US 12,234,665 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. 31, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/498,930.
Application 18/498,930 is a division of application No. 17/511,728, filed on Oct. 27, 2021, granted, now 11,885,149.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/106,484, filed on Oct. 28, 2020.
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. E04H 9/14 (2006.01); E04D 5/12 (2006.01)
CPC E04H 9/14 (2013.01) [E04D 5/12 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A delivery system for delivering a non-Newtonian dilatant fluid to a roof covering structure for covering at least about portion of a roof, the system comprising:
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;
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
the roof covering structure being fluidly connected to the plenum to receive the non-Newtonian dilatant fluid from the plenum.