Vehicle safety system and method for monitoring toxic and combustible fuels
First Claim
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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Abstract
A vehicle and method for detecting the formation of ignitable mixtures in the closed spaces of the vehicle has at least one signal-generating sensor mounted in the closed spaces of the vehicle at a point at which, because of the physical characteristics of the fuel and because of the spatial conditions, harmful substances and/or gases collect first. The signals generated by the at least one sensor are processed in an electronic circuit which, as a function of the measured harmful-substance or gas concentration, actuated movable vehicle parts for closing and opening certain vehicle spaces.
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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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