ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,565,897, issued on March 3, was assigned to Zoox Inc. (Foster City, Calif.).

"Fan optimization based on ambient and radiator outlet temperatures" was invented by Srinivasa Rao Vaddiraju (Fremont, Calif.) and Qinling Zheng (Redwood City, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Techniques for cooling a portion of a vehicle are discussed herein. A thermal management component may receive an ambient temperature proximate the vehicle. The vehicle may also receive a first coolant outlet temperature from a first radiator and a second coolant outlet temperature from a second radiator. In some examples, the first radiator may be located at a first ...