Reginald J Kerr

US Patent:

7794172, Sep 14, 2010

Filed:

Oct 23, 2007

Appl. No.:

11/877237

Inventors:

Gregory Robert Winkler - Broomfield CO, US
Reginald John Kerr - Cuba NY, US

International Classification:

E01F 13/00
E01F 9/00

US Classification:

404 6, 404 9

Abstract:

Disclosed herein are passive and active vehicle arresting barrier systems that may be combined to provide anti-ram protection along an entire perimeter of a secured area including vehicle access points. A perimeter fence portion is a passive barrier system that stops an attacking vehicle within a predetermined penetration distance and may blend into an existing perimeter fence structure to provide an architecturally hidden structure. The access opening portion utilizes a collapsible road deck and an underlying pit that does not require hydraulic or electrical means to deploy.

US Patent:

7889075, Feb 15, 2011

Filed:

Oct 23, 2007

Appl. No.:

11/877555

Inventors:

Gregory Robert Winkler - Broomfield CO, US
Reginald John Kerr - Cuba NY, US

International Classification:

G08B 13/00
G08B 13/12
G08B 13/08
E04H 17/02

US Classification:

340550, 3405452, 340548, 340541, 340565, 340566, 256 39, 256 46

Abstract:

A detection system comprising a plurality of taut wire panels having vertical detection/sensor wires. The sensor wires are tensioned to position trigger plates associated one or more of the wires. Trigger plate movement causes an actuating means to indicate a sensor wire has been moved. In one embodiment, sensor wires and portions of the panel frame have similar coefficients of thermal expansion to substantially eliminate environmental expansion effects that may result in false alarms. Linked sensor wires on adjacent panel may signal movement of entire panels. Panels are monitored by panel controllers reporting to sector controllers that report to a central command computer that automatically numbers sector and panel controllers at start-up. Bi-directional communication enables alarms and system faults to be precisely located.