Highway vehicle fuel tank fire protection device

Details Highway vehicle fuel tank fire protection device Highway vehicle fuel tank fire protection device

1996-12-03

1998-06-09

Hoge, Gary C.

Fire extinguishers

Special applications

For vehicles

169 26, A62C 307

Patent

active

057621454

ABSTRACT:
A fixed hollow panel, either channeled or unchanneled internally with extinguishant sealed inside, is mounted on the exterior surfaces of a highway vehicle fuel tank. When the vehicle on which this device is mounted is impacted in an accident, and the resultant impact deforms or ruptures the fuel tank, the attached device is also ruptured and releases the extinguishant contained inside the device. This is intended to extinguish fires or inert against potential fires in the vicinity of the fuel tank, where splashing or misting fuels may come into contact with sparks or other ignition sources for a brief instant, hence protecting against accident-induced vehicle fires in a simple, lightweight and low cost manner.

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