Tire traction with a brake system for frozen and wet pavement
A tire traction with a brake system for frozen and wet pavement including an anti-slip assembly, a tire traction assembly, and an electronic assembly. Anti-slip assembly includes linear motion mechanisms coupled near to the vehicle's wheels, the mechanisms when deployed abuts against the frozen pavement, preventing the vehicle from slipping in an inclined street during black ice. Tire traction assembly includes a deployable mechanism with a set of wheels covered by a set of crawler belts, wherein traction peaks attached across the set of crawler belts allows the vehicle to improve traction when driving over frozen pavement. Electronic assembly includes a plurality of sensors that allows the anti-slip assembly and the tire traction assembly to be deployed and undeployed automatically, also an alarm is actuated to notify the user when a sensor has detected and activated one or both assemblies.
1 . A tire traction with a brake system for frozen and wet pavement, comprising:
an anti-slip assembly including a front piston, a rear piston, a distal end, a second distal end, and a deployable mechanism, wherein front piston and rear piston are hydraulic, pneumatic or mechanical actuators coupled to a bottom portion of a vehicle's chassis, said front piston and said rear piston include said distal end and said second distal end respectively, wherein said distal end and said second distal end are configured to abut against a surface, wherein said deployable mechanism positions said front piston between a front and a rear wheel and at an oblique angle relative to said bottom portion of said vehicle's chassis towards the front wheel and said rear piston between the front and the rear wheel and at an oblique angle relative to said bottom portion of said vehicle's chassis towards the rear wheel to engage said surface at a non-perpendicular orientation, said deployable mechanism is a linear motion mechanism attached at said bottom portion of said vehicle's chassis, wherein a plurality of said front pistons and a plurality of said rear pistons are distributed across said vehicle's chassis, each front piston having a respective distal end attached thereto and each rear piston having a respective second distal end attached thereto, wherein said distal end, said second distal end and said plurality thereof are made of a hard material to break a film of ice formed onto said surface pavement; said linear deployable mechanism positions said set of crawler belts to extend longitudinally between said front piston and said rear piston; tire traction assembly having a linear deployable mechanism, wheel's structure, a set of tension wheels, a set of crawler belts, and traction peaks, wherein said linear deployable mechanism is a telescopic mechanism coupled at a portion of said vehicle's chassis, said wheel's structure is a structure that supports said set of tension wheels, wherein said wheel's structure is attached to said linear deployable mechanism, said set of crawler belts surrounds said set of tension wheels, wherein said set of crawler belts includes said traction peaks running across a length thereof, said traction peaks have a tapered end and are made of a hard metal material; and
electronic assembly includes a microcontroller, a plurality of sensors, a defroster, and an alarm, wherein said microcontroller process data received from said plurality of sensors to actuate said anti-slip assembly and said tire traction assembly, said defroster is a heating element electrically connected to said microcontroller and coupled to said set of crawler belts, said alarm is an audible and/or visual alarm electrically connected to said microcontroller, said alarm is actuated when said plurality of sensors detects a physical phenomenon, including freezing temperature and/or vehicle skids, wherein said plurality sensors includes a skid sensor, a temperature sensor, and a gyro sensor, wherein said microcontroller processes data from said temperature sensor to detect ambient freezing conditions and actuate said defroster and said alarm, and wherein said microcontroller processes data from said gyro sensor to detect vehicle inclination and automatically actuate said anti-slip assembly.
2 . A tire traction with a brake system for frozen and wet pavement, consisting of:
A) an anti-slip assembly including a front piston, a rear piston, a distal end, a second distal end, and a deployable mechanism, wherein front piston and rear piston are hydraulic, pneumatic or mechanical actuators coupled to a bottom portion of a vehicle's chassis, said front piston and said rear piston include said distal end and said second distal end respectively, wherein said distal end and said second distal end are configured to abut against a surface, wherein said deployable mechanism positions said front piston between a front and a rear wheel and at an oblique angle relative to said bottom portion of said vehicle's chassis towards the front wheel and said rear piston between the front and the rear wheel and at an oblique angle relative to said bottom portion of said vehicle's chassis towards the rear wheel to engage said surface at a non-perpendicular orientation for enhanced ice-breaking, said deployable mechanism is a linear motion mechanism attached at said bottom portion of said vehicle's chassis, wherein a plurality of said front pistons and a plurality of said rear pistons are distributed across said vehicle's chassis, each front piston having a respective distal end attached thereto and each rear piston having a respective second distal end attached thereto, wherein said distal end, said second distal end and said plurality thereof are made of a hard material to break a film of ice formed onto said surface; said linear deployable mechanism positions said set of crawler belts to extend longitudinally between said front piston and said rear piston;
B) tire traction assembly having a linear deployable mechanism, wheel's structure, a set of tension wheels, a set of crawler belts, and traction peaks, wherein said linear deployable mechanism is a telescopic mechanism coupled at a portion of said vehicle's chassis, said wheel's structure is a structure that supports said set of tension wheels, wherein said wheel's structure is attached to said linear deployable mechanism, said set of crawler belts surrounds said set of tension wheels, wherein said set of crawler belts includes said traction peaks running across a length thereof, are made of a hard metal material, said deployable mechanism includes a plurality thereof, wherein each of said deployable mechanisms are attached to said vehicle's chassis and further attached to each of said front piston, said rear piston and said plurality thereof, said set of tension wheels are coupled to said wheel's structure in pairs, forming an oval track profile, said tire traction assembly includes a plurality thereof installed on each side of said vehicle's chassis between the front side wheels and the rear side wheels thereof, wherein said plurality of tire traction assemblies are positioned symmetrically on each side of said vehicle's chassis with independent telescopic deployable mechanisms; and
C) electronic assembly includes a microcontroller, a plurality of sensors, a defroster, and an alarm, wherein said microcontroller process data received from said plurality of sensors to actuate said anti-slip assembly and said tire traction assembly, said defroster is a heating element electrically connected to said microcontroller and coupled to said set of crawler belts, said alarm is an audible and visual alarm electrically connected to said microcontroller, said alarm is actuated when said plurality of sensors detects a physical phenomenon, including freezing temperature and vehicle skids, wherein said plurality sensors includes a skid sensor, a temperature sensor, and a gyro sensor, wherein said microcontroller processes data from said temperature sensor to detect ambient freezing conditions and actuate said defroster and said alarm, and wherein said microcontroller processes data from said gyro sensor to detect vehicle inclination and automatically actuate said anti-slip assembly said defroster is mounted around said set of crawler belts, wherein said defroster is in contact with said traction peaks, wherein said defroster encircles said set of crawler belts in direct thermal contact with said traction peaks, wherein said defroster includes a second defroster mounted on a second set of crawler belts of said plurality of tire traction assembly, providing redundant heating capability for fail-safe operation.