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Vehicle safety system and method for monitoring toxic and combustible fuels

  • US 5,132,663 A
  • Filed: 12/03/1991
  • Issued: 07/21/1992
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/04/1989
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A vehicle comprising at least one fuel supply system which contains a fuel, at least one sensor for measuring a concentration of unburnt fuel escaping from the fuel supply system and operatively arranged in at least an upper portion of a vehicle compartment, said compartment being opened and closed by movable parts at a point when, because of physical characteristics of the unburnt fuel as well as of the vehicle compartment spatial conditions, a concentration of the unburnt fuel initially collects, and circuitry operatively connected between the at least one sensor and the movable parts associated with the compartment, wherein, when the at least one sensor generates signals above a specified level of the unburnt fuel, the movable parts are actuated between opening and closing of the compartment.

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