Automatic vehicle cover
OwnerMajid Sajediinventor
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Abstract
A vehicle covering system that may include a cover having a first fold and a last fold, a first arm and a second arm, an arm (opening/closing) mechanism to open and close the first arm and the second arm, a folding mechanism to fold and unfold the cover; and a control system to cause the opening/closing mechanism to open the first arm and the second arm from a closed position to an opened position and cause the arm mechanism to close the first arm and the second arm from an opened position to a closed position, and cause the folding mechanism to fold and unfold the cover when the first and the second arms are in an opened position.
Claims19
A vehicle covering system, comprising:
- a cover, the cover comprising:
- a cover fabric comprising a plurality of folds in an accordion-pleated shape, an upper surface, and a lower surface;
- a plurality of transversal cords attached to the lower surface of the cover fabric providing a guiding passage for a strip-like member to pass on the lower surface of the cover fabric;
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- at least two longitudinal cords, wherein the longitudinal cords are symmetrically attached to the lower surface of the cover fabric at either sides of the strip-like member;
- a first arm and a second arm, a first portion of a first fold of the plurality of folds attached to an upper surface of the first arm and a second portion of the first fold attached to an upper surface of the second arm,
- an arms mechanism, configured to place the first and the second arms in respective opened and closed states, the respective opened and closed states being perpendicular to each other;
- a folding mechanism, configured to fold and unfold the cover across a length of a vehicle;
- a control system, configured to actuate the arm mechanism to open the first arm and the second arm from a closed state to an opened state and cause the arm mechanism to close the first arm and the second arm from the opened state to a closed state, and actuate the folding mechanism to fold and unfold the cover when the first and the second arms are in respective opened states;
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- an enclosure inside the rear section of the vehicle to enclose the cover, the first and the second arms, and the arm mechanism, wherein the rear section includes a part of the trunk and the hollow space inside a rear bumper.
A method for managing a covering system, wherein the method for opening comprises:
- sensing the environmental conditions for the covering system utilizing environmental data received from sensors;
- determining a need for activation of the covering system by a controller based on the environmental conditions;
- checking distance of a vehicle to barriers of a parking location responsive to a determination that activation of the covering system is needed;
- activating a first displacing mechanism for displacing a movable wall of a rear bumper from an initial location on a rear bumper to a secondary location;
- activating a second displacing mechanism for taking a folded cover and arms along with an arm mechanism out of a first enclosure to a second position parallel to the rear bumper and ground;
- activating the arm mechanism for opening closed arms from a closed state of the second position to an opened state of a third position;
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- activating a folding mechanism for unfolding a cover from a folded state in the third position to an unfolded state in a fourth position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.