IMPACTABLE VEHICLE RESTRAINT

摘要

Systems and methods and methods relating to the control and operation of an impactable vehicle restraint. The impactable vehicle restraint has a vertically movable barrier. The impactable vehicle restraint has a control system having three switch signal inputs that is compatible with two switch input systems. The impactable vehicle restraint has a control system to stop the motion of its drive system for the based on either sensing that the restraining device is at its limits of motion or that the drive system has been activated for a predetermined amount of time, whichever occurs first.

主权项

1. An impactable vehicle restraint comprising:
a carriage body having at least one vertical member; a rotatable drive shaft disposed at least partially within the carriage body and extending through the at least one vertical member; a barrier disposed at least partially within the carriage, the barrier being linearly movable between a first position and a second position; and a force translator coupled to and between the rotatable drive shaft and the barrier, the force translator causing the barrier to move between the first and second position as a result of the rotatable drive shaft.