ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,285,991, issued on April 29, was assigned to NURO INC. (Mountain View, Calif.).
"Thermal system for autonomous vehicle" was invented by Luke Herbert Lonberger (Los Gatos, Calif.), Andre Barkhodaee (Mountain View, Calif.), Nathan Bozzo (San Martin, Calif.) and Brent B. Hopkins (Mountain View, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "According to one aspect, a thermal system of a vehicle which provides cooling to within the vehicle, e.g., within a driver and passenger carrying cabin or compartment, is effectively leveraged to provide cooling capabilities to autonomous vehicle systems. Some coolant flowing through a coolant loop included in the...