Connectionless cooling system
AssigneeHoneywell ASCa Inc.
InventorTadeusz Bik
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Abstract
Mobile devices are re-supplied with fluids on a periodic basis thereby eliminating the need to maintain a permanent connection between an external fluid supply and the moving device. Electronic scanning devices generate heat and operate at varying and high temperature conditions that interfere with operations of the scanner heads. Circulating a heat transfer fluid through the sensor head removes excess heat from heat sensitive regions of the sensor head during operations. Once the heat transfer fluid reaches a predetermined temperature or after passage of a predetermined length of time, the scanner head is maneuvered to a docking station where it is coupled to an external heat fluid source where fresh fluid is supplied to the scanner head.
Claims16
A connectionless fluid replenishing system that comprises:
- a mobile device having a fluid that is circulated within fluid channels in the mobile device;
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- an external fluid-recharging source that includes means for coupling the external fluid recharging source to the mobile device to recharge the fluid channels with fresh fluid on an intermittent basis, characterized in that the external fluid recharging source is decoupled from the mobile device during operation of mobile device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.