Patent ID: 7703291
Filing Date: 2010-04-27
Classification: G01D,G06F,G07C,G11B

Abstract:
1. A mobile event recorder data pack system for use in a vehicle, the vehicle operating within a vehicle operating temperature range, the system comprising: a chassis within which a hard drive module housing is sealed, the hard drive module housing comprising: a standard hard drive; an insulating container containing the standard hard drive; a thermoelectric module, coupled to and provided within the housing and for coupling to the hard drive, to transfer heat between the hard drive and the housing in response to an applied voltage in order to maintain a hard drive temperature within a hard drive operable temperature range, the vehicle operating temperature range including temperatures outside the hard drive operable temperature range, and the hard drive operable temperature range being within the vehicle operating temperature range; a heat sink coupled to the thermoelectric module and to the housing to dissipate heat from the thermoelectric module to the housing; an active cooling system for actively drawing heat away from the hard drive, out of the housing and to the interior of the chassis; and a mechanical vibration isolator coupled to the hard drive and to the housing to reduce vibrational effects on the hard drive in order to maintain operation within a hard drive vibration limit.