Patent ID: 11931472
Assignee: ZOOX, INC.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A  B | IPC A  B

Claim 0:
1. A vehicle comprising:
a passenger compartment including a ceiling;
a climate control system configured to force air into the passenger compartment via a conduit; and
a light assembly coupled to the ceiling, the light assembly comprising:
a housing coupled to and in fluid communication with the conduit, the housing defining an ingress via which forced air from the climate control system enters the housing and an egress via which the forced air exits the housing into the passenger compartment;
a light-emitting diode (LED) configured to emit UVC light into the passenger compartment; and
a heat sink thermally coupled to the LED and disposed in a path of the forced air such that the forced air impinges on the heat sink entering the passenger compartment.