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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jan. 11, 2022

Filed:

Jun. 10, 2019
Applicant:

Pony Ai Inc.;

Inventors:

Peter G. Diehl, Shanghai, CN;

Cheng Jin, Fremont, CA (US);

Assignee:

Pony AI Inc., Grand Cayman, KY;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60H 1/00 (2006.01); G01D 11/24 (2006.01); G01P 1/02 (2006.01); G01D 3/036 (2006.01); G01S 7/481 (2006.01); G01S 7/497 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60H 1/00271 (2013.01); G01D 3/0365 (2013.01); G01D 11/245 (2013.01); G01P 1/026 (2013.01); G01S 7/4813 (2013.01); B60H 2001/003 (2013.01); G01S 7/497 (2013.01); G01S 2007/4977 (2013.01);
Abstract

Provided herein is a system and method for cooling a sensor enclosure of a vehicle. The system comprises one or more sensors configured to determine a speed of the vehicle, an internal temperature of an enclosure, and an external temperature. The system comprises an enclosure to house the one or more sensors. The system comprises a fan disposed at a base of the enclosure. The system comprises a controller configured to regulate a rotation speed of the fan based on the speed of the vehicle, the internal temperature of the enclosure, the external temperature, or the difference between the internal temperature of the enclosure and the external temperature. The controller operates the fan at the regulated rotation speed.


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