US 12,302,499 B2
Systems, methods and apparatus for temperature control and active cooling of an inspection robot
Edward A. Bryner, Pittsburgh, PA (US); Dillon R. Jourde, Pittsburgh, PA (US); Edwin H. Cho, Pittsburgh, PA (US); Mark Cho, Pittsburgh, PA (US); Michael A. Binger, Pittsburgh, PA (US); Kevin Y. Low, Pittsburgh, PA (US); Samuel Theodore Westenberg, Pittsburgh, PA (US); and Francesco H. Trogu, Pittsburgh, PA (US)
Assigned to Gecko Robotics, Inc., Pittsburgh, PA (US)
Filed by Gecko Robotics, Inc., Pittsburgh, PA (US)
Filed on May 24, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/752,177.
Application 17/752,177 is a continuation of application No. 17/716,249, filed on Apr. 8, 2022, granted, now 11,865,698.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/255,880, filed on Oct. 14, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/177,141, filed on Apr. 20, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0331987 A1, Oct. 20, 2022
Int. Cl. G06F 1/20 (2006.01); B25J 5/00 (2006.01); B25J 9/00 (2006.01); B25J 9/16 (2006.01); B25J 13/00 (2006.01); B25J 13/08 (2006.01); B25J 19/00 (2006.01); B25J 19/02 (2006.01); B60B 19/00 (2006.01); B60B 19/12 (2006.01); B60K 1/02 (2006.01); B62D 53/02 (2006.01); B62D 57/024 (2006.01); G01N 29/04 (2006.01); G01N 29/22 (2006.01); G01N 29/265 (2006.01); H05K 1/18 (2006.01)
CPC H05K 1/18 (2013.01) [B25J 5/007 (2013.01); B25J 9/0009 (2013.01); B25J 9/1617 (2013.01); B25J 9/163 (2013.01); B25J 9/1653 (2013.01); B25J 9/1664 (2013.01); B25J 9/1674 (2013.01); B25J 9/1694 (2013.01); B25J 13/006 (2013.01); B25J 13/087 (2013.01); B25J 19/0054 (2013.01); B25J 19/021 (2013.01); B25J 19/027 (2013.01); B60B 19/006 (2013.01); B60B 19/12 (2013.01); B60K 1/02 (2013.01); B62D 53/02 (2013.01); B62D 57/024 (2013.01); G01N 29/04 (2013.01); G01N 29/226 (2013.01); G01N 29/265 (2013.01); G06F 1/206 (2013.01); B60B 2360/102 (2013.01); B60B 2360/104 (2013.01); B60B 2360/109 (2013.01); B60B 2900/931 (2013.01); G01N 2291/0289 (2013.01); G01N 2291/2698 (2013.01); G06F 2200/201 (2013.01); H05K 2201/10151 (2013.01)] 34 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus, comprising:
a temperature determination circuit structured to interpret an inspection temperature value;
a temperature management circuit structured to determine a temperature management command in response to the inspection temperature value,
the temperature management command comprising at least one of a recirculation valve command or a routing valve command; and
a temperature response circuit structured to provide the temperature management command to a temperature management device associated with an inspection robot,
wherein the temperature management device comprises at least one of (a) a recirculation valve configured to modulate a recirculation rate of a couplant within a housing of the inspection robot or (b) a routing valve configured to adjust a couplant flow routing of the couplant through the inspection robot;
wherein when the temperature management device comprises the recirculation valve, the temperature management command comprises the recirculation valve command and the recirculation valve is response to the recirculation valve command; and
wherein when the temperature management device comprises the routing valve, the temperature management command comprises the routing valve command and the routing valve is responsive to the routing valve command.