New Patents Reveal Features Scout Buyers Will Love
The engineers at Scout have some awesome truck features on their minds.
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Finally Patents are being filed!New Patents Reveal Features Scout Buyers Will Love
The engineers at Scout have some awesome truck features on their minds.
If you go on the USPTO site, they actually have a bunch of things filed. A lot of UX patents. And a few controllers and charging system(which I found interesting).
Nice find. Thanks for posting the link.New Patents Reveal Features Scout Buyers Will Love
The engineers at Scout have some awesome truck features on their minds.
Oh I hope we get the drawer under the drivers seat. One of my BMWs had that. I really like it.
Also I wish the seats had that break in the front like my BMW did. So you could extend the bottom of the seat to the back of your knees. That was really nice feature.
I saw something in the USPTO for under seat storage. Seems those seat rails that look like an engineers nightmare are full steam ahead. Talk about having a standardized wire harness, this thing will be unstoppable if they do a standard wire harness and not different one for each trim.
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I first read it as scout Parents. And had a WTF moment wondering what the thread was gonna be about 
That extender/step is brilliant and so simple in application. Nice job SM design team!New Patents Reveal Features Scout Buyers Will Love
The engineers at Scout have some awesome truck features on their minds.
I’ve been thinking about looking at Scout patents.
My favorite so far is their innovative cooling system for the battery. It’s an “obvious” set of solutions once you think about it, but it’s clear nobody else has spent much time thinking about it.
One of my favorite parts about it is their intention to actively cool the busbars directly. I haven’t looked at every battery out there, but this isn’t necessarily something that all other battery systems incorporate. One huge advantage of this is that they can chose to use smaller busbars for reduced weight and cost or use the original spec busbars to get even better high-power performance.
From this, I wonder if there will be a Maximum Tow package that incorporates both the large busbars (to provide higher amperage draws across them) and cooled busbars (to keep those busbars from overheating). The Maximum Tow package may also include a separate cooler. I don’t see a patent for that at the moment.
Another part that’s interesting is that they mention using CO2 as a possible cooling fluid. CO2 can be very efficient at moving heat…especially when it’s at the supercritical phase, and especially in the winter. But not necessarily so much in the summer—the higher temperatures in summer in the desert southwest might prove to make the system less efficient. BUT if they size the compressors for summer operation, they may still be smaller than traditional refrigerant compressors and will outperform those traditional refrigerants in the winter. This is a neat approach that I hope they take. The use of CO2 in these systems could also make it MUCH easier for DIYers to repair and refill the refrigerant (with the proper tools) since CO2 isn’t as toxic as some modern refrigerants.
One part that I hope works out for Scout but that I’m concerned about is that as-written (and if they implement it), the design will use the cabin HVAC for both cooling the cabin and for cooling the battery system. Maybe their modeling has demonstrated they can do this, but I have my doubts. After sitting in 110-120 degrees F heat in Needles, CA charging the battery without a shade over the vehicle, and when the battery is 8 inches above the blacktop that’s radiating at 150+ degrees F, they’re going to need a LOT of cooling.
My favorite so far is their innovative cooling system for the battery. It’s an “obvious” set of solutions once you think about it, but it’s clear nobody else has spent much time thinking about it.
One of my favorite parts about it is their intention to actively cool the busbars directly. I haven’t looked at every battery out there, but this isn’t necessarily something that all other battery systems incorporate. One huge advantage of this is that they can chose to use smaller busbars for reduced weight and cost or use the original spec busbars to get even better high-power performance.
From this, I wonder if there will be a Maximum Tow package that incorporates both the large busbars (to provide higher amperage draws across them) and cooled busbars (to keep those busbars from overheating). The Maximum Tow package may also include a separate cooler. I don’t see a patent for that at the moment.
Another part that’s interesting is that they mention using CO2 as a possible cooling fluid. CO2 can be very efficient at moving heat…especially when it’s at the supercritical phase, and especially in the winter. But not necessarily so much in the summer—the higher temperatures in summer in the desert southwest might prove to make the system less efficient. BUT if they size the compressors for summer operation, they may still be smaller than traditional refrigerant compressors and will outperform those traditional refrigerants in the winter. This is a neat approach that I hope they take. The use of CO2 in these systems could also make it MUCH easier for DIYers to repair and refill the refrigerant (with the proper tools) since CO2 isn’t as toxic as some modern refrigerants.
One part that I hope works out for Scout but that I’m concerned about is that as-written (and if they implement it), the design will use the cabin HVAC for both cooling the cabin and for cooling the battery system. Maybe their modeling has demonstrated they can do this, but I have my doubts. After sitting in 110-120 degrees F heat in Needles, CA charging the battery without a shade over the vehicle, and when the battery is 8 inches above the blacktop that’s radiating at 150+ degrees F, they’re going to need a LOT of cooling.
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Guessing now that they are filing things they’ll start with the more after/add products then move to the big ticket and innovation patents to minimize public awareness.
I added some more to my comment. I’m pretty interested in their thermal solutions. I did a ton of thermal modeling in graduate school and this stuff fascinates me.
Another patent they have submitted is for a single pump to run the hydraulics for both a suspension system and the lubricating oil of an internal combustion engine. I have my doubts that they’ll find this reliable enough to use it in production, but it’s fascinating what intelligent people can dream up when they aren’t saddled with “it’s always been done this way” attitudes.
There is a patent for being able to change modes; but I want to know what “Baby Changing” mode is.
As newborn one of my kids would only fall asleep with a drive - so I would occasionally find myself in the middle of the night at a cold and sketchy parking lot changing diapers. Maybe that mode was for past me.
As newborn one of my kids would only fall asleep with a drive - so I would occasionally find myself in the middle of the night at a cold and sketchy parking lot changing diapers. Maybe that mode was for past me.
Maybe in "baby changing mode" when parked it drops the tailgate of a Terra and lights up the bed, if needed for a nice changing table. Or, user selectable open and light the Frunk on either Scout vehicle.
Will be interesting to see. Seems they are bringing back the American way. And aren't going the old way of, "if it aint broke dont fix it".
we need more engineers that are willing to push boundaries.
They are 100% making a fully capable vehicle.
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I was picturing it rolling the windows down and turning the HVAC blower to high to de-stink the cabin, haha.Maybe in "baby changing mode" when parked it drops the tailgate of a Terra and lights up the bed, if needed for a nice changing table. Or, user selectable open and light the Frunk on either Scout vehicle.
Volvo should be shaking in their boots. That Scout is back, and is more family oriented.
I wonder if it also vacuums the floors and the car seat, through the air vents. and it drops the waste on the road you are traveling on.I was picturing it rolling the windows down and turning the HVAC blower to high to de-stink the cabin, haha.
I'll be severely disappointed if that multifunction tailgate isn't named the Scout Breachgate.
