US 12,065,019 B2
Refrigerant system for cooling electronics
Terry Zeigler, Byron, IL (US); and Brett S. Connell, Winnebago, IL (US)
Assigned to Bergstrom, Inc., Rockford, IL (US)
Filed by Bergstrom, Inc., Rockford, IL (US)
Filed on Sep. 20, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/948,999.
Application 17/948,999 is a continuation of application No. 16/046,711, filed on Jul. 26, 2018, granted, now 11,448,441.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/537,864, filed on Jul. 27, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2023/0078956 A1, Mar. 16, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. B60H 1/00 (2006.01); B60H 1/32 (2006.01); F25B 25/00 (2006.01); F25B 49/02 (2006.01); H05K 7/20 (2006.01)
CPC B60H 1/3213 (2013.01) [B60H 1/00985 (2013.01); F25B 25/005 (2013.01); F25B 49/02 (2013.01); H05K 7/20881 (2013.01); F25B 2600/0253 (2013.01); F25B 2600/111 (2013.01); F25B 2600/13 (2013.01); F25B 2700/15 (2013.01); F25B 2700/195 (2013.01); F25B 2700/21163 (2013.01); F25B 2700/21171 (2013.01)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicular electronics cooling system, comprising:
a refrigerant loop;
a liquid coolant loop thermally coupled to the refrigerant loop such that heat transfers from a liquid coolant in the liquid coolant loop to a refrigerant in the refrigerant loop;
an electronics system thermally coupled to the liquid coolant loop such that heat transfers from the electronics system via the liquid coolant in the liquid coolant loop, wherein the electronics system is at least partially externally mounted on a vehicle; and
a controller communicatively coupled to the refrigerant loop, the liquid coolant loop, and the electronics system, the controller configured to:
obtain operating data from the electronics system indicative of cooling requirements of the electronics system; and
adjust a speed of one or more components of the vehicular electronics cooling system based on the operating data.