Compact Electronic Device with Thermal Management

    公开(公告)号:US20220221101A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-07-14

    申请号:US17657733

    申请日:2022-04-01

    Applicant: Google LLC

    Abstract: This application is directed to a passively-cooled electronic device including a housing, a plurality of electronic assemblies and a plurality of thermally conductive parts. The electronic assemblies are enclosed in the housing and include a first electronic assembly and a second electronic assembly. The first and second electronic assemblies are disposed proximately to each other within the housing, and the second electronic assembly is substantially sensitive to heat, including heat generated by operation of the first electronic assembly. The thermally conductive parts are coupled between the first electronic assembly and the housing, and configured to create a first plurality of heat conduction paths to conduct the heat generated by the first electronic assembly away from the second electronic assembly without using a fan. At least a subset of the thermally conductive parts mechanically supports one or both of the first and second electronic assemblies.

    Thermal Gradient Battery Monitoring System and Methods

    公开(公告)号:US20220099606A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-03-31

    申请号:US17032679

    申请日:2020-09-25

    Applicant: Google LLC

    Abstract: A battery pack includes a battery, a first temperature sensor configured to provide a first temperature value associated with a temperature of the battery, a heat source disposed proximate to the battery and configured to heat the battery, a second temperature sensor configured to provide a second temperature value associated with a temperature of the heat source, and a control board coupled to the first temperature sensor and the second temperature sensor, wherein the control board is configured to receive the first temperature value and the second temperature value. The control board is configured to compare the first temperature value and the second temperature value to determine a temperature gradient between the battery and the heat source and transmit an alert if the temperature gradient exceeds a first temperature gradient threshold.

    COMPENSATION FOR INTERNAL POWER DISSIPATION IN AMBIENT ROOM TEMPERATURE ESTIMATION

    公开(公告)号:US20220066484A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-03-03

    申请号:US17006777

    申请日:2020-08-28

    Applicant: Google LLC

    Abstract: A smart-home device may include a temperature sensor, energy-consuming subsystems, and processors programmed to receive a temperature measurement from the temperature sensor for an ambient environment surrounding the temperature sensor; receive inputs from the energy-consuming subsystems that indicate power-consuming activities of the energy-consuming subsystems; providing the inputs from the energy-consuming subsystems to a model that is trained to calculate an effect of the power-consuming activity of the energy-consuming subsystems on the temperature measurement from the temperature sensor; and calculating an estimate of the temperature of the ambient environment by compensating the temperature measurement from the temperature sensor with using the effect of the power-consuming activity of the energy-consuming subsystems.

    MEASURING DISSIPATED ELECTRICAL POWER ON A POWER RAIL

    公开(公告)号:US20220065906A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-03-03

    申请号:US17006780

    申请日:2020-08-28

    Applicant: Google LLC

    Abstract: A smart-home device may include a main power rail that provides power to components of the smart-home device; an integrator coupled to the main power rail that stores energy on an energy-storage device, where the energy stored on the energy-storage device is representative of an amount an amount of power provided to the smart-home device through the main power rail during an integration cycle of the integrator; and a counter that stores a number of integration cycles performed by the integrator during a time interval, where a total amount of power provided to the smart-home device through the main power rail during the time interval is represented by: (1) the number of integration cycles performed by the integrator during the time interval; and (2) the energy stored on the energy-storage device.

    Thermal gradient battery monitoring system and methods

    公开(公告)号:US12050190B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-07-30

    申请号:US18312477

    申请日:2023-05-04

    Applicant: Google LLC

    CPC classification number: G01N25/72 G01R31/371 G01R31/392 H01M10/615 H01M10/63

    Abstract: A battery pack includes a battery, a first temperature sensor configured to provide a first temperature value associated with a temperature of the battery, a heat source disposed proximate to the battery and configured to heat the battery, a second temperature sensor configured to provide a second temperature value associated with a temperature of the heat source, and a control board coupled to the first temperature sensor and the second temperature sensor, wherein the control board is configured to receive the first temperature value and the second temperature value. The control board is configured to compare the first temperature value and the second temperature value to determine a temperature gradient between the battery and the heat source and transmit an alert if the temperature gradient exceeds a first temperature gradient threshold.

    MEASURING DISSIPATED ELECTRICAL POWER ON A POWER RAIL

    公开(公告)号:US20240168068A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-05-23

    申请号:US18426790

    申请日:2024-01-30

    Applicant: Google LLC

    CPC classification number: G01R22/065 G01R22/10 G05D23/1917

    Abstract: A smart-home device may include a main power rail that provides power to components of the smart-home device; an integrator coupled to the main power rail that stores energy on an energy-storage device, where the energy stored on the energy-storage device is representative of an amount an amount of power provided to the smart-home device through the main power rail during an integration cycle of the integrator; and a counter that stores a number of integration cycles performed by the integrator during a time interval, where a total amount of power provided to the smart-home device through the main power rail during the time interval is represented by: (1) the number of integration cycles performed by the integrator during the time interval; and (2) the energy stored on the energy-storage device.

    Thermal gradient battery monitoring system and methods

    公开(公告)号:US11680918B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-06-20

    申请号:US17032679

    申请日:2020-09-25

    Applicant: Google LLC

    CPC classification number: G01N25/72 G01R31/371 G01R31/392

    Abstract: A battery pack includes a battery, a first temperature sensor configured to provide a first temperature value associated with a temperature of the battery, a heat source disposed proximate to the battery and configured to heat the battery, a second temperature sensor configured to provide a second temperature value associated with a temperature of the heat source, and a control board coupled to the first temperature sensor and the second temperature sensor, wherein the control board is configured to receive the first temperature value and the second temperature value. The control board is configured to compare the first temperature value and the second temperature value to determine a temperature gradient between the battery and the heat source and transmit an alert if the temperature gradient exceeds a first temperature gradient threshold.

    TEMPERATURE SENSOR ISOLATION IN SMART-HOME DEVICES

    公开(公告)号:US20220065704A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-03-03

    申请号:US17006472

    申请日:2020-08-28

    Applicant: Google LLC

    Abstract: A smart-home device may include a housing, a printed circuit board (PCB) inside the housing, an environmental sensor mounted to the PCB inside the housing, and a gasket that encloses the environmental sensor inside the housing to isolate the environmental sensor from an atmosphere inside of the housing while allowing an atmosphere outside of the housing to enter the gasket such that the environmental sensor can measure an aspect of the atmosphere outside of the housing.

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