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2017
Automotive/​Transportation

Through Glass Integrated V2X Antenna for DSRC Communication

The promise of V2X has arrived with Danlaw’s Through Glass Integrated V2X Antenna. It enables vehicle-to-vehicle, vehicle-to-infrastructure, vehicle to everything communications using DSRC, providing a myriad of

safety features.

For the best system performance, current state-of-the-art DSRC systems use a roof mounted antenna and achieve excellent communication robustness. However,

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Krishna Bandi
Novi, United States
Votes: 21
Views: 4796
Automotive/​Transportation
Jun 30, 2017

Tire Failure Early Warning System

It has been estimated that every year, 220 million passenger car tires are punctured in the United States alone. Expand that statistic to include cars and commercial vehicles worldwide, and it becomes apparent that punctured tires is a significant problem.

Tire pressure monitoring sensors (TPMS) attempt to remedy this problem by continually monitoring the tires’ pressure,

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Adam Slade
Madison, United States
Votes: 0
Views: 2829
Automotive/​Transportation
Jun 15, 2017

Tire Press

To close the hole requires a separate tool that is usually formed like a clamp and given a fire. Then burned about 15 minutes. From the above problems we tried to make the tool we named "TIRE PRESS.

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Rifaul Zamzami
Comal, Indonesia
Votes: 0
Views: 2194
Automotive/​Transportation
Apr 28, 2017

To Reduce the Ever Increasing Fueling Costs for Semi Trailer Trucks

Problem: Huge fueling costs of semi trailer trucks due to low fuel mileage.

Proposed solution:

The heavier the vehicle is, the more energy it needs to get moving. Reducing weight is a very effective way to improve a vehicle’s efficiency. As shown in fig 1, currently when a container full of cargo is loaded on a semi trailer,

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Debashish Ghoshal
New Delhi, India
Votes: 32
Views: 2805
Automotive/​Transportation
May 22, 2017

Tractor-Trailer Truck Aerodynamics

Heavy trucks are considered aerodynamically inefficient compared with many of the other ground vehicles due to their unstreamlined body shapes with more than 60% of the engine power required to overcome aerodynamics drag at highway cruising speeds.

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Terrance Charles
Derby, United Kingdom
Votes: 2
Views: 2875
Automotive/​Transportation
May 19, 2017

Train Guidance Drone

Railroads are an important part of a transportation system. But, while very efficient, the huge loads they carry along with a vast and aging infrastructure can cause incredibly costly accidents, in human and monetary terms. Wikipedia reports some 13 major train accidents during 2016 in the US alone, with some 271 people injured and 11 people killed.

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Michael Kelley
Arlington Heights, United States
Votes: 6
Views: 2968
Automotive/​Transportation
Jul 4, 2017

Transportation Refrigeration Unit Sensor Track & Predictor

Transportation refrigeration units (TRU) are utilized in the transport of perishable goods. The temperature and environmental controls are critical to the arrival of the perishable goods without damage or spoilage. Typical TRUs have sensors to provide data back to a central processing location such as temperature, humidity, and the operating conditions of the TRUs during transportation.

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Gregory Thompson
Orange Park, United States
Votes: 1
Views: 2223
Automotive/​Transportation
Jun 24, 2017

Turbocharging the Single-Cylinder Four Stroke Engine

My invention is a method for turbocharging single cylinder internal combustion engines. This technology makes small engines cleaner, more powerful, lighter, more fuel efficient, and lower cost. With new emissions standards coming online, companies are having difficulties keeping the costs of their engines down.

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Michael Buchman
Cambridge, United States
Votes: 1
Views: 14728
Automotive/​Transportation
Jun 30, 2017

Two Wheeler Safety

Basically my idea is for the safety of two wheelers as I found that there are no such safety features in the two wheeler. During accidents if such safety features are found in a vehicle that would save the lives of many.

Mountings in a two wheeler -

feature #1 - Air bag system.

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Anik Mardia
Ahmedabad, India
Votes: 1
Views: 2529
Automotive/​Transportation
Jun 3, 2017

UniQuad Hydrogen Electric Agricultural Utility Vehicle

UniQuad - Hydrogen Electric Agricultural Utility Vehicle.

Design of a safer, renewable energy utility vehicle for the rural sector.

What problem does your design idea solve?

Agriculture is second only to forestry in the number of workplace fatalities each year, with farm vehicles in general and Quad Bikes in particular proving problematic. Four-wheeled motorbikes,

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Simon Hartley
Taupo, New Zealand
Votes: 5
Views: 3477
Automotive/​Transportation
Jun 25, 2017

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