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US 10,946,717 B1Granted
Cooling system for dome of autonomous vehicle
OwnerPaul Yeomans, Peter Avraminventors
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Abstract
A cooling device includes a duct, a passageway, and a plurality of nozzles spaced around the duct. The duct is sized to extend around at least a portion of the dome. The passageway may extend through the duct. The plurality of nozzles may be spaced around the duct and have first openings oriented toward the passageway and second openings oriented toward the surface.
Claims19
A method for cooling a dome using a cooling device having a duct around at least a portion of an exterior surface of the dome, the method comprising:
- providing air into an air intake entrance of a passageway extending through the duct;
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- allowing the air to exit the passage-way through a plurality of nozzles spaced around the duct and oriented towards the exterior surface of the dome so that the air contacts the exterior surface of the dome.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.