Electromagnetic band and photoelectric cell safety device

• US 9,824,600 B1
• Filed: 06/06/2013
• Issued: 11/21/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 11/28/2010
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Mario Placido Portela
• Original Assignee: Mario Placido Portela
• Inventors: Portela, Mario Placido
• Primary Examiner(s): Do, Truc M
• Application Number:
  US13/911,220
• Time in Patent Office: 1,629 Days
• Field of Search: 701 1, 701 23, 701 314, 701 45, 701117, 701119, 701301, 340435, 340438, 340468
• CPC Class Codes: B60T 13/585 comprising friction brakes and retarders
• CPC Class Codes: B60T 13/662 characterised by specified functions of the control system components
• CPC Class Codes: B60T 13/667 and combined with electro-magnetic brakes
• CPC Class Codes: B60T 2201/022 Collision avoidance systems
• CPC Class Codes: B60T 7/22 initiated by contact of vehicle, e.g. bumper, with an external object, e.g. another vehicle , or by means of contactless obstacle detectors mounted on the vehicle
• CPC Class Codes: B60T 8/00 Arrangements for adjusting wheel-braking force to meet varying vehicular or ground-surface conditions, e.g. limiting or varying distribution of braking force by changing number of effective brake cylinders in power brake systems B60T17/10
• CPC Class Codes: B60T 8/17 Using electrical or electronic regulation means to control braking detecting or indicating faulty operation B60T8/885
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 30/09 Taking automatic action to avoid collision, e.g. braking and steering
• CPC Class Codes: B81C 1/00031 Regular or irregular arrays of nanoscale structures, e.g. etch mask layer photomechanical, e.g. photolithographic, production of textured or patterned surfaces G03F7/00; lithographic processes for making patterned surfaces using printing and stamping G03F7/0002
• CPC Class Codes: B82Y 30/00 Nanotechnology for materials or surface science, e.g. nanocomposites
• CPC Class Codes: F16D 63/002 Brakes with direct electrical or electro-magnetic actuation
• CPC Class Codes: H01L 31/00 Semiconductor devices sensitive to infrared radiation, light, electromagnetic radiation of shorter wavelength or corpuscular radiation and specially adapted either for the conversion of the energy of such radiation into electrical energy or for the control of electrical energy by such radiation; Processes or apparatus specially adapted for the manufacture or treatment thereof or of parts thereof; Details thereof H10K30/00 takes precedence; devices consisting of a plurality of solid state components formed in, or on, a common substrate, other than combinations of radiation-sensitive components with one or more electric light sources, H01L27/00

Abstract

The device object of the present invention consists in two sets of photoelectric cells installed at front and rear of trucks and automobiles and in general moving vehicles. The photoelectric cells are attached to a Magnetic breaking system. In a separate preferred embodiment of the present invention the Photoelectric cells further controls the regular breaking system of the vehicle. It is emphasized that this abstract is provided to comply with the rules requiring an abstract that will allow a searcher or other reader to quickly ascertain the subject matter of the technical disclosure.

Claims

1. A safety device, combining a photoelectric cell together with a magnetic band, installed on a vehicle, said safety device comprising:

A) two sets of photoelectric cells;

a first set installed on the front of the vehicle and a second set installed on the back of the vehicle;

B) two sets connecting fiber optic cables respectively connecting said first set and second set of photoelectric cells to a Central Processing Unit;

C) a first electrical circuitry connecting said Central Processing Unit to the Gear Shifting Control Box of the vehicle;

D) a second electrical circuitry connecting said Central Processing Unit to the brakes of the vehicle;

E) a magnetic band comprising;

a support member having a magnet disposed therein,

an adhesive layer mounting said support member to the vehicle, and

a magnetic flux shielding material disposed between the vehicle and said magnet such that a magnetic flux of said magnet in the direction of the vehicle is shielded and decreased in intensity by said magnetic flux shielding material;

F) a computer software program;

G) two sets of magnetic band activators;

H) a power source;

I) an on off switch;

J) an electrical connection between the power source and said Central Processing Unit.

2. The safety device, combining a photoelectric cell together with a magnetic band, of claim 1 further characterized in that said second set of photoelectric cells are generally installed on the superior portion of the vehicle.

3. The safety device, combining a photoelectric cell together with a magnetic band, of claim 1 further characterized in that said second set of photoelectric cells are generally installed on the lower portion of the vehicle.

4. The safety device, combining a photoelectric cell together with a magnetic band, of claim 1 further characterized in that said first set of photoelectric cells consists of retroflecting sensors that includes an LED source of radiation.

5. The safety device, combining a photoelectric cell together with a magnetic band, of claim 1 further characterized in that said second set of photoelectric cells are proximity sensors that include a radiation receiver and an EM filter that shields all EM radiation with the exception of EM radiation having a wavelength between approximately 7 and 11 microns.

6. The safety device, combining a photoelectric cell together with a magnetic band, of claim 1 further characterized in that said power source is a solar panel.

7. The safety device, combining a photoelectric cell together with a magnetic band, of claim 1 further characterized in that said photoelectric cell also activates the brakes of the vehicle.

8. A safety device, combining a photoelectric cell together with a magnetic band, installed on a vehicle, said safety device comprising:

A) two sets of photoelectric cells;

a first set and a second set composed each by two photoelectric cell;

B) five RF apparatuses each of which installed in correspondence of each photoelectric cell and one in correspondence of a CPU;

C) said CPU wirelessly connected to said photoelectric cells;

D) a computer software program running on said CPU;

E) two sets of magnetic band activators wirelessly connected to said CPU;

F) a power source;

G) an on off switch;

H) a magnetic band comprising;

a support member having a magnet disposed therein,

an adhesive layer mounting said support member to the vehicle, and

a magnetic flux shielding material disposed between the vehicle and said magnet such that a magnetic flux of said magnet in the direction of the vehicle is shielded and decreased in intensity by said magnetic flux shielding material; and

J) an electrical connection between the power source and said CPU.

9. The safety device, combining a photoelectric cell together with a magnetic band, of claim 8 further characterized in that said RF apparatuses include both a source and a receiver of RF waves.

10. The safety device, combining a photoelectric cell together with a magnetic band, of claim 8 further characterized in that said first set of photoelectric cells consists of retroflecting sensors.

11. The safety device, combining a photoelectric cell together with a magnetic band, of claim 8 further characterized in that said second set of photoelectric cells are proximity sensors.

12. The safety device, combining a photoelectric cell together with a magnetic band, of claim 8 further characterized in that said proximity sensors are equipped with an EM filter having a cutoff for EM radiation having a wavelength between approximately 7 and 11 microns.

13. The safety device, combining a photoelectric cell together with a magnetic band, of claim 8 further characterized in that said second set of photoelectric cells are retroflecting sensors.

14. The safety device, combining a photoelectric cell together with a magnetic band, of claim 8 further characterized in that said photoelectric cell also activates the brakes of the vehicle.