US 11,885,149 B1
System with non-Newtonian dilatent fluid to stop hail damage
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); Shirley Elizabeth Bunton, San Antonio, TX (US); Shayna Dickson, Boerne, TX (US); and Ric M. Pena, Boerne, TX (US)
Assigned to United Services Automobile Association (USAA), San Antonio, TX (US)
Filed by UIPCO, LLC, San Antonio, TX (US)
Filed on Oct. 27, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/511,728.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/106,484, filed on Oct. 28, 2020.
Int. Cl. E04H 9/14 (2006.01); E04D 5/12 (2006.01)
CPC E04H 9/14 (2013.01) [E04D 5/12 (2013.01)] 5 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A roof protecting system for protecting a roof of a building against damage from hail, the system comprising:
a roof covering structure adapted to cover at least a portion of the roof;
the roof covering structure being capable of holding a non-Newtonian dilatant fluid;
a deployment system to dispose the roof covering structure onto the roof; and
a delivery system for delivering the non-Newtonian dilatant fluid to the roof covering structure, wherein the delivery system includes
a storage volume for a solid, wherein when the solid is combined with a liquid, the non-Newtonian dilatant fluid is formed;
a first conduit for delivery of the solid to a control system; and
a second conduit for delivery of the liquid to the control system;
wherein the control system controls delivery of the solid and the liquid to a plenum in proportions that can be mixed to form the non-Newtonian dilatant fluid;
wherein the solid and the liquid undergo mixing to form the non-Newtonian dilatant fluid; and
wherein the roof covering structure is fluidly connected to the plenum to receive the non-Newtonian dilatant fluid from the plenum.