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Vehicle Rooftop Engine Cooling System and Method

  • US 20080053129A1
  • Filed: 10/31/2007
  • Published: 03/06/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/08/2003
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A vehicle rooftop cooling system, comprising:

  • a radiator located on the rooftop of the vehicle, the radiator having a liquid coolant inside the radiator;

    a fan coupled to the radiator and configured to extract hot air from the radiator;

    a first sensor in or proximate to the radiator configured to measure coolant temperature of the coolant in or proximate to the radiator;

    a controller communicably coupled to the first sensor, the controller configured to receive inputs from the first sensor, to make determinations based on received inputs, issue control signals in response to said determinations, and to communicate across a Controller Area Network (CAN).

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