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US 11,629,920 B2Granted
Structural mount with integrated cooling for autonomous vehicle sensors
AssigneeGM Cruise Holdings LLC
InventorsRobert Cao, Zoran Stefanoski
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Abstract
An example sensor bracket assembly can include one or more cold plates forming a core bracket structure, wherein the core bracket structure and the one or more cold plates provide structural support for the sensor bracket assembly; a housing enclosing the core bracket structure; one or more sensor mounts for mounting one or more sensors on the sensor bracket assembly; and one or more attachment portions for attaching the sensor bracket assembly to a body of a vehicle.
Claims14
A sensor bracket assembly comprising:
- one or more cold plates forming a core bracket structure, wherein the core bracket structure and the one or more cold plates provide structural support for the sensor bracket assembly;
- one or more structural ribs or fins disposed against at least a portion of the one or more cold plates;
- one or more sensor mounts for mounting one or more sensors on the sensor bracket assembly;
- and
- one or more attachment portions for attaching the sensor bracket assembly to a portion of a body of a vehicle,
- wherein the one or more cold plates are a plurality of cold plates, wherein each of the plurality of cold plates have an extruded shape and at least one of the plurality of cold plates is disposed adjacent to at least one other of the plurality of cold plates to form a corner, wherein at least one of the one or more structural ribs or fins are disposed in the corner, and wherein the one or more structural ribs or fins transfer heat from the one or more sensor to the at least one of the plurality of cold plates.
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A vehicle comprising:
- a vehicle body;
- and
- a sensor bracket assembly attached to the vehicle body, the sensor bracket assembly comprising:
- one or more cold plates forming a core bracket structure, wherein the core bracket structure and the one or more cold plates provide structural support for the sensor bracket assembly;
- one or more structural ribs or fins disposed against at least a portion of the one or more cold plates;
- one or more sensor mounts for mounting one or more sensors on the sensor bracket assembly;
- and
- one or more attachment portions for attaching the sensor bracket assembly to a portion of the vehicle body,
- wherein the one or more cold plates are a plurality of cold plates, wherein each of the plurality of cold plates have an extruded shape and at least one of the plurality of cold plates is disposed adjacent to at least one other of the plurality of cold plates to form a corner, wherein at least one of the one or more structural ribs or fins are disposed in the corner, and wherein the one or more structural ribs or fins transfer heat from the one or more sensor mounts to the at least one of the plurality of cold plates.
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A method comprising:
- forming a core bracket structure using one or more cold plates, wherein the core bracket structure and the one or more cold plates provide structural support for a sensor bracket assembly;
- disposing one or more structural ribs or fins against the one or more cold plates;
- forming one or more sensor mounts for mounting one or more sensors on the sensor bracket assembly;
- and
- forming one or more attachment portions for attaching the sensor bracket assembly to a portion of a body of a vehicle,
- wherein the one or more cold plates are a plurality of cold plates, wherein each of the plurality of cold plates have an extruded shape and at least one of the plurality of cold plates is disposed adjacent to at least one other of the plurality of cold plates to form a corner, wherein at least one of the one or more structural ribs or fins are disposed in the corner, and wherein the one or more structural ribs or fins transfer heat from the one or more sensor mounts to the at least one of the plurality of cold plates.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.