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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 18, 2024
Filed:
Apr. 30, 2021
Uipco, Llc, San Antonio, TX (US);
Cynthia Ann Hinojosa, Selma, TX (US);
Andrew Jacob Contreras, San Antonio, TX (US);
Lemont Williamson, San Antonio, TX (US);
Igor Alexandre Gregorio, San Antonio, TX (US);
Stephen Anthony Young, Boerne, TX (US);
Jonathan Edward Seaton, San Antonio, TX (US);
Chris Aaron Bodden, San Antonio, TX (US);
Shirley Elizabeth Bunton, San Antonio, TX (US);
Shayna Dickson, Boerne, TX (US);
Ric M. Pena, Boerne, TX (US);
United Services Automobile Association (USAA), San Antonio, TX (US);
Abstract
A system and a method for a deployable awning that detects impending storms or other weather events and automatically deploys from a structure to extend out and cover vehicles to protect them from damage due to the storm or other weather event. In one embodiment, a method includes determining that an activating event has occurred. The activating event includes a storm or other weather event. Upon determining that the activating event has occurred, the method includes automatically deploying an awning from a stored configuration inside an awning housing to a deployed configuration such that the awning covers a coverage area of a ground surface adjacent to a location where the awning housing is mounted.