US 11,944,855 B2
Fire extinguishing assistance system and a method for assisting in extinguishing an ongoing or imminent fire in a modular vehicle
Robert Sjödin, Nyköping (SE); Pontus Svens, Rönninge (SE); Morgan Colling, Hölö (SE); Sami Teppola, Nykvarn (SE); Mikko Kallio, Hölö (SE); Tomas Skeppström, Södertälje (SE); Linus Ährlig, Västerhaninge (SE); and André Claesson, Tullinge (SE)
Assigned to Scania CV AB, Södertälje (SE)
Appl. No. 17/311,875
Filed by Scania CV AB, Södertälje (SE)
PCT Filed Nov. 25, 2019, PCT No. PCT/SE2019/051191
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 8, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/130906, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 25, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 1851626-0 (SE), filed on Dec. 20, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0016457 A1, Jan. 20, 2022
Int. Cl. A62C 3/07 (2006.01); A62C 3/16 (2006.01); A62C 37/38 (2006.01)
CPC A62C 3/07 (2013.01) [A62C 37/38 (2013.01); A62C 3/16 (2013.01)] 26 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A fire extinguishing assistance system, arranged in a modular vehicle, for assisting in extinguishing an ongoing or imminent fire in the modular vehicle, wherein the modular vehicle comprises at least one drive module and a functional module that are releasably connected, wherein the fire extinguishing assistance system comprises:
a plurality of ports accessible from the outside of the modular vehicle;
wherein each port is configured for receiving a fire extinguishing agent;
an individual manifold connected to each port, wherein each individual manifold is arranged to guide the fire extinguishing agent received via the port and further to at least one nozzle directed in the inside of the modular vehicle; and
one or more control devices configured to individually or collectively:
detect an ongoing or imminent fire in the vehicle; and
configure at least one of the plurality of ports selected for receiving a fire extinguishing agent to the ongoing or imminent fire, to assist in extinguishing the ongoing or imminent fire.