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US 2017/0282675 A1Published application
Thermal reduction system for an autonomous vehicle
AssigneeUber Technologies, Inc.
InventorsEric Meyhofer, David Rice
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Abstract
A thermal reduction system for an autonomous vehicle can include a fluid pump pumping cooling fluid through one or more fluid lines of a cooling rack to cool a data processing system of the autonomous vehicle. The thermal reduction system can further include a cabin radiator receiving the cooling fluid from the fluid pump. The cabin radiator can include an air pump forcing cabin air from an interior passenger cabin of the AV though the cabin radiator to cool the cooling fluid.
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A thermal reduction system for an autonomous vehicle (AV) comprising:
- a cooling rack including a data processing system of the AV;
- a fluid pump pumping cooling fluid through one or more fluid lines of the cooling rack to cool the data processing system;
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- a cabin radiator comprising a core that receives the cooling fluid from the fluid pump, the cabin radiator comprising an air pump forcing cabin air from an interior passenger cabin of the AV though the core of the cabin radiator to cool the cooling fluid.
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An autonomous vehicle (AV) comprising:
- an interior cabin to accommodate one or more passengers;
- a plurality of sensors to detect real-time environment data;
- a data processing system housed in a cooling rack, the data processing system processing the real-time environment data to autonomously operate the AV;
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- a thermal reduction system comprising:
- a fluid pump pumping cooling fluid through one or more fluid lines of the cooling rack to cool the data processing system;
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- a cabin radiator comprising a core that receives the cooling fluid from the fluid pump, the cabin radiator comprising an air pump forcing cabin air from an interior passenger cabin of the AV though the core of the cabin radiator to cool the cooling fluid.
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