrain surface (112) by a standoff distance. The barrier section has an access delay segment positioned within an exterior steel casing and between the exterior casing and an interior reinforcing portion. A free standing vertical support (104) is operatively arranged to support the barrier section above the surface by the standoff distance. The anchor devices (108) are connected between the barrier section and the surface, and are operatively arranged to secure the barrier section to the surface. |
| Filed: 5/22/2012 |
| Application Number: US13477946A |
| Tech ID: SD 11111.1 |
| This invention was made with Government support under Contract No. DE-NA0003525 awarded by the United States Department of Energy/National Nuclear Security Administration. The Government has certain rights in the invention. |
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