Compressor cooling system for cleaning a vehicle sensor
AssigneesHyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
InventorYoung Dug Yang
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Abstract
Proposed is a compressor cooling system for cleaning a vehicle sensor, the system including: a rainwater sensor unit provided on a front window of a vehicle for detecting rainwater; a rainwater collection unit for collecting the rainwater flowing down to under the front window; a water pump unit connected to the rainwater collection unit for discharging the collected rainwater to an air compressor; and an air compressor cooling unit combined with the air compressor and having an inlet flow path and an outlet flow path inside, the discharged rainwater cooling the air compressor while flowing through the inlet flow path and the outlet flow path.
Claims11
A compressor cooling system for cleaning a vehicle sensor, the system comprising:
- a rainwater sensor unit provided on a front window of a vehicle and configured to detect rainwater;
- a rainwater collection unit configured to collect the rainwater flowing down to under the front window;
- a water pump unit connected to the rainwater collection unit and configured to discharge the collected rainwater to an air compressor;
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- an air compressor cooling unit combined with the air compressor and having an inlet flow path and an outlet flow path inside, the discharged rainwater cooling the air compressor while flowing through the inlet flow path and the outlet flow path.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.