Protective windshield system
OwnerYevgeniy Viatcheslavovich Khmelev, Oscar Guerra +5inventors
InventorsYevgeniy Viatcheslavovich Khmelev, Oscar Guerra, Jeffrey Neal Pollack, Janelle Denice Dziuk, Ashley Raine Philbrick, Ryan Thomas Russell, David Patrick Dixon
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Abstract
A system that includes a protective windshield system that deflects particulate away from a vehicle. The protective windshield system includes a sensor that senses the particulate and emits a signal indicative of the particulate. A deflection system deflects the particulate away from the vehicle. A controller couples to the sensor and to the deflection system. The controller detects the particulate and activates the deflection system to deflect the particulate away from the vehicle.
Claims19
A system, comprising:
- a protective windshield system configured to deflect particulate away from a vehicle, the protective windshield system comprising:
- a sensor configured to sense the particulate and to emit a signal indicative of the particulate;
- a deflection system configured to deflect the particulate away from the vehicle;
- and
- a controller coupled to the sensor and to the deflection system, wherein the controller is configured to detect the particulate and a probable location of particulate impact based on the signal indicative of the particulate and to activate the deflection system to deflect the particulate away from the vehicle based on the probable location of the particulate impact.
A method for protecting a vehicle from particulate impact with a protective windshield system, the method comprising:
- detecting a size of a particulate;
- detecting a velocity of the particulate;
- determining a probable location of the particulate impact on the vehicle using the size of the particulate and the velocity of the particulate;
- and
- activating the protective windshield system to protect the vehicle from the particulate impact.
A system configured to deflect particulate away from a vehicle, the system comprising:
- a controller configured to:
- detect a size of the particulate;
- detect a velocity of the particulate;
- determine a probable location of impact of the particulate on the vehicle using the size of the particulate and the velocity of the particulate;
- and
- activate a protective windshield system based on the probable location of the impact of the particulate on the vehicle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.