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System for preventing aquaplaning in a vehicle

  • US 10,195,898 B2
  • Filed: 09/28/2015
  • Issued: 02/05/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/29/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system for preventing aquaplaning in a vehicle, the system comprising:

  • a tank suitable for containing a fluid;

    sensor means configured to reveal conditions of the vehicle or an environment in which the vehicle is found, the environment including conditions of a street surface;

    injector means configured to generate a jet of fluid on the street surface, the injector means being associated with at least one wheel of the vehicle and including a least one nozzle with an outlet opening configured to create a flat jet of fluid;

    a control unit associated with the sensor means and configured for controlling the injector means according to the conditions revealed by the sensor means; and

    a drive means connected to the control unit, which is configured to control the drive means according to the conditions revealed by the sensor means and in such a way as to orient the outlet opening in a travel direction of the vehicle, wherein the drive means causes the at least one nozzle to rotate around a rotation axis coincident with an axis of the outlet opening in accordance with a command from the control unit based on the conditions revealed by the sensor means.

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