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Self-containment for machinery

  • US 9,499,087 B2
  • Filed: 04/24/2014
  • Issued: 11/22/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/24/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A trailer system that facilitates containing a liquid from a machine, comprising:

  • a fuel storage that includes a volume that houses a portion of fuel;

    a machine that consumes the portion of fuel to operate or run;

    a fuel line that communicates the portion of fuel from the fuel storage to the machine;

    a self containment device that is leak-proof and houses the fuel storage and the machine such that a liquid or a material from at least one of the machine or the fuel storage is contained therein;

    a first sensor that is configured to detect the liquid or the material in the self containment device; and

    a control component that is configured to receive a signal from the first sensor representative of a detection of the liquid or the material wherein the control component controls a parameter associated with the machine based on the signal from the first sensor.

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