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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 26, 2000
Filed:
Jul. 06, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
Wayne L Mann, Tualatin, OR (US);
Assignee:
Commercial Vehicle Systems, Inc., Canton, NC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
340905 ; 340580 ; 340583 ; 340962 ;
Abstract
An imminent icing condition detector employs an infrared sensor with a focusing element to receive ambient infrared energy from a surface, particularly a road surface, and the output of the sensor is processed to provide an indication of the likelihood of icing conditions and to accordingly control a traction control substance deployment system, such as a truck that dispenses a de-icing, anti-icing, or traction substance, such as sand, salt, or other material or mixture of materials in solid granular, liquid, or mixed form.