Portable In-Car Vapor Cooling Box
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing in-car temperature control devices for parked cars require structural changes, are aesthetically detrimental, costly, and pose risks of water permeation, noise, and theft, while also potentially damaging the car's interior and causing discomfort due to sprayed cooling liquids with unpleasant odors.
Innovation Solution
A wireless remote control system that remotely activates the car's power, engine, windows, and AC units using a receiver and controller circuit board, creating a triangular helix airflow for efficient cooling without structural modifications, thereby avoiding the drawbacks of previous solutions.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Temperature
If cooling liquid is sprayed inside the car using nozzles, then the in-car environment is cooled quickly, but the cooling liquid may dampen papers, cause unpleasant odors, and require additional installation of water tanks and nozzles
Solution Approach 1:
The invention extracts the harmful spraying function and replaces it with a vaporization-based cooling system. The cooling liquid is heated to generate vapor, which then cools the car interior through evaporation, eliminating the need for nozzles and water tanks while avoiding the problems of dampening and unpleasant odors.
Solution Approach 2:
The invention replaces the mechanical spraying system (pump, nozzles, water tanks) with a thermal-vaporization system. Instead of mechanically forcing liquid through nozzles, the system uses heating elements to vaporize the cooling liquid, which then naturally disperses and cools the interior through evaporation.
2Temperature
If solar panels and air-suction system are installed on the car roof, then hot air is expelled and in-car temperature is lowered, but the car's structural integrity is broken and problems such as water permeation and increased noise are induced
Solution Approach 1:
The invention extracts the heat dissipation function from the car's structural components (roof, windows) and relocates it to a portable, non-invasive device. The cooling system is contained within a box that can be placed inside the car, eliminating the need to break structural integrity or risk water permeation.
Solution Approach 2:
The invention introduces a portable cooling box as an intermediary device that performs heat dissipation without requiring integration with the car's structure. The box contains all necessary components (heating element, vaporization chamber, fan) and can be easily installed and removed without affecting the car's structural integrity or sealing.
3Temperature
If window-based solar heat-dissipating device is mounted on car window, then in-car temperature is lowered, but problems such as water permeation, noise, thievery and aesthetic degradation occur
Solution Approach 1:
The invention extracts the cooling function from the car's exterior surfaces (windows, roof) and relocates it to an interior portable device. The cooling box is placed inside the car and operates independently, eliminating all risks associated with exterior mounting including water permeation, noise, theft, and aesthetic degradation.
Solution Approach 2:
The invention employs a simple, portable, and inexpensive cooling box that can be easily installed and removed. The device uses basic components (heating element, fan, vaporization chamber) rather than complex integrated systems, making it affordable and flexible without requiring permanent installation that could lead to structural or aesthetic problems.
4Temperature
If water pump and heat sink are installed at the car's roof, then condensed water from AC refrigerant pipe is delivered to lower in-car temperature, but structural changes are required and problems related to water permeation, noise and aesthetic degradation occur
Solution Approach 1:
The invention extracts the heat dissipation and water delivery functions from the car's roof structure and consolidates them into a portable interior box. The cooling box contains its own water reservoir and vaporization system, eliminating the need for roof-mounted heat sinks, water pumps, and structural modifications.
Solution Approach 2:
The invention merges multiple functions (water storage, heating, vaporization, air circulation, and heat dissipation) into a single integrated portable box. This consolidation eliminates the need for separate roof-mounted components and complex installation, making the system easier to manufacture and install while avoiding structural modifications.
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 provides rapid, comfortable, and safe temperature control without aesthetic or structural damage, using concealed wiring and inexpensive components, effectively removing hot air and toxic substances, while preventing theft and offering one-touch automatic operation.
Implementation Method 1
heating the cooling liquid to generate vapor that cools the car interior through evaporation
Implementation Method 2
a fan system, thereby lowering the in-car temperature
Data Source
AI summary
An in-car temperature-controlling device for a car in its parked state uses a wireless remote control to remotely control a power-activating unit, an engine-starting unit, a window-activating unit and an AC-activating unit of the car, so as to adjust the car's in-car temperature. Its installation is easy and needs no structural changes to the car, so the car using the device can, in its parked state, have its in-car temperature prevented from being too high or too low. The in-car temperature-controlling device is characterized in contributing to convenience, safety, comfort and low costs, and is applicable to all existing and newly built cars.