MUMBAI, India, Sept. 28 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202641113474 A) filed by Vellore Institute Of Technology, Chennai on September 22, 2026, for System And Method For Detecting And Mitigating Fire In A Vehicle Carrying Garbage.
Inventors include Sai Prashanth Ramesh; R. Subacharan; and D Kavitha.
The application for the patent was published on September 25, 2026, under issue no. 39/2026.
Abstract: A system 100 to detect and mitigate fire in a garbage chamber 202 of garbage vehicle 200 includes a plurality of temperature sensors 102-A, gas and smoke monitoring sensor 102-B configured in the garbage chamber 202; a mist nozzle 206 configured in garbage chamber 202 to deliver water mist upon fire detect...