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Thermographic system to check and prevent fires in a vehicle

  • US 6,476,722 B1
  • Filed: 05/12/2000
  • Issued: 11/05/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/14/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A thermographic system to check and prevent fires in a vehicle wherein said thermographic system comprises at least the following combination of parts:

  • a plurality of sensors held up by an arch structure mounted, over and above the vehicle, along the path of the vehicle and apt to detect the temperature of specific parts of the upper portion of the vehicle; and

    a logic control unit connected to said sensors and apt to generate at least an alarm signal if the temperature detected by at least one of the sensors exceeds a preestablished value;

    wherein said thermographic system is mounted at the entrance of a tunnel with the sensors placed in such a way to see the vehicles approaching to the tunnel at such a distance with respect to the entrance of the tunnel to allow the logic control unit to detect a dangerous situation in a vehicle and to generate at least an alarm signal to avoid the entrance into the tunnel of the vehicle.

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