Patent ID: 11891004
Assignee: nan
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 18:
19. A system for protecting a vehicle comprising:
a. a vehicle external side protector comprising:
two vertically moveable guards each comprising two pieces capable of pivoting relative to one another;
a pivot mechanism connecting the two pieces of the vertically moveable guard at the pivot;
a connecting guard connecting the two vertically moveable guards;
a track for each vertically moveable guard, which is dimensioned to be stored underneath a vehicle, wherein each track comprises an endpoint block and wherein the track can slide from underneath the vehicle to the exterior of the vehicle;
a linear force applicator, wherein the linear force applicator applies a linear force to the vertically moveable guards in the tracks, wherein the force deploys the vehicle external side protector from underneath the vehicle along the track by pushing the vertically moveable guards in the track in a first direction towards and into the endpoint block, wherein the normal force of the endpoint block causes the vertically moveable guards and the pivot to fold up from the bottom of the vehicle toward the vehicle top; and/or
b. a vehicle front or back protector comprising
a bumper of the vehicle having an orifice with an opening; wherein
the orifice comprises:
a linear force applicator having a housing, and a piston with an outermost surface perimeter in the housing attached to the linear force applicator, wherein the linear force applicator is able to linearly move the piston; and

a plate with a larger outer surface perimeter than the outermost surface perimeter of the piston, wherein the plate is affixed to a portion of the piston furthest from the linear force applicator;
wherein the linear force applicator moves the piston to extend the plate a distance away from the bumper and retracts the piston and plate to the opening.