WO2007112525A1

WO2007112525A1 - Rain protection for touring automobile users.

Info

Publication number: WO2007112525A1
Application number: PCT/BR2007/000067
Authority: WO
Inventors: Cesar Elias Do Prado
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 2006-03-30
Filing date: 2007-03-19
Publication date: 2007-10-11
Anticipated expiration: 2008-09-30
Also published as: BRPI0602517A

Abstract

Protection system with opening in unfolding of fan-shaped wings (E), placed in folded format, arranged in crease format, with a system structure (A, F, G, H, I, J), assembled over the vehicle hood, being portable and conveyed in the trunk and installed by the user himself on his vehicle, on rainy days or not. The essence of the idea of the invention is directed to the capacity to protect touring automobile users from rain, including the interior of the vehicle, regardless of the structure of the system employed or the technology used in relation to the materials.

Description

Rain protection for touring automobile users.

Externa} protection from the rain installed on the hood of automobiles with opening in unfolding with movement of fan and wings arranged (folded) in creased form, with internal / external actuation from the ve- 5 hide by remote control.

It prevents from you get wet your clothing or yourself when entering or leaving the vehicle after closing or opening of the umbrella, respectively, also^" preventing the water from entering into the vehicle, especially on the flooring of the driver's side, as accumulated water on the

1 0 floor plus the water that drains off of one's shoes can accumulate on the brake, accelerator and clutch pedals through the sole of the already wet shoe and in contact with the already wet floor, leading pedals to v loose adherence and become slippery ones, hindering comfortable and safe driving, risking serious accident.

A- O Driving wet can also be dangerous to one's health, especially for the elderly and children of ail ages.

The major difficulties to overcome would be in relation to the use of extra-light materials in the structure of the system that do not exert overweight on the vehicle, being easy to install in automotive acces-

2. 0 sory shops when the device does not already come with the vehicle from- the factory.

The solution for the system structure to be light would be the use of aluminum or special plastic in rods, supports and system joints or articulations, and plastic material for the wings.

-2-5 it should aiso be possible to allow the system to be installed by the user himself, being portable, i.e. carried in the trunk or left in the garage and installed only on rainy days. The system consists of the following parts: extra-light, recyclable and interchangeable materials, resistant ones to humidity and oxidation from environmental gases and pollution, as well as to high temperatures and moderate mechanical strains or efforts caused by wind, rain, snow, hail, etc).

S The constructability of the equipment or device (static geometry represented in charts) follows the description or sequence below: System's basic structure - (configuration of parts and pieces and assembly of the set). A - Transversal support A (figures 1 and 2) with rail for transversal

1 O movement to the left-right or right-left, in aluminum fastened on the vehicle's hood, between the front and rear doors (figure 2), requiring a locking system at right and left points of support A for fastening on the hood of the vehicle, made by the user himself, when the system structure is portable.

L J For dislocation over Transversal Support A, fastened on the vehicle hood, there is a car (figure 1 / Section CC) made up of 2 interlinked sets and each comprised of rollers R (2 upper and 2 lower, interconnected by the center fastening shaft without rotation). B - Rod D in aluminum with up to 1 .25 m length, base from cylindri-

1 o cal articulation B with rotation in 90 degrees and cylindrical articulation C with 180 degrees of rotation, and top in cylindrical articulation H with 75 degrees of rotation (figure 1 / Section BB). System's upper structure - (configuration of parts and pieces and assembly of the set).

2. 5 c - Wings E with up to 1.25 m length placed to open in folding fan format, placed or folded in crease form (ones put on top or atop of the others) in recyclable material, such as, for example, extra-light and from high resistance plastic (interchangeable). The plastic material can be identical to those used in discardable plastic cups, for example (fig. 2).

D - 2 G supports at the edges of wings E each respectively articulated by joints or cylindrical articulations J fastened to a central support 5 F (fig. 1 / section AA and fig. 2).

In the example of fig. 1 , the wings are closed or folded but when the crease opens as in fig. 2, the angle between the end supports G becomes of 180 degrees. The wings in folded format generated elements from crease format or

Lo fomated in trapezoid shape with a total number of 60, radial angle of 3 degrees (60 x 3 degrees = 180 degrees) and π / 60 x 100 cm on the bigger external side and π / 60 x 1 cm on the smaller internal side, in case the total length of the wing is of 99 cm measured between the larger external side (end) and the smaller internal side. i-5 Note that imaginary center of wings is about 100 cm from larger external side and 1 cm from smaller internal side, in the exemple above. As there is a central support, the wings elements were divided into a number of 30 for each side of the central support, using adhesive/adherent gum to fasten the end wings to the respective supports

2 O G and central F.

In the AA section (figure 1 ), we observed that the system is closed, occupying a smaller space as the wings are folded in crease shaper and the folding is closed. Observe that the supports G at the ends are embedded in the central support F when the angle between each

-2-5 end support G and central support F is equal to zero, in this case the imaginary transversal shafts that respectively pass through the supports G and the central support F are parallel to each other (closed fold / upper system closed). E - Remote control actuated from inside/outside the car (portable). F - Batteries that can be recharged by solar energy (solar cells), or electric power with its own charger, or power from the car (automotive batteries). 5 G - Micro electric engines for the moving of system articulations.

H - Lights or leds signalers / intermittent I in the central support F

(figures 1 and 2).

The stages composing the running of the system.

The functional, dynamic geometric view of he stages comprising the

A-Q functioning of the system, was represented in the diagrams 1 - 7, and the stages described in detail in the steps below are the following (dynamic geometry represented in graphics):

1 - the remote control actuates a micro-engine between the transversal support A and rod D, the latter, being at horizontal level, i.e. con- i-'S tained in the car hood in an imaginary horizontal plan (angle of 0 degree with the car hood), is positioned orthogonally vertical to the imaginary horizontal plan (rotation of 90 degrees by cylindrical B articulation). See structure position (diagrams 1 and 2).

-2.0 2 - The central support F is positioned at 75 degrees angle in relation to rod D through a micro engine between rod D and central support F (rotation of 75 degrees through cylindrical articulation H). Observe that the rod D is contained in an imaginary vertical plan, the transversal support A being orthogonal in relation to this same plan.

3-5 See structure position (diagrams 3 and 4).

3- transversal movement through the rail of transversal support A to the right (front passenger and back passengers), and left (driver and back passengers) of the vehicle. See structure position (diagrams 5).

4 - the central support F turns by 90 degrees, aligning itself in 180 degrees with the transversal support A (rotation of 90 degrees through cylindrical articulation C).

5 See structure position (diagrams 6).

5 - wings E open in unfold form or fan format, expanding to each side of the central support F through a micro engine that moves the 2 end supports G of wings E (rotation of 90 degrees from the central support F through cylindrical articulations J, respective to end sup-

LO ports G of wings E).

Total angle between the end supports G of wings E is of 180 degrees

(figure 2).

See structure position (diagrams 7).

6 - the upper system is comprised of the central support F₁ end sup- 1.5 ports G of the wings and wings E open in unfolding manner, or fan format, can turn 180 degrees to suit each side of the vehicle, the left of the driver and right of the front passenger, protecting also the passengers of the rear, for which the system runs on the rail of transversal support A to serve the other side of the vehicle, in a 180 degrees

2.0 rotation of central support F in relation to transversal support A,on point that rod D reaches the center of transversal support A , continuing the same to run to also serve the intended side of the car (rotation of 180 degrees through cylindrical articulation C). A duplicate of the system from transversal support A could make the

-2-5 above described stage unnecessary, as each side of the vehicle would have an independent protection system.

7 - the system returns to initial rest position when closing all doors (from the outside or inside the car), automatically by the remote con- trol or manually, with all stages described above retreating and returning respectively to each previous stage, as described in detail above.

By actuating the system from remote, outside or inside from the vehi- B cle automatically by the remote control or manually, the vehicle doors will only open if the system has concluded all stages until the opening of the wings E, for the rain protection to take place in relation to the vehicle's interior. Note: 1 ) Page 3, item D, measured a distance between 2 sides men-

J- O tioned therein. 2) Page 4 session 3, where transversal is read, read longitudinal. 3) Rod D is emptiness or without filling out in its internal side or longitudinal center (fig. 1 section BB) to embed the Upper Structure of the System. 4) Radial/angular Speed (cylindrical articulations rotation) and linear speed (transversal support A) self-adjusta- i-5 ble or adjusted by the user by remote control. 5) Auto-retracting micro engines (retract against obstacles).

Claims

Claims:

Rain protection for touring automobile users.The present invention being characterized by a protection system with the opening in unfolding form or opening in 'fan' format (fan is a object used by eas- tern women to shake in heat), of the wings placed or folded in crease format (like the geometric surface of the body of an accordion), with system structure characterized by being installed on roof of the vehicle and characterized by its portability, carried in the trunk of the vehicle, and characterized by being installed by the end-user in his own car, on rainy days or not, and characterized by its protection of the car's users from the rain, and the interior of the vehicle. The inventive part of the object or invention would be the protective system structure with unfolding opening in fan format of the wings placed or folded in creased format.