US Patent Issued to United Services Automobile Association (USAA) on Sept. 16 for "Systems and methods for automatic deployment of self-inflatable vehicle covering apparatus" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,415,410, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to United Services Automobile Association (USAA) (San Antonio).

"Systems and methods for automatic deployment of self-inflatable vehicle covering apparatus" was invented by Gregory David Hansen (Helotes, Texas), Andre Rene Buentello (San Antonio) and Manfred Amann (San Antonio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods described in this disclosure provide methods and systems for automatic deployment of a vehicle covering apparatus to protect the vehicle from environmental conditions such as severe weather."

The patent was filed on June 27, 2024, under Application No. 18/757,469.

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