ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,457,704, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to Kodiak Robotics Inc. (Mountain View, Calif.).
"Vented sensor pod systems and methods" was invented by Laura Weeks Shane (San Mateo, Calif.) and Jay Kuvelker (San Francisco).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of regulating a temperature of a sensor pod on an autonomous vehicle includes determining a temperature of the sensor pod, determining an amount a vent should be opened based upon the operational status of the autonomous vehicle, an internal temperature of the sensor pod, and ambient temperature of the environment, opening a vent when the temperature is above a predetermined threshold t...