Vehicle Ranging Mount With Wind-Cooled Shielding Plate
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing vehicle mounting structures for ranging devices require a fan to dissipate heat, increasing the overall size and production costs due to the additional components needed.
Innovation Solution
A vehicle mounting structure that uses a bracket to attach a ranging device to a vehicle's outer surface and a shielding plate to introduce traveling wind into a mounting space, allowing for efficient heat dissipation without the need for a fan.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Temperature
If a fan is used to dissipate heat from the ranging device, then heat dissipation effectiveness is improved, but device complexity and production costs increase due to additional components
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts and removes the fan component from the heat dissipation system, replacing active mechanical cooling with passive natural convection and wind-driven cooling through strategically designed openings in the shielding plate, thereby simplifying the overall device structure while maintaining heat dissipation effectiveness
Solution Approach 2:
The mounting structure utilizes the vehicle's traveling wind and natural air convection to achieve heat dissipation without requiring external power sources or mechanical actuators. The shielding plate's openings automatically channel ambient airflow to cool the ranging device, making the system self-regulating and eliminating the need for fans
2Temperature
If a fan is installed in the mounting structure, then heat dissipation is improved, but the overall size of the mounting structure increases due to additional components
Solution Approach 1:
The fan component is completely removed from the mounting structure, eliminating the need for motor housings, blade assemblies, and associated mounting brackets, thereby significantly reducing the overall volume of the mounting structure while maintaining effective heat dissipation through passive cooling design
3Temperature
If a fan is used for heat dissipation, then thermal management is improved, but production costs increase due to additional components and assembly steps
Solution Approach 1:
The patent eliminates the fan component and its associated procurement, inventory, quality control, and assembly costs. The shielding plate with integrated cooling openings can be manufactured as a single piece or with simple stamping/forming operations, significantly reducing production complexity and cost compared to assembling multiple fan components
Solution Approach 2:
The shielding plate is designed to simultaneously provide structural coverage for the ranging device and incorporate heat dissipation functionality through integrated openings. This merging of protective and thermal management functions into a single component reduces the total part count and assembly steps, thereby lowering production costs
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 configuration reduces the overall size and production costs of the mounting structure while effectively dissipating heat generated by the ranging device, improving its thermal management.
Implementation Method 1
the shielding plate forms an opening for introducing into the mounting space traveling wind occurring along with travel of the vehicle
Data Source
AI summary
A vehicle mounting structure for a ranging device includes a ranging device, a bracket, and a shielding plate. The ranging device measures the distance to an object by emitting transmitted waves and detecting reflected waves from the object to which the transmitted wave has been emitted. The bracket attaches the ranging device in a mounting space formed on an outer surface of a vehicle and capable of accommodating the ranging device. The shielding plate covers the mounting space from the outer-surface side of the vehicle with the ranging device attached in the mounting space. The mounting space is provided on at least one of a front surface of the vehicle, a side surface of the vehicle, or a rear surface of the vehicle. The shielding plate forms an opening for introducing into the mounting space traveling wind occurring along with travel of the vehicle.