Motor vehicle fire prevention device
First Claim
1. A fire prevention device for motor vehicles having an ignition system, a fuel tank, said ignition system including an electrical ground and conductors carrying potential other than ground potential, comprising a hollow cylinder, means for affixing said cylinder adjacent a fuel tank of said motor vehicle, a pair of coil-like conductors, a sheet of shatterable material, said sheet of shatterable material carried within said cylinder, said pair of coil-like conductors carried within said cylinder having said sheet of shatterable material disposed there inbetween, means to electrically connect one of said coil-like conductors to said electrical ground and the other of said coil-like materials to said conductor of said ignition system having a potential other than at said electrical ground whereby said sheet of shatterable material when broken upon impact to said motor vehicle permits said pair of coil-like conductors to electrically engage one another shorting out said ignition system disabling said motor vehicle from further operation.
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Abstract
A fire prevention device for motor vehicles, having internal combustion engines, including a hollow cylinder containing two electrically conducting expansible coils separated by a shatterable sheet of material, electrical leads from the two coils one to ground and the other to the electrical line leading to the vehicles ignition system, and means for fastening the cylinder adjacent to vehicle fuel tank. Upon impact, the coils short out the ignition circuit causing the vehicle engine to cease operating, thereby diminishing the risk of post impact fires.
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- 1. A fire prevention device for motor vehicles having an ignition system, a fuel tank, said ignition system including an electrical ground and conductors carrying potential other than ground potential, comprising a hollow cylinder, means for affixing said cylinder adjacent a fuel tank of said motor vehicle, a pair of coil-like conductors, a sheet of shatterable material, said sheet of shatterable material carried within said cylinder, said pair of coil-like conductors carried within said cylinder having said sheet of shatterable material disposed there inbetween, means to electrically connect one of said coil-like conductors to said electrical ground and the other of said coil-like materials to said conductor of said ignition system having a potential other than at said electrical ground whereby said sheet of shatterable material when broken upon impact to said motor vehicle permits said pair of coil-like conductors to electrically engage one another shorting out said ignition system disabling said motor vehicle from further operation.
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