US 11,992,715 B2
Modular fire extinguishing vehicle, and a method for operating a modular fire extinguishing vehicle
Morgan Colling, Hölö (SE); Mikko Kallio, Hölö (SE); Sami Teppola, Nykvarn (SE); Tomas Skeppström, Södertälje (SE); André Claesson, Tullinge (SE); Robert Sjödin, Nyköping (SE); and Linus Ährlig, Västerhaninge (SE)
Assigned to Scania CV AB, Södertälje (SE)
Appl. No. 17/297,584
Filed by Scania CV AB, Södertälje (SE)
PCT Filed Nov. 25, 2019, PCT No. PCT/SE2019/051190
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date May 27, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/130905, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 25, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 1851625-2 (SE), filed on Dec. 20, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0023690 A1, Jan. 27, 2022
Int. Cl. A62C 27/00 (2006.01); A62C 3/07 (2006.01); A62C 35/68 (2006.01)
CPC A62C 27/00 (2013.01) [A62C 3/07 (2013.01); A62C 35/68 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A modular fire extinguishing wheeled vehicle for extinguishing a fire occurring in a subject vehicle, said modular fire extinguishing vehicle comprising:
at least one drive module;
a fire extinguishing module releasably connected to the at least one drive module, wherein the fire extinguishing module comprises a plurality of containers each comprising a different fire distinguishing agent from a group of fire extinguishing agent; a fluid line operatively connectable to each of the plurality of containers, wherein the fluid line comprises a connecting interface for connecting to a port of the subject vehicle; and
a control device configured to:
obtain information about the fire occurring in the subject vehicle and information indicative of a location of the subject vehicle;
autonomously operate the modular fire extinguishing vehicle to drive to the location of the subject vehicle based on the location information of the subject vehicle and to connect the connecting interface of the fluid line to the port of the subject vehicle;
determine a selected fire extinguishing agent from the group of fire extinguishing agents based on the information about the fire in the subject vehicle; and
control transfer of the selected fire extinguishing agent into the fluid line for delivery to the port of the subject vehicle.