System, vehicle parking environment and method for extinguishing a fire in an electric vehicle
AssigneeSp/F 28. Juni 2000
InventorTummas Justinussen
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Abstract
The invention relates to a method, a system, a vehicle parking environment, and method for extinguishing a fire in an electric vehicle, where the system comprises a storage medium, such as a tank, containing a fire extinguishing medium, and a cooling system for cooling the fire extinguishing medium to a sub-zero temperature, and a delivery system for delivering the fire extinguishing medium from the storage medium to the inside of a vehicle.
Claims16
A fire extinguishing system for extinguishing a fire in a vehicle, such as an electric car, said system comprising:
- a storage medium, such as a tank, being external to said vehicle, and containing a fire extinguishing medium;
- a cooling system for cooling said fire extinguishing medium to a sub-zero temperature, and
- a delivery system for delivering said fire extinguishing medium from said storage medium to the inside of said vehicle,
- said delivery system comprising an injection system having mechanically operated and combined piercing and injection means, for piercing and injecting said fire extinguishing medium into said car.
A fire extinguishing system according to any of the previous claims, wherein said fire extinguishing medium being a brine.
A method for extinguishing a fire in a vehicle, such as an EV, said method comprising the following steps:
- providing a fire extinguishing system;
- providing an opening into said vehicle by said combined piercing and injection means;
- injecting a fire extinguishing medium via said combined piercing and injection means through said opening and into said vehicle;
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- optionally continuing injecting said fire extinguishing medium until said vehicle is between half and substantially filled with said fire extinguishing medium, and
- optionally continuing injecting said fire extinguishing medium after said vehicle is substantially completely filled with said fire extinguishing medium.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.