38 results about "Road debris" patented technology

A system is provided for detecting when a vehicle mounted battery pack is damaged from an impact with a piece of road debris or other obstacle. The system utilizes a plurality of 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 strikes the lower battery pack enclosure panel. When the cooling conduits deform, a change in coolant flow / pressure occurs that is detectable by one or more sensors integrated into the conduit's coolant channels. A system controller, coupled to a sensor monitoring subsystem, may be configured to provide any of a variety of responses when cooling conduit deformation is detected.

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.

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.

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 selectively attachable road debris flap / splash guard for vehicles which is secured to a component of the vehicle hitch apparatus and which does not acquire access to the entire perimeter of the component of the vehicle hitch apparatus to which it is attached. In one exemplary embodiment, a hanger rail receiver is secured to a component of the hitch apparatus and accommodates a hanger rail positioned therein. The hanger rail extends from the hanger rail receiver, with a debris flap secured to and depending therefrom. Alternative mechanisms are disclosed for securing the hanger rail receiver to the hitch apparatus, none of which require access to the entire perimeter of the hitch component to which the hanger rail receiver is secured. In an alternative embodiment, the hanger rail is directly secured to a component of the hitch apparatus.

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.

Rotatable solar panel assemblies herein are configured to couple to a boat trailer, or other vehicles and structures in order to charge a battery in a boat secured on top of the trailer or to otherwise provide power to vehicles or structures. The solar panel assemblies can be configured to have means for 360 rotation to allow efficient sunlight capture and to allow for a more aerodynamic profile when the trailer is being towed. The assemblies herein include a solar panel housing that can include downwardly slanting sides to protect the one or more solar panels mounted within the housing from road debris, or other hazards.

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 releasably 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 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.

The invention discloses a bridge capable of overcoming road debris flows. The bridge comprises folding type bridge pier systems and bridge decks. Inner connection pieces of each folding type bridge pier are hinged and can mutually rotate in the horizontal plane or a vertical plane to realize stretching and folding of the bridge pier system. During transportation, the bridge pier systems are put in a carriage after being folded. During paving, the bridge pier systems are erected along road direction at two ends of road sections affected by the road debris flows, the bridge pier systems are spread on the pavement after two ends are stretched by machines, vehicles or manpower and are subjected to necessary anchoring, and then bridge decks are spread on the upper surfaces of the bridge piers one by one to form the bridge capable of overcoming the road debris flows.

A double wing bicycle fender is mounted on a frame pipe of a bicycle. When in use, a fender main body of the roll-up bicycle fender can be pulled out into an operative position at both sides of the shaft to increase the effective width of the fender for blocking the splashing of mud, water and road debris, and can also be rolled up on the shaft and collected in a holding body, thus it not only saves space but is aesthetically pleasing.

The present invention provides a method for detecting road spills, computer equipment and storage media. The method for detecting road spills includes: acquiring an image to be detected; identifying a vehicle from the image to be detected based on a preset target detection algorithm, and obtaining Including a first image sub-block and a second image sub-block of the vehicle, the area of ​​the second image sub-block is larger than the area of ​​the first image sub-block; extracting the foreground object in the second image sub-block, Generate a third image sub-block containing the foreground object; calculate the similarity between the third image sub-block and the first image sub-block; when the similarity is less than or equal to a preset value, determine that there is a spilled object . The invention can accurately judge whether there are road throwing objects.

A system is provided for detecting when a vehicle mounted battery pack is damaged from an impact with a piece of road debris or other obstacle. The system utilizes a plurality of 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 strikes the lower battery pack enclosure panel. When the cooling conduits deform, a change in coolant flow / pressure occurs that is detectable by one or more sensors integrated into the conduit's coolant channels. A system controller, coupled to a sensor monitoring subsystem, may be configured to provide any of a variety of responses when cooling conduit deformation is detected.

The embodiment of the present invention discloses a road section merging method and device based on road conditions. The method includes: acquiring road condition characteristics of each road section within a unit time period; determining the road condition similarity of adjacent road sections according to the road condition characteristics; The similarity of road conditions of adjacent road segments has been determined, and the adjacent road segments that meet the merging conditions are merged into a new road segment. This method can reduce road condition fragments after road segment grouping, and can reflect the effect of road conditions and traffic flow distribution at road entrances and exits well.

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.