Patent ID: 11920869
Assignee: CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, INC.
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC F  G  H | IPC F  H

Claim 0:
1. An apparatus comprising:
a high-temperature-rated device (HTRD) comprising an automotive telematics control unit;
a low-temperature-rated device (LTRD) comprising a network access device, the LTRD being thermally separated from the HTRD such that the LTRD is not stacked above the HTRD;
an energy-moving device (EMD) configured to transfer heat between the LTRD and the HTRD;
a temperature-controlling device (TCD) configured to actively transfer heat between the LTRD and the EMD;
an air-moving device (AMD) comprising a fan that is configured to generate an air stream for transferring heat from the EMD to ambient air;
a controller that receives temperature information about the ambient air, the LTRD, and the HTRD and determines when heat should be removed from the LTRD, when heat should be added to the LTRD, and when no heat needs to be transferred to or from the LTRD, wherein the controller determines a first voltage for the TCD and a second voltage for the AMD based on the received temperature information; and
a neural network that learns how particular values for the first voltage and the second voltage should be updated based on how effectively those particular values have performed to bring the LTRD within its normal operating range of temperatures in the past.