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Patent No.:

US 12457704 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Oct. 28, 2025

Filed:

Aug. 08, 2022

Vented sensor pod systems and methods

Applicant:

Kodiak Robotics, Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);

Inventors:

Laura Weeks Shane, San Mateo, CA (US);

Jay Kuvelker, San Francisco, CA (US);

Assignee:

Kodiak Robotics, Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);

Attorneys:

Michele V. Frank

Venable LLP

Primary Examiner:

Ko-Wei Lin

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05K 7/20 (2006.01); B60R 11/04 (2006.01); G01S 7/02 (2006.01); G01S 7/481 (2006.01); H04N 23/52 (2023.01); G01S 13/931 (2020.01); G01S 17/931 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H05K 7/20209 (2013.01); B60R 11/04 (2013.01); G01S 7/027 (2021.05); G01S 7/4813 (2013.01); H04N 23/52 (2023.01); H05K 7/20845 (2013.01); G01S 13/931 (2013.01); G01S 2013/93274 (2020.01); G01S 17/931 (2020.01);
Abstract

A method of regulating a temperature of a sensor pod on an autonomous vehicle includes determining a temperature of the sensor pod, determining an amount a vent should be opened based upon the operational status of the autonomous vehicle, an internal temperature of the sensor pod, and ambient temperature of the environment, opening a vent when the temperature is above a predetermined threshold temperature, and closing the vent when the temperature is below the predetermined threshold temperature.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Shane, Laura. (2025). Vented sensor pod systems and methods (U.S. Patent No. 12457704). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/12457704

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