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(11) | EP 2 685 003 A3 |
(12) | EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION |
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(54) | Crash cushion apparatus |
(57) Disclosed is a crash cushion apparatus including a front impact absorption portion;
a guardrail connection device having support frames, guardrails installed on both
sides of the support frames and adapted to move, and connection plates for connecting
the support frames and the guardrails; a rear support fixed to the ground and provided
with a wire fixing plate for connecting a wire rope; a movable plate installed on
one side of the rear support and adapted to move leftwards/rightwards along slots;
cushion tanks; and a wire rope. The support frames and the rear support are connected
by the wire rope. The crash cushion apparatus can absorb shock energy resulting not
only from a front collision, but also from a lateral collision, in a stepwise manner.
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