US 11,659,696 B2
Vehicle computer cooling architecture
Carter William McEathron, Redwood City, CA (US); Laura Rose Plaxico, Redwood City, CA (US); Anubhav Thakur, San Francisco, CA (US); Jaime Andres Ocampo Villegas, Foster City, CA (US); Nicholas John Swatko, Foster City, CA (US); and Silas Kogure Wilkinson, San Francisco, CA (US)
Assigned to Zoox, Inc., Foster City, CA (US)
Filed by Zoox, Inc., Foster City, CA (US)
Filed on Nov. 21, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/691,521.
Prior Publication US 2021/0161033 A1, May 27, 2021
Int. Cl. H05K 7/20 (2006.01); G06F 1/20 (2006.01); B60H 1/00 (2006.01); B60R 16/023 (2006.01)
CPC H05K 7/20872 (2013.01) [H05K 7/20854 (2013.01); H05K 7/20863 (2013.01); H05K 7/20881 (2013.01); B60Y 2306/05 (2013.01); G06F 2200/201 (2013.01); H05K 7/20145 (2013.01); H05K 7/20263 (2013.01); H05K 7/20272 (2013.01); H05K 7/20336 (2013.01)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle comprising:
a computer system;
a heating ventilation and air conditioning system of the vehicle; and
a thermal management assembly in fluid communication with the heating ventilation and air conditioning system of the vehicle and coupled to the computer system to supply a fluid from the heating ventilation and air conditioning system of the vehicle to cool at least a portion of the computer system, wherein the thermal management assembly comprises:
a first manifold; and
a second manifold comprising: a groove coupled to a third component of the computer system or a printed board on which the third component of the computer system is mounted, and a locking mechanism attached to the third component of the computer system or the printed board,
wherein the first manifold is configured to transfer the fluid to a first cooling block associated with a first component of the computer system, and
wherein the second manifold is configured to transfer the fluid to a second cooling block associated with a second component of the computer system.