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US 10,627,597 B2Granted
Method of cooling full display mirror
AssigneeGentex Corporation
InventorsSteven J. Veenman, Dennis D. Festerling, Jr., Jason D. Hallack, Danny L. Minikey, Jr., Keith H. Berends
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Abstract
A rearview assembly for a vehicle includes a rearview device and a processor. A housing supports the rearview device and the processor. The housing defines a recess therein. An air moving device is operably coupled with the housing and is configured to draw air from an area exterior to the housing into the recess, thereby cooling at least one of the rearview device and the processor.
Claims20
A rearview assembly for a vehicle, the rearview assembly comprising:
- a rearview device;
- a processor;
- a housing supporting the rearview device and processor, the housing defining a recess therein;
- an air moving device operably coupled with the housing and configured to draw cool air from an area exterior to the housing into the recess past a radiator with fins, the radiator being in thermal communication with a heat sink adjacent at least one of the rearview device and the processor.
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A rearview assembly comprising:
- a rearview device;
- a processor;
- a light-emitting diode (LED) board;
- a housing supporting the rearview device, the processor, and the LED board;
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- an air moving device operably coupled with the housing and configured to draw cool air from an area exterior to the housing to a radiator, wherein the processor and the LED board are cooled by a heat sink in thermal communication with the radiator and the air moving device.
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A rearview assembly comprising:
- a rearview device;
- a housing supporting the rearview device, the housing defining a recess therein;
- and
- a blower disposed within the housing and operably coupled with a radiator that is in thermal communication with a heat pipe that draws heat from an interior of the housing, the blower being operable to draw air from an area exterior to the housing into the recess proximate the rearview device.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.