Ceiling-Mounted Storage Housing Cooling for Smart Vehicles
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Solution Overview
Problem
The increasing demand for data storage in smart vehicles, particularly in autonomous vehicles, poses challenges in efficiently managing and cooling large-scale data storage devices to ensure vehicle safety, stability, and user-friendly infotainment systems, as existing solutions may lead to high power consumption and heating issues.
Innovation Solution
A cooling system for smart vehicles that includes a ceiling-mounted storage housing section with temperature-sensing and opening/closing mechanisms to control air circulation, using both outdoor and indoor air for cooling based on temperature and weather conditions, ensuring efficient cooling of storage devices.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Quantity of substance
If large-scale data storage devices are installed in vehicles to support autonomous driving and infotainment systems, then data storage capacity and processing speed are improved, but power consumption and heat generation increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the heat-generating storage devices from the main vehicle interior space and relocates them to a dedicated storage housing section positioned in the ceiling-mounted structure. This spatial extraction separates the storage function from the passenger compartment, allowing independent thermal management and reducing the impact of heat generation on vehicle power consumption and interior comfort.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces an air circulation system as an intermediary between the storage housing section and the vehicle interior. This intermediary mechanism facilitates heat transfer from the storage devices to the external environment through controlled air flow, mediating the thermal interaction and preventing direct heat accumulation that would increase power consumption for cooling.
2Quantity of substance
If large-scale data storage devices are installed in vehicles to support autonomous driving and infotainment systems, then data storage capacity and processing speed are improved, but heat generation increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the vehicle interior into distinct functional zones by creating a separate storage housing section in the ceiling. This segmentation isolates the high-temperature storage devices from the passenger compartment, allowing independent temperature control and heat dissipation management for the storage section without affecting interior comfort.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent utilizes the vertical dimension by positioning the storage housing section in the ceiling-mounted structure rather than occupying floor or dashboard space. This dimensional relocation provides access to unused thermal zones in the vehicle interior and facilitates better heat dissipation pathways toward the external environment.
3Temperature
If storage devices are kept in a ceiling-mounted storage housing section with opening/closing mechanisms, then cooling efficiency is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The opening/closing device serves multiple functions: it controls air circulation for cooling, provides security for the storage section, and enables access for maintenance. This multi-functionality reduces the need for separate dedicated components, thereby managing system complexity while achieving effective cooling.
Solution Approach 2:
The sensing circuit automatically detects temperature conditions and triggers the opening/closing device to regulate air flow without requiring manual intervention or complex control systems. This self-service mechanism simplifies the control architecture while maintaining effective thermal management.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
This solution effectively cools large-scale data storage devices, reducing power consumption and heating, thereby enhancing the operation and safety of smart vehicles by optimizing data storage and processing.
Implementation Method 1
a sensing circuit configured to detect a temperature of the indoor space
Implementation Method 2
an opening/closing device configured to open or close the indoor space... control air circulation, using both outdoor and indoor air for cooling
Data Source
AI summary
A cooling system for efficiently cooling large-scale data storage devices embedded in a vehicle, and a smart vehicle including the same are disclosed. The storage device cooling system includes a storage housing section located at a ceiling-mounted structure of a vehicle, provided with an indoor space thereof in which a plurality of storage devices is kept and an opening/closing device configured to open or close the indoor space, a sensing circuit configured to detect a temperature of the indoor space, and an opening/closing controller configured to control operations of the opening/closing device in response to the temperature detected by the sensing circuit.