ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,596,021, issued on April 7, was assigned to Waymo LLC (Mountain View, Calif.).
"Integrated cooling solution for spinning sensors" was invented by Simon Ellgas (San Jose, Calif.) and Justin Matthew Andrade (San Jose, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This technology relates to a system for cooling sensor components. The cooling system may include a sensor which has a sensor housing, a motor, a main vent, and a side vent. Internal sensor components may be positioned within the sensor housing. The motor may be configured to rotate the sensor housing around an axis. The rotation of the sensor housing may pull air into an interior portion...