US 12,458,716 B2
Ultraviolet sterilization apparatus and method of controlling the same
Jae Seung Lee, Hwaseong-si (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 Dec. 10, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/547,928.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0074561 (KR), filed on Jun. 9, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0395594 A1, Dec. 15, 2022
Int. Cl. A61L 2/10 (2006.01); A61L 2/24 (2006.01); A61L 2/26 (2006.01)
CPC A61L 2/10 (2013.01) [A61L 2/24 (2013.01); A61L 2/26 (2013.01); A61L 2202/11 (2013.01); A61L 2202/14 (2013.01); A61L 2202/16 (2013.01); A61L 2202/25 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An ultraviolet (UV) sterilization apparatus comprising:
a sterilization unit configured to be movable to a predetermined position, the sterilization unit comprising a UV emitter;
a driving unit configured to move the sterilization unit; and
a cover having a structure accommodating the sterilization unit and allowing an inside of the cover to communicate with an outside,
wherein a heat sink is provided in the cover in order to dissipate heat from the sterilization unit, wherein the cover comprises:
a frame;
a releasing element rotatably coupled to the frame and configured to fluidly communicate the inside of the cover with the outside; and
a plurality of fitting portions arranged in each of both sides of the frame to be spaced apart from each other at regular intervals,
wherein the releasing element includes a plurality of releasing elements configured to be received in the plurality of fitting portions by an external force, and
wherein, when the external force is removed, the plurality of releasing elements is rotated and is spread out from the plurality of fitting portions to allow the inside of the cover to communicate with the outside.