US 12,214,759 B2
Compressor cooling system for cleaning a vehicle sensor
Young Dug Yang, Seoul (KR)
Assigned to HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, Seoul (KR); and KIA CORPORATION, Seoul (KR)
Filed by HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, Seoul (KR); and KIA CORPORATION, Seoul (KR)
Filed on Nov. 11, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/985,580.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2022-0008256 (KR), filed on Jan. 20, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0227007 A1, Jul. 20, 2023
Int. Cl. B60S 1/56 (2006.01); B60S 1/54 (2006.01)
CPC B60S 1/56 (2013.01) [B60S 1/54 (2013.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A compressor cooling system for cleaning a vehicle sensor, the system comprising:
a rainwater sensor unit provided on a front window of a vehicle and configured to detect rainwater;
a rainwater collection unit configured to collect the rainwater flowing down to under the front window;
a water pump unit connected to the rainwater collection unit and configured to discharge the collected rainwater to an air compressor; and
an air compressor cooling unit combined with the air compressor and having an inlet flow path and an outlet flow path inside, the discharged rainwater cooling the air compressor while flowing through the inlet flow path and the outlet flow path.