System and method for removing brake dust and other pollutants
OwnerJeffrey Krantzinventor
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Abstract
Systems and methods for capturing pollutants from braking mechanisms are provided. The systems can include a housing partially surrounding at least a portion of a vehicle brake assembly and disposed to receive brake dust from the brake assembly and a collector disposed to capture the brake dust received in said housing. A method can include providing the a providing a housing partially surrounding at least a portion of a vehicle brake assembly and disposed to receive brake dust from the brake assembly and a collector disposed to capture the brake dust received in said housing, creating a first air flow using the forward motion of the vehicle to move the pollutants from said housing to said collector, and capturing the brake dust in said collector.
Claims24
An automobile mud flap comprising
- at least one vent in the mud flap configured to create an air flow containing pollutants to pass through the vent, whereby a pollution trap captures the pollutants from the air flow.
A method for collecting road pollutants comprising:
- providing a mud flap having a pollution trap, the mud flap having a plurality of vents to create an airflow through the mud flap, whereby the pollution is trapped on the pollution trap as airflow passes through the pollution trap.
A system for collecting brake dust and other road pollutants comprising:
- a mud flap disposed at a rear position of a wheel well, the mud flap of suitable strength and material for Mocking road debris that is projectiled from an automobile tire towards the back of an automobile;
- wherein the mud flap comprises at least one vent configured to create an air flow containing pollutants to pass through the vent, whereby a pollution trap captures the pollutants from the air flow.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.