System for Defrosting and Shedding Moisture or Debris from Underside of Vehicle

Inactive Publication Date: 2019-09-26
JANESVILLE LLC
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[0030]One aspect of the present invention can be and preferably is directed to a vehicle defrosting device that includes a heating element mounted about an underside of the vehicle that alleviates issues associated with snow and ice formations about the underside of a vehicle. The vehicle defrosting device additionally includes a power supply, a wire assembly connecting the heating element to the power supply, and an actuator that controls when power is provided to the heating element. Further still, the vehicle defrosting device can include a voltage regulator that optimizes the voltage of electricity from an electrical system of the vehicle to the heating element.
[0031]The actuator can be a manual actuator that can be powered on and powered off by a user, or it can be an automatic actuator that is in communication with an accumulation sensor. Where an automatic actuator is used, such as a controller, the controller is electrically connected to such a sensor, such that the controller is triggered by the sensor when

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A common issue with vehicles involves the accumulation of moisture or debris about the underside of a vehicle.
Furthermore, it can be difficult to access the underbody panels of the vehicle when snow or ice formations occurred on the underbody panels.
Alternatively, the vehicle could be stored in a warm location, such as a heated garage, which would result in the melting of the snow and ice.
This is unappealing as it results in the collection of dirty snow and ice on the garage floor.
Excessive collection of water about the underside of a vehicle is also undesirable as it can have negative consequenc

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[0045]With reference to FIG. 1, the present invention is directed to remedying a long-standing problem in motor vehicles, such as the automobile motor vehicle 20 shown in FIG. 1, where a cumulable substance 22, such as a liquid cumulable substance, typically water, e.g., moisture, tends to buildup on an outer surface 24 of one or more exterior portions 26 of the vehicle 20 by helping to prevent and / or shed such accumulation. As discussed in more detail below, the present invention is directed to a system and method for shedding accumulation, which can be and preferably is configured for preventing accumulation, of any such substance 22, including temperature-induced substance accumulation of a temperature-dependent cumulable substance 28, like slush, snow or ice 29, e.g. frozen water, which can accumulate on an outer surface 24 of one or more such exterior portions 26 of the vehicle 20, including on one or more generally vertically extending convexly curved or arcuately shaped wheel

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A system for preventing accumulation of ice, snow, slush, water, other moisture, sand, mud, and debris on an exterior of a vehicle. The system includes vibratory elements and can further include heating elements mounted on or to shedding wheel liners or underbody panels of the vehicle. The system has a controller that can be in communication with one or more accumulation sensors to manually or automatically energize vibratory and heating elements to prevent or shed accumulation when corresponding conditions are sensed by the sensors. A preferred vibratory element is an acoustic transducer that can be a motor or transducer acoustically coupled to a wheel liner or underbody panel in a manner that vibrates the liner or panel when energized. Each liner or panel is equipped with at least a plurality of vibratory elements arranged to relatively uniformly vibrate the liner or panel in a manner that prevents or sheds accumulation.

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Owner JANESVILLE LLC
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