38 results about "Road debris" patented technology

A battery pack protection system is provided for use with an electric vehicle in which the battery pack is mounted under the car. The system utilizes a plurality of deformable cooling conduits located between the lower surface of the batteries within the battery pack and the lower battery pack enclosure panel. The cooling conduits are configured to deform and absorb impact energy when an object, such as road debris, strikes the lower surface of the lower battery pack enclosure panel. Further protection may be achieved by positioning a ballistic shield, alone or with a layer of compressible material, under the bottom surface of the battery pack.

A method is provided for detecting when a vehicle mounted battery pack is damaged from an impact with a piece of road debris or other obstacle. Positioned within the battery pack is a plurality of deformable cooling conduits located between the lower surface of the batteries within the battery pack and the lower battery pack enclosure panel. One or more sensors are incorporated into the cooling conduits which monitor coolant flow rate or pressure. When the cooling conduits deform, a change in coolant flow/pressure occurs that is detected by the sensors integrated into the conduit's coolant channels. A system controller, coupled to a sensor monitoring subsystem, may provide any of a variety of responses when cooling conduit deformation is detected.

A device protects at least a portion of an A/C condenser of an automotive vehicle against damage from stones and other road debris. The device includes a guard having a plurality of spaced apart louvers for intercepting and deflecting the stones and other road debris but permitting air to pass through the guard between the louvers.

The present invention is drawn to an integrally formed flat flexible fender flare and mud flap assembly made to be easily fitted on existing wheel wells, even ones having existing factory flare sections, which will prevent mud and road debris from being thrown unto the truck body sections such as the front end bumper and the running board.

A wind-shielding device for motorcycles, particularly for modern sport-style motorcycles commonly termed, “sportbikes”. The device affords operators of sportbikes a means to enjoy motorcycling during winter months or any other time when the outdoor temperature is below that generally considered ideal for motorcycling, as typical of early spring and late fall, without enduring direct exposure to frigid on-coming air. The device conforms to and fits over a sportbike's factory-installed (original equipment) fairing and vastly improves wind protection. The present invention can be fabricated of an inexpensive and sufficiently rigid acrylic, polycarbonate, fiberglass, or other suitable material using common molding techniques. The device also protects the motorcycle's original equipment fairing and painted surfaces from potentially damaging stones and other airborne road debris.

The invention described herein provides an energy transfer system via a tire based inductor system. By using the tire, the area inside the tire, the tire rim, or the wheel as the inductive pick-up for a powered roadway system the prior art problems are solved. Namely, since the tire/wheel is always in contact, or near contact with the road, the air gap is reduced to a minimum, and substantially fixed, distance. By mounting the secondary on the perimeter of a wheel, relative motion between the road and inductor is minimized In addition, the pick-up can be encased in the tire, eliminating the problem of road debris, snow and ice entirely. Also, some heating of the tire due to electrical losses may enhance traction and tread performance on snowy or wet roads. In all configurations, the vehicle's wheel suspension adjusts vertically adjusting for road imperfections and obstacles.

A mud flap assembly lends itself to a field installed kit by including two opposing flanges with inwardly opposing hooked edges that are drawn together by bolted vertical plates to grip a lower plate of a lateral I-beam prevalently used on semi-tractor trailers. Thereby, simple tools may be used even in austere locations in order to replace an OEM mud flap and mud flap attachment that are damaged, such as when a tire blows off its tread. Thereby, problems are avoided such as receiving a ticket for violating traffic regulations, becoming liable for damage due to road debris impacting other vehicles, and incurring lost time costs if grounded at a state border weigh station pending repair.

An embodiment of a retractable debris deflector that interrupts the path of road debris thrown up at a tangential angle by a vehicle's rotating wheel. The deflector is conformally shaped to a wheel well cavity and is rotationally attached out of sight within the wheel well cavity at two points on an underside of a vehicle's body panel. The deflector moves along an arched path between a retracted position within the wheel well cavity that is parallel to the wheel's typical direction of rotation and an extended position substantially out from the wheel well cavity that is partially perpendicular to the wheel's direction of rotation. The deflector is releaseably latched into place at the desired position and a force applied to the deflector will allow the deflector to be moved along its arched travel path either towards the extended or back to the retracted position.

The invention relates to a multi-scale debris flow risk evaluation method, which carries out comprehensive research on three spatial scales, namely main disaster points, typical road sections and whole-line large-range areas, and discusses highway debris flow risk analysis methods of different scales. The method is reasonable in conception, simple to operate, is based on research results of dangerquantitative analysis of debris flow harming roads based on a dynamic process, danger analysis based on a road debris flow disaster process, regional-scale debris flow danger evaluation and zoning and the like. The feasibility and rationality of the debris flow disaster risk analysis model and the key technology are verified, and a theoretical system for cross-scale debris flow disaster risk evaluation is perfected.

A tone ring for a heavy-duty vehicle anti-lock braking system (ABS) that includes a filler disposed within spaces or notches between teeth formed in the tone ring. The filler is formed of a material that does not interfere with the ability of an ABS sensor to sense the teeth. In one embodiment, the filler includes a plurality of protrusions disposed within the spaces formed between the teeth. The plurality of protrusions are integrally formed with a base that extends circumferentially around the side of the tone ring opposite the ABS sensor. In another embodiment, the filler includes a plurality of fillings disposed within notches formed between the teeth. The filler prevents road debris and/or contaminants from damaging the tone ring teeth and damaging and/or misaligning the ABS sensor. A thin coating can extend over the tone ring teeth and the plurality of protrusions or fillings to encapsulate the teeth.

Using image augmentation with simulated objects for training machine learning models are disclosed. In various examples, systems and methods are disclosed that preserve rich, detail-centric information from a real-world image by augmenting the real-world image with simulated objects to train a machine learning model to detect objects in an input image. The machine learning model may be trained, in deployment, to detect objects and determine bounding shapes to encapsulate detected objects. The machine learning model may further be trained to determine the type of road object encountered, calculate hazard ratings, and calculate confidence percentages. In deployment, detection of a road object, determination of a corresponding bounding shape, identification of a road object type, and/or calculation of a hazard rating by the machine learning model may be used as an aid for determining next steps regarding the surrounding environment, e.g., navigating around the road debris, driving over the road debris, or coming to a complete stop, in a variety of autonomous machine applications.

The present disclosure relates generally to a roadway debris clearing system that can be concealed within, or behind, a standard push bumper of a safety patrol vehicle. The roadway debris clearing system may include a debris clearing device that is disposed between the vehicle motor and the front bumper. The debris clearing device can be deployed from a retracted position to an extended position where the device is capable of pushing debris from a roadway. The debris clearing device, when in the retracted position, may be concealed behind the front bumper of the vehicle. The roadway debris clearing system includes a camera system to observe an area in front of the vehicle as well as under the front bumper while clearing debris using the debris clearing device.

A debris protector for use with a vehicle lamp assembly installed to an opening in a vehicle body panel or garnish to prevent the migration of accumulated road debris through a gap between the lamp assembly and the body panel opening. Such a debris protector is generally in the form of a cover element that is installable along an upper, hidden portion of a vehicle lamp assembly and an inner surface of a corresponding vehicle body panel or garnish to prevent road debris from accumulating on the lamp assembly near the body panel opening. Such a debris protector may also include a seal that is located between the cover element and the rear surface of a body panel or garnish to assist with the debris blocking function of the cover element.

A modular truck cap including at least two segments. The segments are actuated in such a manner so as to drop and slide during retraction and raise and slide during extension thereof. The segments interlock and are arranged so as to provide a flat contiguous surface substantially impervious to wind, rain, snow, and road debris while providing improved aerodynamic characteristics.

The invention provides a municipal road debris cleaning vehicle, comprising an automobile body, a debris suction device, a debris treatment device, a debris storage device, a hot water supply device and a protective shed; the debris cleaning vehicle comprises an automobile body, a debris suction device, a debris treatment device, a debris storage device, a hot water supply device and a protectiveshed. A sundries suction device is arrange at that front of the automobile body, a sundries treatment device, a sundries storage device and a hot water supply device are arrange on the automobile body, a protective shed is covered on the automobile body and protects the sundries treatment device, the sundries storage device and the hot water supply device; The batteries in the vehicle body providepower support for oddments suction devices oddments handling devices and oddments storage devices. The technical problem to be solved by the invention is to provide a municipal road debris cleaning vehicle which can increase the garbage storage amount of debris such as fallen leaves, can quickly and effectively clean debris such as fallen leaves, and can provide hot water for sanitation workers.