Vehicle Rooftop Engine Cooling System and Method
First Claim
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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Abstract
An vehicle rooftop cooling system includes a radiator located outside of the engine compartment of a 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 proximate to the radiator configured to measure coolant temperature of the coolant in the radiator; and a controller communicably coupled to the first sensor, the controller configured to receive inputs from the first sensor, to make determinations based on the received inputs, and to communicate control signals across a controller area network (CAN) in response to said determinations, wherein the controller is further configured to communicate a first control signal to cool the liquid coolant upon determining that the first sensor has measured temperature above a threshold.
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23 Claims
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1. A vehicle rooftop cooling system, comprising:
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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). - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method of controlling a vehicle rooftop cooling system including:
- a radiator for liquid coolant, a fan coupled to the radiator to extract hot air, a first sensor in or proximate to the radiator configured to measure temperature, a controller communicably coupled to the first sensor and configured to receive inputs from the first sensor, to make determinations based on received inputs, and to communicate across a Controller Area Network (CAN), the method comprising;
receiving inputs from the first sensor, making determinations based on received inputs, issuing control signals in response to said determinations, and communicating across a Controller Area Network (CAN). - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
- a radiator for liquid coolant, a fan coupled to the radiator to extract hot air, a first sensor in or proximate to the radiator configured to measure temperature, a controller communicably coupled to the first sensor and configured to receive inputs from the first sensor, to make determinations based on received inputs, and to communicate across a Controller Area Network (CAN), the method comprising;
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