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Protecting a vehicle from environmental events

US8849505B2 · kind B2 · utility

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18Claims
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Filing dateNov 19, 2009
Grant dateSep 30, 2014
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Expiry dateAug 12, 2032

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC E)Fixed Constructions
  • CPC primaryE05Y2800/00
  • WIPO fieldTransport
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

Methods and systems for locating a vehicle are disclosed, including detecting one or more environmental conditions, the one or more environmental conditions being indicative of an occurrence of an environmental event, determining a probability of the occurrence of the environmental event in response to detecting the one or more environmental conditions, and effecting a preventive action in response to the probability being above a threshold probability, the preventive action being configured to protect the vehicle from the environmental event.

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