Anti-aquaplaning device for a vehicle
AssigneeEasy Rain I.S.R.L.
InventorGiovanni Amos Blandina
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Abstract
Device to avoid the aquaplaning problem on a vehicle (10), the device being applicable at least on the drive wheels (28) of the vehicle and including a tank (12) of fluid under pressure that is connected to a plurality of fluid ejectors (26) associated with the respective wheels and suitable to shoot jets of pressurized fluid onto the road surface, and sensors (18) suitable to detect the conditions of the road surface to actuate the fluid ejectors. The fluid ejectors (26) are injector nozzles controlled by a central processing unit (CPU), which receives the signals from the sensors (18), and are operated in a manner coordinated with the physical position of the respective wheel so as to be continually oriented in the direction of travel of the same wheel.
Claims13
An anti-aquaplaning device to be installed on a vehicle, said device being associated at least to front or driving wheels of the vehicle, said device comprising:
- a tank of liquid connected to a plurality of means associated with the respective wheels and configured for producing jets of pressurized liquid onto a road surface, and
- sensor means configured for detecting conditions of the road surface and the vehicle in order to actuate said means for producing jets of pressurized liquid before the vehicle aquaplanes,
- wherein said means for producing jets of pressurized liquid comprise injector nozzles actuated by a central programming unit (CPU) receiving signals issued from said sensor means, and
- wherein said means for producing jets of pressurized liquid are controlled so that when actuated by the CPU based on signals from the sensor means, the jets of pressurized liquid for each of the injector nozzles are produced intermittently at a set frequency during the actuation, the CPU independently controlling the set frequency of the jets of pressurized liquid for each of the injector nozzles based on the signals from the sensor means so that the set frequency of the jets of pressurized liquid is different for each of the injector nozzles when corresponding signals are received from the sensor means.
An anti-aquaplaning device to be installed on a vehicle, said device being associated at least to front or driving wheels of the vehicle, said device comprising:
- a tank of liquid connected to a plurality of means associated with the respective wheels and configured for producing jets of pressurized liquid onto a road surface, and
- sensor means configured for detecting conditions of the road surface and the vehicle in order to actuate said means for producing jets of pressurized liquid even before the vehicle aquaplanes,
- wherein said means for producing jets of pressurized liquid comprise injector nozzles actuated by a central programming unit (CPU) receiving signals issued from said sensor means, said injector nozzles being arranged at fixed positions on the vehicle, wherein at least two of the injector nozzles are provided at each wheel and are angularly oriented so that the jets of pressurized liquid produced therefrom cover an overall steering range of the wheels, and
- wherein said means for producing jets of pressurized liquid are controlled so that when actuated by the CPU based on signals from the sensor means, the jets of pressurized liquid are produced intermittently at a set frequency during the actuation, the CPU independently controlling the set frequency of the jets of pressurized liquid for each of the injector nozzles based on the signals from the sensor means so that the set frequency of the jets of pressurized liquid is different for each of the injector nozzles when corresponding signals are received from the sensor means.
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