Thermal management sensors
AssigneeOshkosh Corporation
InventorsJoshua D. Rocholl, Vince Schad, Chad K. Smith, Reagan May
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Abstract
A refuse vehicle comprising a chassis, a body assembly coupled to the chassis, the body assembly defining a refuse compartment, and a thermal event monitoring system comprising one or more sampling elements configured to sample an environmental condition associated with a portion of the refuse vehicle and a processing circuit configured to receive a sample from the one or more sampling elements and determine a presence of a thermal event indicating at least one of a fire or an overheating component.
Claims20
A refuse vehicle, comprising:
- a chassis;
- a body assembly coupled to the chassis, the body assembly defining a refuse compartment;
- a thermal event monitoring system comprising one or more sampling elements configured to sample an environmental condition associated with the refuse compartment and a processing circuit configured to determine a presence of a thermal event indicating at least one of a fire or an overheating component based on air from the one or more sampling elements, wherein the one or more sampling elements include an air sampling line configured to capture the air from the refuse compartment of the refuse vehicle and transport the air to a sensor positioned outside of the refuse compartment and operatively coupled to the processing circuit;
- and
- a fire suppression system configured to provide a fire suppressant to the refuse compartment via the air sampling line in response to a determination by the processing circuit that the thermal event is present based on a signal from the sensor.
A thermal event monitoring system for a refuse vehicle, comprising:
- a sampling element configured to sample an environmental condition associated with a refuse compartment of the refuse vehicle, the sampling element including an air sampling line configured to capture air from the refuse compartment of the refuse vehicle and transport the air to a sensor positioned outside of the refuse compartment of the refuse vehicle;
- a processing circuit comprising a processor and memory, the memory having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by the processor, cause the processing circuit to:
- receive a signal from the sensor regarding the air;
- and
- determine a presence of a thermal event indicating at least one of a fire or an overheating component based on the signal from the sensor;
- and
- a fire suppression system configured to provide a fire suppressant to the refuse compartment of the refuse vehicle via the air sampling line.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.