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Document | Title | Date |
20080257623 | Swing-Type Operation Machine - To realize a mounting structure on the rear side of the seat of the operator station on which the seat and equipment for operation are installed in the swing table of a swing-type operation machine, the mounting structure being simple in construction yet imparted with a sufficiently large strength without increasing the size of the swing table or without utilizing the counter weight. The swing-type operation machine comprises an under carriage, a swing table mounted on the under carriage so as to freely swing thereon, an operator station mounted on the swing table and on which a seat and equipment for operation are installed, and a heat exchanger-mounting body supporting a heat exchanger for cooling the engine that is positioned at the back of the seat of the operator station and supporting the rear part of the seat of the operator station. | 10-23-2008 |
20080257624 | Cooling device for electric apparatus mounted on vehicle - Exhaust air from an electric-powered battery cooling fan which draws in an exhaust airflow from a battery for traveling purpose is diffused in a direction to a ventilating opening provided in a first cross member, as shown by an arrow C ( | 10-23-2008 |
20080264707 | COOLING STRUCTURE FOR A CONTINUOUS VARIATION TRANSMISSION SYSTEM OF AN ALL-TERRAIN VEHICLE - A cooling structure for a continuous variation transmission system of an all-terrain vehicle which includes a radiator mounted at a front end of the vehicle and under a front body cover, a hood enclosing the radiator, a gearbox having an inlet and an outlet, the inlet being connected with an inlet conduit for drawing outside cool air into the gearbox, the outlet being connected with an exhaust conduit for discharging hot air from the gearbox, wherein the inlet conduit has an inlet end mounted between the hood and the front body cover and shielded by the hood and the front body cover, whereby the cooling structure can effectively prevent water, dirt and dust from entering the gearbox and are simple in construction and easy to assemble and maintain. | 10-30-2008 |
20080296075 | DUCTLESS COOLING SYSTEM FOR A VEHICLE POWER STORAGE UNIT - A battery of a vehicle is cooled by air from a cabin of the vehicle. The air from the cabin flows underneath a rear seat of the vehicle and to the battery. | 12-04-2008 |
20090050385 | SELECTIVE CLOSING OF AT LEAST ONE VEHICLE OPENING AT A FRONT PORTION OF A VEHICLE - Mechanisms are described for selectively closing grille and/or bumper openings. These mechanisms may be operated in response to one or more vehicle parameters. Closure mechanism control signals may be delivered to such mechanisms along a vehicle databus. In addition, vehicle parameters used in determining the control of such mechanisms may be sensed and provided along the databus to a controller which then processes the parameter information for determining whether to open or close the vehicle grille closing mechanism and/or the vehicle bumper opening closing mechanism. | 02-26-2009 |
20090057043 | Variable Pitch Radiator Fan Control System - A control system for a variable pitch radiator fan is disclosed. The control system is capable of varying the blade pitch of the radiator fan from a normal position to a full reverse position. The control system can change the blade pitch based on a number of factors, including vehicle speed. In systems with a plurality of fans, the control system is also capable of independently controlling the blade pitch of each of the fans. In systems with multiple fans, the control system can produce a circulation mode. | 03-05-2009 |
20090120702 | Structure for Installing Electrical Part - A structure for installing a fan as an electrical part includes a battery case having a top surface and provided to a vehicle, and a battery cooling fan installed at a prescribed position on the top surface. The battery case and the battery cooling fan have a guide, grooves and guides which guide the battery cooling fan toward the prescribed position while the battery cooling fan is slid on the top surface. By such a configuration, the structure for installing the electrical part with good workability at the time of installation is provided. | 05-14-2009 |
20090139786 | UNDERCOVER SYSTEM OF AN ENGINE COMPARTMENT OF A VEHICLE - An undercover system is attached to the bottom of a vehicle engine compartment. A cover has at least one inlet to introduce air from under the engine compartment into the engine compartment. The cover may have a downwardly slanted surface, and the inlet may be near the slanted surface. The inlet may include an opening, and a guide portion to guide the air toward the opening. The guide portion may have a corner pointing toward the front of the vehicle. The cover may also have an exhaust portion behind the inlet, to exhaust the air. The exhaust portion may include an exhaust guide plate slanted toward the engine compartment. The cover may also include an oil drain hole. An additional exhaust portion may be provided behind the exhaust portion. | 06-04-2009 |
20090152031 | Outlet duct of battery system for hybrid electric vehicle - The present invention provides an outlet duct for discharging air to the outside during air cooling in a battery system for a hybrid electric vehicle. | 06-18-2009 |
20090159352 | COOLING DEVICE FOR VEHICLE - A cooling device for a vehicle, comprising a fan comprising an input end and a power supply, a transmission box having an input end, a universal joint coupling having an input end and a pulley; wherein the input end of the transmission box is connected to the universal joint coupling, the input end of the universal joint coupling is connected to the pulley, the input end of the transmission box is connected to a transmission device via the universal joint coupling, the transmission box operates to change an angle between a movement center line of the power supply and that of the fan. | 06-25-2009 |
20090183935 | STRUCTURE FOR MOUNTING POWER SUPPLY APPARATUS ON VEHICLE - A structure for mounting a power supply apparatus on a vehicle includes a driver's seat and a passenger's seat installed within a vehicle compartment and aligned in the vehicle width direction, an instrument panel provided at the vehicle front inside the vehicle compartment and equipped with electronics, a battery pack assembly located between the driver's seat and the passenger's seat, and wire harnesses electrically connected to the battery pack assembly. The vehicle front side and the vehicle upper side of the wire harnesses face the battery pack assembly. With the above-described configuration, there is provided a structure for mounting a power supply apparatus on a vehicle where the electronics provided at the instrument panel are appropriately protected from an electromagnetic wave. | 07-23-2009 |
20090188734 | Flow-Inducing Baffle For Engine Compartment Ventilation - A work machine comprises a baffle configured to divert air flow from a source of pressurized air laterally outwardly toward a peripheral edge of the baffle to create a flow-inducing region about the peripheral edge to ventilate the engine compartment. | 07-30-2009 |
20090205891 | VEHICLE LOAD FLOOR SUPPORT WITH INTEGRAL AIR DUCT - A porous, sound absorbing structural foam load floor support is provided that defines an integral duct. The duct is configured as a ventilation air passage from the air outlet of a heat-emitting component, such as an energy storage system in a hybrid vehicle, so that the load floor support serves both to support the load floor as well as to provide a route for heat dissipation. By integrating the duct within the load floor support, a separate duct, which would have to route around other vehicle components located under the load floor, is not required. The structural foam load floor support is configured to absorb noise of a cooling system for the energy storage system. A porous expanded polypropylene foam is especially well-suited for noise attenuation and load floor support. | 08-20-2009 |
20090242295 | Saddle-type vehicle including front-end mounted radiator, controller case and controller heat shield - A saddle-type vehicle including a radiator disposed forwardly of a steering shaft for steering a front wheel, the radiator being covered by a vehicle body cover, the vehicle including a controller case which extends forwardly of the steering shaft of a vehicle body frame, formed separately from the vehicle body cover, and fixed on a frame supporting the radiator. The controller case is positioned rearward of and above the radiator, and is configured such that the controller case supports an electronic controller therein. The saddle-type vehicle also includes a heat shield disposed between the radiator and the controller, wherein the heat shield substantially isolates the controller from heat emitted from the radiator. | 10-01-2009 |
20090260905 | In-Vehicle Device Cooling Apparatus - A cooling apparatus cools a battery and a DC/DC converter. In a duct, a battery cooling fan having a great rated capacity is installed. The duct branches into a battery-side intake duct and a DC/DC converter-side intake duct on the downstream side of the battery cooling fan. In the battery-side intake duct, the battery is installed to received cooling air. In the DC/DC converter side intake duct, the DC/DC converter is installed to receive cooling air. A DC/DC converter cooling fan having a small rated capacity is installed directly upstream of the DC/DC converter. An ECU controls the two cooling fans based on the temperature of the battery and the DC/DC converter. | 10-22-2009 |
20090266632 | Air cooling system for electric drive machine - An electric drive machine includes an internal combustion engine remotely coupled to an electrical power generator, which is electrically connected to an electrical components system. The electrical components system is electrically connected to a pair of electric drive motors that are configured to drive wheels of the electric drive machine. A cooling system includes a blower fluidly connected to, and positioned downstream of, the electrical components system. The blower is fluidly connected to, and positioned upstream of, the electrical power generator and the pair of electric drive motors. | 10-29-2009 |
20090277706 | AIR MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR HEAVY DUTY TRUCK UNDER-HOOD HEAT CONTROL - A system for removing heat from the engine compartment ( | 11-12-2009 |
20100006361 | AGRICULTURAL MACHINE HAVING DEDICATED MULTI-SECTION FAN UNIT - A fan unit for an agricultural machine includes a fan housing configured to define a plurality of fan chambers. Each fan chamber of the plurality of fan chambers has a respective air inlet port and a respective air outlet port. A shaft is rotatably mounted to the fan housing. The shaft has an axis of rotation that intersects the plurality of fan chambers. A plurality of fans is attached to the shaft for rotation with the shaft. Each fan of the plurality of fans is located in a separate respective fan chamber of the plurality of fan chambers. | 01-14-2010 |
20100071976 | JALOUSIE FOR A VEHICLE - The jalousie for the control of the air flow through the engine cooler of a vehicle has rotatable fins ( | 03-25-2010 |
20100071977 | APPARATUS FOR FEEDING COOLING AIR TO A RADIATOR OF A MOTOR VEHICLE - Inlet openings at the frontal region of a vehicle have actuable transversely oriented pivoting lamellae disposed behind them. The lamellae guide an air flow to a vehicle radiator in a targeted manner. The pivoting lamellae are connected to an actuating device with control linkages that are articulated to one another via deflection levers for an upper and a lower lamella unit. The upper pivoting lamellae are adjusted at an angle which is different than the lower pivoting lamellae. The upper pivoting lamellae can be set in each case as a unit jointly with the lower pivoting lamellae as a further unit. | 03-25-2010 |
20100089674 | Tractor - The present invention is provided for sufficiently ensuring a heat balance in the inside of a bonnet. In a tractor in which a radiator including an outside-air suction fan is arranged frontward of an engine, the radiator and the outside-air suction fan are covered with a bonnet, and the outside air is sucked by the outside-air suction fan through a front grille portion formed in the bonnet thus cooling the radiator, a radiator cooling air discharge opening portion is formed in a side wall portion of the bonnet, and the radiator cooling air discharge opening portion opens in the rearward direction. | 04-15-2010 |
20100147611 | Motor vehicle and control method of motor vehicle - A motor vehicle is equipped with an outside air introduction assembly | 06-17-2010 |
20100163324 | Radiator core support structure - A radiator core support structure includes a radiator core support, a first heat exchanger and a second heat exchanger. The radiator core support has a lower radiator core support member. The first heat exchanger is arranged to face a front surface of the lower radiator core support member to cover a front surface thereof. The second heat exchanger is aligned with the first heat exchanger at a rear side thereof. The lower radiator core support member is formed with an airflow space that is formed inside of the lower radiator core support member to extend in a lateral direction of a vehicle. The airflow space is fluidically connected with an intake opening portion that is formed on the front surface of the lower radiator core support member at a position where the first heat exchanger faces the lower radiator core support member to cover, and also with an exhaust opening portion that is formed at on a partial portion of the lower radiator core support member. | 07-01-2010 |
20100181127 | Cool Air Plenum - A cool air plenum for use with an engine air intake system of a utility vehicle. The plenum prevents airflow from an engine to the air intake system. | 07-22-2010 |
20100181128 | CYCLONIC MOTOR COOLING FOR MATERIAL HANDLING VEHICLES - A material handling vehicle includes a cyclonic motor cooling system for a motor compartment that accommodates an ergonomically designed operator compartment. Together, the motor compartment and cyclonic motor cooling system include a generally cylindrical housing with a tangentially arranged cooling air injection port at a lower end and exhaust port at a radially and axially opposite end. An air blower directs cooling air into the compartment where a cyclonic cooling air flow and a vortex cooling flow is produced. The cyclonic air flow cools more effectively than conventional linear air flow while also reducing dust contamination and buildup of the motors in the motor compartment. | 07-22-2010 |
20100219008 | CONSTRUCTION MACHINE - In a heat exchanger cover ( | 09-02-2010 |
20100230195 | Arrangement of a Radiator and a Shock Absorber and Beam in a Motor Vehicle - The invention relates to an arrangement of a radiator ( | 09-16-2010 |
20100243351 | DRIVE UNIT FOR MOVABLE MEMBER - A drive unit for a movable member includes the movable member adjusting aerodynamic characteristics of a vehicle while the movable member is changing a position thereof, an electric motor operating the movable member, a preventing device preventing the movable member from operating beyond a specified operating range by making contact with the movable member, and a controlling device supplying an electric power to the electric motor for a reference time and operating the movable member from a first end to a second end of the specified operating range, the controlling device correcting the reference time on the basis of an external factor that affects an operating speed of the movable member. | 09-30-2010 |
20100243352 | MOVABLE GRILLE SHUTTER DEVICE FOR VEHICLE - An movable grille shutter device for a vehicle is provided, which includes a case adapted to be attached to a vehicle body; a plurality of louvers arranged in the case, the plural louvers being allowed to change between fully opened and closed postures for permitting and preventing, respectively, an air flow through a front grill opening portion into an engine compartment; a link mechanism arranged in the case and opening and closing the plurality of louvers; and a drive unit driving the link mechanism arranged in the case, wherein the link mechanism is driven by the drive unit so as to selectively operate a portion of and all of the plurality of louvers. | 09-30-2010 |
20100276220 | BATTERY COOLING AIR INTAKE STRUCTURE - In a battery cooling air intake structure, in which a trunk side lining ( | 11-04-2010 |
20100282533 | GRILLE DEVICE FOR VEHICLE - A grille device for a vehicle is provided. The grille device includes an adjustment member provided to be movable between a block position and a permission position for blocking and permitting intake of air into a radiator, respectively; a motor which moves the adjustment member; a battery for the motor; an electric generator which generates electric power for the battery; a motor controller which moves the adjustment member; and a grille controller which performs a first control for adjusting an air intake amount into the radiator and a second control for compulsorily moving the adjustment member to the permission position. The grille controller stops the first control and performs the second control when an output voltage of the battery becomes a voltage value outside a predetermined range and otherwise when an amount of power generation by the electric generator becomes smaller than a set minimum amount of power generation. | 11-11-2010 |
20100294580 | VEHICULAR POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM - A vehicular power supply system is provided in which the interior of a waterproof case ( | 11-25-2010 |
20100326755 | Agricultural Tractor Cooling Package - An agricultural tractor ( | 12-30-2010 |
20110000727 | MOTOR VEHICLE - A motor vehicle ( | 01-06-2011 |
20110000728 | COOLING AIR GUIDE DEVICE FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE - A cooling air guide device is provided for a motor vehicle which, viewed in the travel direction of the vehicle, can be situated in front of at least one cooling component of the vehicle and has at least one first guide component, which can be situated on a load-bearing structural part of the vehicle and one second guide component, which is upstream from the first guide component in the travel direction. The second guide component protrudes at least regionally up to a bumper fascia and has a material which is more easily deformable than the first component. | 01-06-2011 |
20110005851 | Vehicle grille including adjustable louvers, and/or method of making the same - In certain example embodiments of this invention, there is provided a grille for a vehicle (e.g., a car, truck, SUV, or the like). In certain example embodiments, the vehicle grille includes adjustable louvers. In certain example embodiments, the louvers are configured to change position relative to the grille (e.g., to rotate, slide, or otherwise move) when a predetermined condition is met (e.g., vehicle speed above/below a predefined threshold, wind speed above/below a predefined threshold, etc.). This configuration advantageously may result in better vehicle performance (such as, for example, better fuel efficiency), e.g., related to less drag and/or improved aerodynamics. | 01-13-2011 |
20110048828 | Side-by-side ATV - The present invention relates to all terrain vehicles having at least a pair of laterally spaced apart seating surfaces. More particularly, the present invention relates to trail compliant side-by-side all terrain vehicles. | 03-03-2011 |
20110073395 | APPARATUS FOR OPENING AND CLOSING AIR FLAP FOR VEHICLE - Disclosed herein is an apparatus for opening and closing an air flap for a vehicle. The apparatus for opening and closing an air flap may include a coolant temperature sensor provided at an engine to measure a coolant temperature of the engine, a control unit comparing a measurement value input from the coolant temperature sensor with a reference value stored therein, thus outputting a control signal, an actuator rotating in response to the control signal of the control unit, a power transmission unit connected to the actuator to transmit rotating force of the actuator, and a flap unit installed in an opening of a front end module carrier, and being selectively movable in a vertical direction in the opening by power transmitted from the power transmission unit to the flap unit to open or close the opening, thus permitting or preventing an inflow of air into the cooling module. | 03-31-2011 |
20110114405 | DRIVE ISOLATION SYSTEM FOR TRACTION ENGINE DRIVEN ACCESSORIES - An energy recovery interior heating system has a modified mechanical or electrical drive isolation system for vehicles such as trucks. This permits a standard air conditioning compressor pump to be driven from multiple power inputs thereby providing any hybrid or non-hybrid vehicle with continuous engine-on heating and/or air conditioning, limited time engine-off heating and air conditioning and two types of engine-off air conditioning temperature modulation. Another combination of the heating and air conditioning systems would permit the continuation of heating and cooling on hybrid vehicles when they are stationary and their traction batteries are fully charged and the vehicle is operating only on the electric motors for traction or work load power. This invention also provides internal combustion engine-off heating and A/C on these types of vehicles. Another embodiment uses the drive isolation system to integrate auxiliary power unit (APU) functions as part of the traction engine of over the road trucks. | 05-19-2011 |
20110120791 | Seat panel and gunner's turret panel for transporting miscellaneous equipment for use in military vehicles - A sling leather seat, seven inches wide, and approximately 29-30 inches long, having first and second end pieces and a center segment upon which a turret gunner can be seated, has a first ring between the first end piece and the middle segment, and a second ring between the second end piece and the middle segment. A leather waist belt is connected to the sling seat by a pair of elongated tethers connected between the first and second rings and the waist belt, respectively, including chains, cables and/or straps as the tethers which are of a length to allow the gunner to stand up, off the sling seat, but which will prevent the gunner from being ejected from the gun turret in the event of a vehicle rollover. The first and second end pieces of the sling seat are connected to a pair of rings, respectively, on the interior of the gun turret. The body belt in the preferred embodiment is tethered to the sling seat. In an alternative embodiment, the body belt can be tethered to a third ring anchored at or near the gunner's feet inside the turret. Alternative embodiments use PALS webbing stitched to a seat cover for Humvee, truck or tank seats, or for Gunners' Turret Panels, used to accommodate MOLLE pouches of various utility. | 05-26-2011 |
20110120792 | AIR GUIDE DEVICE FOR FRONT FACE STRUCTURE OF VEHICLE - The invention relates to a device for guiding air from a vehicle front surface structure including heat exchangers ( | 05-26-2011 |
20110132677 | AIR GUIDE PLATE FOR AUTOMOBILE AND SEALING STRUCTURE - The air guide plate | 06-09-2011 |
20110139525 | Engine compartment cooling system - In combination with an engine compartment having an engine, a hood, and at least two front quarter panel side walls defining an interior engine compartment, an engine compartment cooling system, is provided which includes a clear hole in at least one of the side walls positioned between a passenger compartment and a forward portion of a fender wheel well. At least one axial fan assembly has a fan housing, a plurality of fan blades, a motor shaft, and a fan motor. The fan assembly is mounted in the clear hole. A fan motor control system is operatively connected to a first temperature sensor for sensing a temperature of the engine compartment, and sending a first signal data to a controller operable to optimize a fan speed of the fan assembly based on the temperature of the engine compartment. A heated air flow path originates from the engine compartment and is exhausted outwardly through the fan assembly into an ambient air flow for cooling of the engine compartment. | 06-16-2011 |
20110139526 | STRUCTURAL BATTERY DUCT ASSEMBLY - A vehicle includes a cabin, a trunk area, a seating area located forward in the vehicle with respect to the trunk area, and a high voltage traction battery packaged in the trunk area. An electric motor is powered by the traction battery. A forced air system includes an inlet duct/inlet plenum arrangement for receiving air and providing air to the high voltage traction battery, an outlet duct for directing exhaust air from the high voltage traction battery, and a fan. At least one of the inlet duct/inlet plenum arrangement and the outlet duct forms a cross brace for the vehicle. The cross brace is located in the trunk area and extends between opposite sides of the vehicle to function as a structural member to provide structure and protect the high voltage traction battery. | 06-16-2011 |
20110155491 | SIDE CONVERGER FOR VEHICLE FRONT FACE STRUCTURE, CORRESPONDING FRONT FACE STRUCTURE, AND METHOD FOR ASSEMBLING SUCH A STRUCTURE - A side diffuser for a vehicle front surface structure, the vehicle front surface structure, and a method for assembling such a structure. The side diffuser guides air entering through air inlets from bumpers of the vehicle to heat exchangers located in front of the engine. The diffuser includes a plate, the back edge of which supports the heat exchangers and the front edge of which supports the bumpers and includes a recess capable of receiving the front crosspiece end of the vehicle. The back side of the diffuser includes: a pivoting axis capable of engaging with a corresponding receiving part provided on the heat exchangers, and an attaching part capable of engaging with a corresponding attaching part provided on the heat exchangers after one rotation of the side diffuser around pivoting axis. | 06-30-2011 |
20110168470 | Double heat exchanger radiator assembly - The disclosure generally relates to a heat exchanger apparatus having first and second heat exchangers arranged in a parallel configuration to receive a first fluid (e.g., a hot fluid) to be subjected to a heat exchange operation (e.g., cooling of the hot fluid). The first and second heat exchangers are further configured in a series configuration with respect to the flow of a second fluid to be used as a heat exchange medium (e.g., a cold fluid to be heated by the first, hot fluid). The heat exchanger apparatus can be used as a radiator (e.g., engine coolant heat exchanger) for a motorized vehicle, in particular a heavy vehicle intended for use in relatively hot ambient environments (e.g., an armored fighting vehicle adapted for desert use at ambient temperatures above about 100° F.). The disclosure also relates to methods of using the heat exchanger apparatus, for example in the motorized vehicle setting. | 07-14-2011 |
20110203861 | IMPACT AND DAMAGE RESISTANT FRONT END AIRLFOW CONTROL DEVICE - An airflow control device for controlling a flow of air through a grille of a vehicle includes a sheet of flexible material. The sheet is moveable between an open position allowing airflow through the grille and a closed position blocking airflow through the grille. The sheet moves in a generally vertical path between the open position and the closed position. | 08-25-2011 |
20110203862 | Fan Accessory Unit for a Motorcycle - A motorcycle fan unit or a horn and fan combination unit includes a decorative cover having a primary surface. An optional first bracket is attached to the cover, and an optional horn is attached to the first bracket. A second bracket is attached to the cover, and a fan is attached to the second bracket. The horn and fan are located behind the cover so as to be hidden from view when the cover is viewed from an angle being approximately perpendicular to the primary surface, or when the motorcycle is viewed from its lateral side. The fan may be located behind the horn in an overlapping fashion. Also, the fan may be designed to move air along a path approximately perpendicular to the primary surface of the cover and also move air along a path approximately parallel to the primary surface of the cover. | 08-25-2011 |
20110214931 | CONSTRUCTION MACHINE PROVIDED WITH ENGINE ROOM - Disclosed is a construction machine comprising an engine room having first and second exhaust ports, preventing deterioration of air flows due to collision of exhaust airs through the first and the second exhaust ports, and reducing noise transmission on lateral sides of the construction machine. The construction machine comprises an engine guard surrounding an engine room; an engine, a heat exchanger, and a cooling fan, which are installed in the engine room; and an exhaust air guide. The engine guard is formed with exhaust ports including the first and second exhaust ports. The first is opened in parallel to an axial direction of an engine output shaft. The second is formed in proximity to the first exhaust port downstream of the first exhaust port with respect to a direction parallel to the axial direction of the engine output shaft and opened upward below the first exhaust port. The exhaust air guide has a shape to change a flow direction of the air discharged through the first exhaust port in parallel to the axial direction of the engine output shaft into an upward direction at a position upstream of the second exhaust port. | 09-08-2011 |
20110220429 | ALL TERRAIN VEHICLE WITH IMPROVED AIR INTAKE - An all terrain vehicle contains a partition wall which partitions a passenger space and a hood which is arranged ahead of the partition wall. When viewed from the side of the vehicle, an air outlet of an exhaust passage is opened in an upper space located between the partition wall and the hood. | 09-15-2011 |
20110226541 | Movable grille shutter for vehicle - A movable grille shutter for a vehicle includes a fin adapted to be provided at a grille opening portion and being operated so as to freely open or close the grille opening portion through which ambient air is taken in, a drive source for driving the fin, a driving force transmitting mechanism for transmitting a driving force from the drive source to the fin and a flexible member being linked to the driving force transmitting mechanism and being deformed for operating the fin to open the grille opening portion in a case where a load that is equal to or more than a predetermined value is acted thereon. | 09-22-2011 |
20110232981 | Movable grille shutter for vehicle - A movable grille shutter for a vehicle includes a first fin adapted to be provided at a grille opening portion through which ambient air is taken in, a second fin adapted to be provided at the grille opening portion and be arranged so as to be parallel to the first fin, and an actuating device for actuating the first fin and the second fin so as to open or close the grille opening portion. The actuating device includes a first output shaft arranged on a rotational axis of the first fin, a second output shaft arranged on a rotational axis of the second fin so as to rotate in a direction opposite to a rotation of the first output shaft, a driving source for applying a driving force to the first output shaft and the second output shaft and an actuating device. | 09-29-2011 |
20110297468 | ADJUSTABLE RADIATOR GRILL ARRANGEMENT - An adjustable radiator grill arrangement for a motor vehicle comprises at least one air channel, through which an air flow for the incident flow of a radiator can be guided. The grill arrangement has a first grill element and a second grill element, which are moveable relative to one another, in order to open or to close the air channel. The first grill element comprises a closing edge, which is disposed at a distance from a counter-edge when the air channel is opened and adjacent to the counteredge when the air channel is closed. The first grill element comprises an elastically deformable closing element, which forms the closing edge. | 12-08-2011 |
20110303472 | Variable Pitch Radiator Fan Control System - A control system for a variable pitch radiator fan is disclosed. The control system is capable of varying the blade pitch of the radiator fan from a normal position to a full reverse position. The control system can change the blade pitch based on a number of factors, including vehicle speed. In systems with a plurality of fans, the control system is also capable of independently controlling the blade pitch of each of the fans. In systems with multiple fans, the control system can produce a circulation mode. | 12-15-2011 |
20110308869 | FORKLIFT - A forklift configured so that an increased amount air flows into a radiator. A forklift is provided with a front axle ( | 12-22-2011 |
20120012410 | Movable grille shutter for vehicle - A movable grille shutter for a vehicle, which is provided at a grille opening portion through which ambient air is taken into an engine room, includes a first fin, a second fin provided along a lengthwise direction of the first fin in a manner that a predetermined angle is formed between the first fin and the second in a manner that the first fin and the second fin are arranged to match a shape of the grille opening portion. The movable grille shutter for the vehicle also includes a driving source for driving the first fin and the second fin for opening and closing the grille opening portion, and a universal joint provided between the first fin and the second fin for transmitting a driving force from the driving source to the first fin and the second fin. | 01-19-2012 |
20120012411 | COOLING AIR GUIDE FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE - An outlet air guide is formed between a front skirt and a body shell undersurface of a vehicle. The guide has at least one outlet opening having an outlet gap configured so that an outlet air flow can be guided out parallel to the undersurface from a radiator. | 01-19-2012 |
20120024611 | COOLING AIRFLOW INTAKE STRUCTURE - A cooling airflow intake structure that can efficiently channel an airflow for cooling from outside a vehicle to a body to be cooled is obtained. The cooling airflow intake structure includes: a power unit that generates a driving force for an automobile to travel; an undercover that covers, from a vehicle underside, a power unit chamber in which the power unit is placed; a cooling unit that is placed on a vehicle rear side of the power unit; a first duct that channels air to the cooling unit from a first inlet port that is formed opening toward a road surface in the undercover; and a second duct that channels air to the cooling unit from a second inlet port that is formed opening toward a vehicle front side in a bumper cover. The second duct is disposed between the power unit and the undercover in a vehicle vertical direction. | 02-02-2012 |
20120037439 | THERMAL CONTROL OF A HYBRID POWER TRAIN USING SHAPE MEMORY ALLOYS - A system includes a vehicle having a hybrid power train. The hybrid power train has a battery pack with a number of cells. The system further includes a heat transfer device including a shape memory alloy (SMA). The SMA in a low temperature position provides a first heat transfer environment to the battery pack, and in a high temperature position provides a second heat transfer environment to the battery pack. The first heat transfer environment provides a first heat transfer amount to the battery pack, and the second heat transfer environment provides a second heat transfer amount to the battery pack. The second heat transfer amount is greater than the first heat transfer amount. | 02-16-2012 |
20120043146 | RADIATOR GRILL FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE - A radiator grill ( | 02-23-2012 |
20120067655 | JAMMING RESISTANT AERO LOUVER - A louver for a vehicle includes a panel having a central portion and a first outer edge portion. A hinge interconnects the central portion and the first outer edge portion. The louver rotates about a rotation axis in a first direction from an open position to a closed position. The hinge bends to allow the first outer edge portion to move relative to the central portion to reduce an effective moment arm resisting rotational movement of the louver when the louver is bound. | 03-22-2012 |
20120080253 | FUEL-CELL-POWERED VEHICLE - A fuel-cell-powered vehicle includes a fuel cell, an air compressor that is mounted in an engine compartment of the vehicle and supplies air to the fuel cell, side members that are located on each lateral side of the engine compartment and fixed to a vehicle body, and a cross member that is laid so as to extend between the side members and supports the air compressor. | 04-05-2012 |
20120090906 | VENTILATION ASSEMBLY FOR A FRONT EXTERIOR OF A VEHICLE - A ventilation assembly is configured for operative attachment to a front exterior of a vehicle. The ventilation assembly includes a first and a second section. The first and second sections are configured to move between respective open and closed positions. The first and second sections define respective first and second openings when the first and second sections are in the respective open positions to provide continuous fluid movement from the front exterior of the vehicle therethrough. Likewise, the first and/or second sections are a fluid barrier, configured to prevent the ingress of fluid from the exterior of the vehicle through the respective opening, when the section is in the respective closed position. Additionally, one of the first and second sections is disposed above the other of the first and second sections on the front exterior of the vehicle. | 04-19-2012 |
20120097464 | CONTROL OF A SHUTTER VIA BI-DIRECTIONAL COMMUNICATION USING A SINGLE WIRE - A shutter system for controlling an airflow through a grille opening in a vehicle includes at least one louver. The shutter system also includes a mechanism configured to select a position for the at least one louver between and inclusive of fully-opened and fully-closed to control the airflow through the grille opening. The shutter system additionally includes a slave processor in operative communication with the mechanism and a master controller in bi-directional communication with the slave processor via a single wire. The master controller is adapted to control a selection of the position of the at least one louver by commanding the mechanism via the slave processor using solely the single wire. The slave processor is adapted to respond to the master controller using solely the single wire. A method of controlling operation of an adjustable shutter is also provided. | 04-26-2012 |
20120097465 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A SHUTTER IN A VEHICLE VIA A COOLING FAN DUTY-CYCLE - A method is provided for controlling operation of an adjustable shutter configured to be operated between and inclusive of fully-closed and fully-opened positions for cooling a powertrain in a vehicle having a grille opening. The method includes monitoring operation of a fan capable of being driven at a selectable speed for cooling the powertrain. The method also includes maintaining the fully-closed position of the shutter when the speed of the fan is below a predetermined speed. The method additionally includes selecting a non fully-closed position of the shutter before the predetermined speed of the fan is selected. Furthermore, the method includes selecting the predetermined speed of the fan after the non fully-closed position of the shutter has been selected. A system for controlling operation of such a fan and a vehicle are also provided. | 04-26-2012 |
20120103711 | DIESEL PARTICULATE FILTER PACKAGING AND METHOD OF DIRECTING AIRFLOW IN A SKID STEER MACHINE - A skid steer machine includes an operator cage supported on a skid steer machine frame, a pair of lift arms pivotably attached to the skid steer machine frame behind the operator cage and extending longitudinally on both sides of the operator cage, and a rear mounted engine compartment supported on the skid steer machine frame. The rear mounted engine compartment includes an internal combustion engine, a diesel particulate filter fluidly connected to the internal combustion engine and positioned between the internal combustion engine and the operator cage, and a cooling package having a predominantly horizontal orientation. The cooling package is at a higher location within the rear mounted engine compartment than the diesel particulate filter. | 05-03-2012 |
20120103712 | SKID STEER MACHINE HAVING PIVOTABLY MOUNTED COOLING SYSTEM AND NON-METALLIC VIBRATION ISOLATOR - A skid steer machine includes an operator cage supported on a skid steer machine frame. A pair of lift arms are pivotably attached to the skid steer machine frame behind the operator cage and extend longitudinally on both sides of the operator cage. A cooling package includes a first heat exchanger and a second heat exchanger, and a blower fan configured to blow air in parallel through the first heat exchanger and the second heat exchanger. The cooling package is pivotably mounted to the skid steer machine frame using at least one pivotable mounting assembly and is pivotable between an operational position and a maintenance position. At least one non-metallic vibration isolator is positioned between the cooling package and the skid steer machine frame. | 05-03-2012 |
20120111652 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INCREASING OPERATING EFFICIENCY OF A POWERTRAIN BY CONTROLLING AN AERO SHUTTER - A method of increasing operating efficiency of a powertrain includes unrestricting a grille opening by fully opening a shutter at or below a first predetermined vehicle speed, and turning a fan off. The method also includes unrestricting the grille opening by fully opening the shutter above the first predetermined vehicle speed and at or below a second predetermined vehicle speed under a high powertrain cooling load, and turning the fan on. The method additionally includes partially restricting the grille opening above the second predetermined vehicle speed via an intermediate position of the shutter, and turning the fan off. A specific size of the fan together with the selected positions for the shutter at the respective vehicle speeds provides sufficient airflow through the grille opening to cool the powertrain, and provides increased powertrain operating efficiency. A system for increasing operating efficiency of a powertrain and a vehicle are also provided. | 05-10-2012 |
20120118656 | Seal lip on vane - An extruded or molded seal lip which is connected to a vane or louver as a secondary operation during the assembly process, where the seal and louver have connectors suitable for providing a secure connection between the louver and the seal. The louver is part of a group of louvers which function as active ducting for an automobile. Each louver has at least one seal, with one seal from one louver contacting a corresponding louver for preventing airflow through the aperture of a carrier. The seal may be attached to the louver along the face of the louver, or be attached by sliding the louver into a groove formed as part of the louver, or sliding the louver into a groove formed as part of the seal. | 05-17-2012 |
20120132474 | COMPOUND SHUTTER SYSTEM WITH INDEPENDENT AND NON-SEQUENTIAL OPERATION - A compound shutter system includes a plurality of shutter assemblies. Each of the shutter assemblies has at least one louver operable to selectively open and close the respective shutter assembly. The compound shutter system additionally includes a mechanism operatively connected to each of the plurality of shutter assemblies. The mechanism is also configured to actuate each of the shutter assemblies independently and non-sequentially relative to each other. A vehicle employing the compound shutter system is also disclosed. | 05-31-2012 |
20120160581 | Vehicle Having at Least One Cooling Circuit for Cooling a Fuel Cell System - A vehicle includes at least one cooling circuit for cooling a fuel cell system. The cooling circuit includes at least one cooling heat exchanger, a cooling medium transportation device and a heat exchanger in a fuel cell stack of fuel cell system. Cooling heat exchanger is affected by motion-related air flow as cooling air. The cooling heat exchanger is constructed in at least two stages, which are arranged in such a way that they are serially flowed through, one after another, by motion-related airflow. | 06-28-2012 |
20120193156 | AIR GUIDE PLATE FOR AUTOMOBILE AND SEALING STRUCTURE - An air guide plate is provided which can easily realize stable sealing properties with respect to an automobile part disposed near the air guide plate and which can provide a structure in which the air guide plate and the automobile part are not collided, at a low cost. The air guide plate | 08-02-2012 |
20120205171 | CONSTRUCTION MACHINE - A construction machine that can limit consumption of battery electric power is provided. The construction machine includes: air-cooled heat exchangers | 08-16-2012 |
20120211292 | Swing-Out Coolers and Cooling Fans - A vehicle is provided having at least one swing-out cooling assembly. A method of assembling the at least one swing-out cooling assembly on the vehicle is further provided. | 08-23-2012 |
20120228044 | WIND FLUX CONCENTRATION GUIDING DEVICE AND ENGINE ROOM LAYOUT THEREOF - An engine room layout using a wind flux concentration guiding device, may include an intake system having an air intake, a turbocharger, and an intercooler, and may be disposed in an engine room, a cooling module having a condenser and a radiator, a main duct that introduces wind passing through a front end part forming the front of the engine room and discharges the wind to the air intake and the intercooler, a sub-duct that introduces the wind passing through the front end part from different positions and discharges the wind to the intercooler, and a diverging duct that may be connected to a wind channel of the main duct to diverge some of the wind introduced into the main duct before the wind passes out of the main duct, and send the wind to the air intake. | 09-13-2012 |
20120241235 | WORK VEHICLE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING WORK VEHICLE - A controller of a work vehicle sets the upper limit of a fan target rotational speed in accordance with an engine rotational speed. The controller reduces an upper limit of the fan target rotational speed further when a lock-up clutch is in an engaged state than when the lock-up clutch is in a released state. | 09-27-2012 |
20120247848 | COOLING STRUCTURE FOR ELECTRICITY STORAGE DEVICE - A cooling structure having a sufficient cooling efficiency in cooling an electricity storage device while securing a living space in a vehicle cabin when installed in a compact vehicle having a short distance from a rear seat to the rear end of the vehicle. A battery is contained in an IPU installed in the vehicle. The cooling structure for the battery has an air inlet opened into the vehicle cabin, an air intake duct extending from the air inlet to the IPU and a cover disposed to cover the air inlet and having a hole communicating the air intake duct with the inner side of the vehicle cabin. The air inlet has an opening inclined toward the inner side of the vehicle cabin in one side section of a rear portion of the vehicle cabin near a C-pillar located obliquely posterior to a rear seat. | 10-04-2012 |
20120261202 | TRACTOR HOOD AIRFLOW SYSTEM - A vehicle engine enclosure includes a tractor frame which supports an engine. A cooling system is mounted on the frame. The cooling system has a housing which surrounds cooling components. A hood is mounted on the frame and encloses the engine and the cooling system. The hood includes a top panel and left and right hood side panels. The top panel has outlet vents formed therein. A pair of left and right side plates are mounted on the frame. A rear end plate covers a rear end of the hood. A plurality of seals are placed between these components so that a duct is formed which collects hot air and moves it vertically through the vents to prevent re-ingesting of the hot air. | 10-18-2012 |
20120267180 | AGRICULTURAL HARVESTER WITH AIR CONDUIT - An agricultural harvester ( | 10-25-2012 |
20120285757 | COOLING STRUCTURE FOR CONSTRUCTION MACHINE | 11-15-2012 |
20120292121 | Vehicles - A vehicle comprises front and rear wheels, a passenger cell, and an engine, wherein the engine is located entirely aft of the foremost extent of the passenger cell, the engine having a cooling circuit, further comprising a radiator that is in fluid communication with the cooling circuit, the radiator being located aft of the front wheel centres and in front of the engine, and in an airflow path that extends from an underside of the vehicle to an exit on a rear face of the vehicle, wherein the airflow path is ducted at least in a portion around the radiator. This arrangement succeeds in placing the radiator close to the engine, thereby avoiding long conduit paths and their associated weight. The ducting causes a region of high pressure on the face of the radiator, and the exit on the rear face of the vehicle opens into the low pressure region behind the vehicle, so that air is drawn along the flow path, through the radiator. | 11-22-2012 |
20120312611 | VARIABLE-BIAS SHUTTER - A variable-bias shutter system for controlling an airstream through an entryway includes a plurality of louvers. Each louver has a pivot axis and a louver face that includes a first portion arranged to one side and a second portion arranged to the other side of the respective pivot axis. The shutter system also includes a mechanism configured to select a position for the shutter system by rotating in tandem each of the plurality of louvers about the respective pivot axis. An area of the first portion that is exposed to the airstream is smaller than an area of the second portion when the shutter system is substantially closed. Additionally, the area of the first portion that is exposed to the airstream is larger than the area of the second portion when the shutter system is not closed. A vehicle employing the variable-bias shutter system is also disclosed. | 12-13-2012 |
20120318592 | FLAP ACTUATOR FOR MOTOR VEHICLES HAVING AN EMERGENCY FUNCTION - A motorized actuator ( | 12-20-2012 |
20120318593 | AIR MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR HEAVY DUTY TRUCK UNDER-HOOD HEAT CONTROL - A system for removing heat from the engine compartment ( | 12-20-2012 |
20120325569 | CONSTRUCTION VEHICLE - A cooling device ( | 12-27-2012 |
20130000998 | Viscous Fan Drive for an Engine Cooling System - A viscous fan drive for an engine cooling system has an output coupling defining a fluid operating chamber, an input coupling disposed in the fluid operating chamber, and a driveshaft coupled to the input coupling and defining a driveshaft axis. A main bearing has an inner race coupled to the driveshaft and an outer race coupled to the output coupling, the main bearing defining a bearing axis, wherein the bearing axis is normally substantially coincident with the driveshaft axis. A brace is disposed between the outer race of the main bearing and the output coupling. The engine cooling system may be provided on a machine having a rotatable frame that promotes precession of the output coupling, wherein the brace prevents movement of the main bearing along the driveshaft in response to the output coupling precession. | 01-03-2013 |
20130000999 | Wheel Loader - A wheel loader includes a cooling chamber, which houses a cooling fan and a cooling device, and a grill through which a cooling air obtained by the cooling fan passes. The grill includes a frame, which is provided by framing four side components, and a ventilation portion, which is made of a punching metal and which also has a plurality of air intakes. The ventilation portion is provided inside the frame, and it is a stepwise member with vertically arranged steps that are created by plastic working the punching metal. The ventilation portion has a three-dimensionally curved surface that bulges bidirectionally toward an outside of the cooling chamber. | 01-03-2013 |
20130025952 | GRILLE SHUTTER DEVICE - The present invention provides a grille shutter device for selectively opening and closing a grille opening in the front grille of a vehicle. The grille shutter device includes at least one fin, a motor, a transmission mechanism, a first switch, and a second switch. The fin has a support shaft, which is rotatably supported by the front grille. The motor has an output shaft. When supplied with electricity, the motor rotates the output shaft in one direction. The transmission mechanism converts the rotation of the output shaft to a swinging motion of the fin, thereby swinging the fin between a closed position, where the fin closes the grille opening, and an open position, where the fin opens the grille opening. When the fin is swung to the closed position, the first switch stops the motor. When the fin is swung to the open position, the second switch stops the motor. | 01-31-2013 |
20130062132 | COOLING DEVICE FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE - A cooling device for a motor vehicle has an internal combustion engine in a rear region of a vehicle body and has a charge air cooler arranged below an extendable rear spoiler. The charge air cooler is arranged in an oblique plane in an air deflection duct of the vehicle body and has inflow air flowing through it. Downstream of the charge air cooler, the air deflection duct is configured as an outflow air nozzle that narrows toward the end and is arranged to achieve a horizontal discharge of the outflow air. | 03-14-2013 |
20130068546 | FLUID COOLER ARRANGEMENT FOR A COOLING PACKAGE IN A WORK VEHICLE - A work vehicle includes a frame and a cooling package carried by the frame. The cooling package includes a housing with an opening, and a fluid cooler covering the opening. The fluid cooler includes at least one hinge along one side thereof, and at least one latch along another side thereof, whereby the fluid cooler can be pivoted open to access an inner side of the fluid cooler. | 03-21-2013 |
20130075172 | GRILLE SHUTTER DEVICE - A grille shutter device adapted to be arranged at a front portion of a vehicle body, the grille shutter device including a main air inlet taking air to flow the air to a specific heat exchanger arranged in the vehicle body, a shutter mechanism arranged at the main air inlet, the shutter mechanism opening and closing to control a flow rate of the air flowing from the main air inlet to the specific heat exchanger, and a bypass air inlet allowing the air to bypass the shutter mechanism to guide the air to the specific heat exchanger. | 03-28-2013 |
20130081887 | CONSTRUCTION MACHINE - A construction machine includes an exhaust duct for discharging a lower airflow to the exterior of an engine room. An air inlet for introducing air into the exhaust duct is provided in an upper portion of the exhaust duct, and an air outlet for discharging the air from the exhaust duct is provided in a lower portion of the exhaust duct. An air passage is formed in the interior of the exhaust duct between the air inlet and the air outlet. The exhaust duct is disposed on an exhaust side of the engine room such that the air introduced into the air passage in the exhaust duct through the air inlet is discharged below the engine room from the air outlet through a discharge port, and such that a hydraulic pump provided on the exhaust side of the engine room is shielded from the discharge port by the exhaust duct. | 04-04-2013 |
20130087395 | Utility Vehicle - A utility vehicle comprises a driver seat; a passenger seat positioned such that the passenger seat and the driver seat are arranged side by side in a rightward and leftward direction; a console box provided between the driver seat and the passenger seat; a shift lever operated by a driver to perform a shifting operation; and a grab member provided in the vicinity of the passenger seat and secured to the vehicle body frame; wherein the shift lever is provided between the driver seat and the passenger seat and is positioned closer to the driver seat than a center of the console box in the rightward and leftward direction; and the grab member is provided between the driver seat and the passenger seat and is positioned closer to the passenger seat than the center of the console box in the rightward and leftward direction. | 04-11-2013 |
20130092462 | VARIABLE ACTUATION RATE SHUTTER LOUVERS - A shutter system for controlling a flow of fluid through an entryway includes a plurality of louvers, wherein each louver includes a pivot axis and an actuating portion. The shutter system also includes a mechanism configured to select a position for the system between and inclusive of fully opened and fully closed by rotating each of the plurality of louvers about the respective pivot axis. The mechanism is configured to engage each actuating portion and rotate each louver at a variable rate. A vehicle employing the shutter system is also disclosed. | 04-18-2013 |
20130092463 | GRILLE SHUTTER APPARATUS - A grille shutter apparatus arranged at a grille opening portion at a frontal portion of a vehicle body includes a frame shaping a flow path of air flowing into the vehicle body from the grille opening portion, a movable fin rotationally supported by the frame and configured to control a flow amount of the air by providing an opening movement and a closing movement, the movable fin including a fin portion and rotary shafts rotationally supported by the frame, the rotary shafts including exposure portions configured to be arranged on the flow path of the air, at least one first shielding wall extending radially outward of the rotary shaft and provided at the exposure portion and a second shielding wall arranged at an upstream side of the air that flows in relative to the exposure portion extending in a direction intersecting a direction of the air that flows in. | 04-18-2013 |
20130126253 | GRILLE SHUTTER APPARATUS - A grille shutter apparatus includes a shutter mechanism arranged in an grille opening portion positioned at a front portion of a vehicle body of a vehicle to control a flow rate of air flowing from the grille opening portion to an internal portion of the vehicle body, and a frame supporting the shutter mechanism in the grille opening portion, the frame including a fixing portion at one end to be fixed in the grille opening portion, the frame including a protruding portion making contact with a front grille and generating a rotational moment at the frame in a case where the front grille arranged at an opening end of the grille opening portion moves rearward due to an occurrence of a collision of the vehicle, the rotational moment acting about the fixing portion. | 05-23-2013 |
20130133963 | COOLING STRUCTURE FOR VEHICLES - There is obtained a cooling structure for a vehicle that can keep low a temperature of an interior of a power unit chamber in which a power unit is disposed. A cooling structure for a vehicle has: a power unit that is disposed within a power unit chamber disposed at a vehicle front side and at which air intake ports are formed in a front end side in a vehicle front-rear direction; an air-cooling-type heat exchanger that is disposed at a rear side with respect to the power unit, and that is cooled by heat exchange with air that passes from a front side to a rear side; and a communication duct that communicates a rear side portion with respect to the air-cooling-type heat exchanger and a rear side portion of the power unit in the power unit chamber. | 05-30-2013 |
20130146375 | ACTIVE AIR FLAP APPARATUS FOR VEHICLE - An active air flap apparatus for a vehicle in which upon the generation of a failure whereby an air flap is not able to be activated with power from an actuator, the connection between a guide frame and a flap loader is manually released, enabling the air flap to automatically be opened by wind produced by the vehicle. | 06-13-2013 |
20130146376 | ENGINE ENCAPSULATION STRUCTURE OF VEHICLE - An engine encapsulation structure of a vehicle may include an engine room encapsulation member disposed at an upper portion of an engine compartment and covering an upper portion of a power train having an engine and a transmission, an underbody encapsulation member disposed at a lower portion of the engine compartment and covering a lower portion of the power train, wherein the engine room encapsulation member and the underbody encapsulation member form an inner space and enclose the power train in the inner space when being assembled each other, and a front inlet formed at a front portion of the assembly to allow air through the front inlet and to cool the power train while the air passes through the inner space of the assembly, the air being discharged through a rear outlet formed to the assembly. | 06-13-2013 |
20130146377 | Work Vehicle Having A Cooling System With A Reversible Airflow - A work vehicle is disclosed that includes an engine and a hood enclosure at least partially surrounding the engine. The hood enclosure may include a front grille and a secondary grille spaced apart from the front grille. The hood enclosure may also at least partially define an airflow compartment. In addition, the work vehicle may include a heat exchanger disposed in the airflow compartment between the front grille and the engine and at least one cooling fan disposed in the airflow compartment between the heat exchanger and the engine. The at least one cooling fan may generally be configured to generate a reversible airflow within the airflow compartment between the front grille and the secondary grille. | 06-13-2013 |
20130180789 | FRONT END STRUCTURE FOR VEHICLE - A front end structure for a vehicle includes a facia member defining a forward end of an engine compartment of the vehicle and a radiator disposed in the engine compartment rearwardly spaced from the facia member. A duct member is interposed between the facia member and the radiator. The duct member at least partially blocks the radiator and defines a duct passage extending from an underside opening of the vehicle to the radiator. At least one duct opening is defined in the duct member for supplementing air flow to the radiator from the underside opening. | 07-18-2013 |
20130192911 | MOTOR VEHICLE FRONT-END CARRIER COMPRISING OBLONG OPENING AND COOLING MODULE - Motor vehicle front-end carrier including | 08-01-2013 |
20130199862 | HAULAGE VEHICLE - An opening through which air is delivered to a radiator for an engine installed in a haulage vehicle is split into separate portions via a support frame. Sound absorbing ducts are each mounted over one of the partitioned opening areas formed by splitting the opening via the support frame. | 08-08-2013 |
20130228388 | CONSTRUCTION MACHINE - A construction machine includes an engine disposed in an engine room, a heat exchanger disposed in the engine room, an air intake passage configured to provide a communication between the interior and the exterior of the engine room, and a cooling fan disposed in the engine room. The cooling fan is configured to draw external air into the engine room through the air intake passage by rotation thereof, and to flow the external air for allowing the external air to pass the heat exchanger. The heat exchanger has an air intake surface formed on a side portion thereof. The air intake surface is a surface configured to receive airflow to be drawn into the heat exchanger. The air intake passage is configured to flow the external air drawn to the air intake passage along a route passing a position over the heat exchanger and reaching the air intake surface. | 09-05-2013 |
20130240275 | OFF-ROAD VEHICLE HAVING A COOLING TUNNEL - An off-road vehicle has a frame, at least four wheels, a left seat and a right seat disposed in a side-by-side configuration, a steering assembly, an engine having an upper portion, and a console mounted between the left seat and the right seat. The console covers at least the upper portion of the engine. The console includes side walls and an upper portion connected to the side walls to define a central cooling tunnel. The central cooling tunnel includes a frontal opening and a rear opening allowing air flow through the central cooling tunnel from the frontal opening to the rear opening. | 09-19-2013 |
20130248265 | MOTOR VEHICLE WITH A DEVICE FOR SUPPLYING COOLING AIR - A motor vehicle has at least one adjustable air-guiding device on the underbody. The air-guiding device has a cross-sectionally U-shaped duct and is adjustable between a closed position and an open position. The motor vehicle also has a radiator device with a radiator and a radiator shutter with adjustable flaps for controlling the air flow through the radiator. A control device actuates the air-guiding device depending on the position of the radiator shutter so that, irrespective of the position of the flaps of the radiator shutter, an at least approximately identical pitching moment is obtained at the motor vehicle and at the same time the aerodynamic drag is reduced. | 09-26-2013 |
20130248266 | GRILL SHUTTER DEVICE - Provided is a grill shutter device including a shutter mechanism controlling a flow rate of air flowing into a vehicle body from the grill opening portion of the vehicle body front portion by an opening and closing operation; a frame configured to support the shutter mechanism within the grill opening portion; an actuator that is held in the frame and performs the opening and dosing driving of the shutter mechanism; and a holding structure capable of relatively moving the actuator to the front side of the frame, based on the collision load at the time of the vehicle collision. | 09-26-2013 |
20130256044 | COOLING SYSTEM STRUCTURE FOR VEHICULAR WATER-COOLED INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - In a cooling system structure for a vehicular water-cooled internal combustion engine with a cylinder section and a cylinder body and a cylinder head. The cooling system structure having water jackets formed in the cylinder body and the cylinder head, respectively, with a radiator disposed forwardly of the engine main unit. A water pump performs forced circulation of coolant through the radiator and the water jackets, to permit routing of pipes with enhanced appearance. Water jackets are formed, respectively, in a cylinder body and a cylinder head such that coolant flows through the cylinder body and the cylinder head independently of each other. A thermostat is mounted on a front wall surface of a cylinder section and is capable of selecting a condition in which the water jackets directly communicate with each other or a condition in which the water jackets communicate with each other via a radiator. | 10-03-2013 |
20130264133 | ANGLED ACTIVE SHUTTER WITH DUAL-DRIVE ACTUATION - A shutter system includes a first louver configured to rotate about a first pivot axis and a second louver configured to rotate about a second pivot axis. The second pivot axis is arranged at an angle that is smaller than 180 degrees with respect to the first pivot axis. The shutter system also includes a dual-drive actuation mechanism configured to rotate the first and the second louvers about the respective pivot axes. The dual-drive mechanism includes a first driven element operatively connected to the first louver and a second driven element operatively connected to the second louver. The dual-drive mechanism also includes a drive element configured to receive a drive torque and apply the drive torque simultaneously to the first and second driven elements. A vehicle having the above shutter system is also disclosed. | 10-10-2013 |
20130264134 | Mounting Structure of Electricity Storage Device in Electric Vehicle - An installing structure of an electric storage device in an electric car which includes an electric motor for traveling and a plurality of the electric storage devices configured to store power supplied to the electric motor, wherein a traveling wind passage extending in forward and rearward direction, through which a traveling wind, generated with traveling of the electric car, passes, is formed in an electric storage device group including the plurality of the electric storage devices, and connection terminals of the electric storage devices and a power cable that connects the connection terminals to each other are disposed in a manner of facing the traveling wind passage. | 10-10-2013 |
20130270019 | LOUVER FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE RADIATOR - The louver for a motor vehicle radiator has radially arranged fins ( | 10-17-2013 |
20130284529 | COOLING SYSTEM FOR MOBILE MACHINE - A cooling system for a mobile machine having a heat-sensitive component is provided. The cooling system may include a first coolant tank and a pump configured to circulate coolant from the first coolant tank through the heat-sensitive component. The cooling system may also include a heat exchanger configured to receive coolant from the heat-sensitive component and transfer heat to ambient air passing through the heat exchanger, and a blower configured to direct ambient air through the heat exchanger. The cooling system may further include a first temperature sensor configured to generate a first signal indicative of a temperature of ambient air, and a controller in communication with the blower and the first temperature sensor. The controller may be configured to selectively deactivate the blower based on the first signal. | 10-31-2013 |
20130299256 | HYBRID CONSTRUCTION MACHINE - A hybrid construction machine includes: an electric storage device temperature adjustment circuit; an engine cooling circuit including a first coolant and switchable between a state the first coolant after cooling the engine is introduced into the electric storage device temperature adjustment circuit and a state stopping introduction of the first coolant into the electric storage device temperature adjustment circuit; an equipment cooling circuit that cools, with a second coolant, equipment needing cooling, and switchable between a state the second coolant is introduced into the electric storage device temperature adjustment circuit and a state stopping introduction of the second coolant into the electric storage device temperature adjustment circuit; and a controller controlling the engine cooling circuit, the equipment cooling circuit, and a lead-out switching valve such that the first coolant or second coolant selectively flows, according to whether the electric storage device needs to be warmed or cooled. | 11-14-2013 |
20130319778 | Windrower Tractor with Parallel Heat Exchangers for Cooling of Engine and Associated Fluids - An agricultural tractor having its engine longitudinally spaced along its frame from the operator cabin features at least two heat exchangers carried on the frame at a position located longitudinally between the operator cabin and the engine to perform air-cooling of at least one fluid associated with the engine. The two heat exchangers are arranged in parallel so as to each accept an intake stream of ambient air that is independent of a discharge stream of exhaust air from the other heat exchanger. Accordingly, each heat exchanger uses the coolest air possible to maximize the cooling potential of the system. The discharge stream of air from the heat exchangers is exhausted rearward to avoid recirculation of this heated air as the machine moves forward, and to direct the exhaust air past the engine for further cooling effect. | 12-05-2013 |
20130341110 | FOLDING AIR DAM - A system for controlling airflow through an under-hood compartment of a vehicle body includes a folding air dam assembly configured to control an airflow from the ambient to the under-hood compartment. The air dam assembly includes an extendable portion having a pleat configured to fold when the extendable portion is retracted. The air dam assembly also includes an actuator configured to selectively extend and retract the extendable portion. The system also includes a controller configured to regulate the actuator. A vehicle employing the system is also disclosed. | 12-26-2013 |
20140014426 | MULTI-FUNCTIONAL COOLING SYSTEM - A vehicle includes a chassis; a plurality of ground-engaging members; and an engine that cooperates with the plurality of ground-engaging members to move the chassis of the vehicle. The engine is positioned within an engine compartment. The vehicle further includes a cooling system including a baffle having a first side and a second side; a battery positioned on the first side of the baffle; and a heat exchanger positioned on the second side of the baffle. The baffle defines a first air pathway to cool the battery and a second air pathway to cool the heat exchanger. | 01-16-2014 |
20140041954 | AIR INTAKE DEVICE IN SADDLE RIDING TYPE VEHICLE - In a saddle riding type vehicle in which a connecting tube that connects between an air cleaner placed behind a rear cushion unit extending vertically behind an engine body and a throttle body placed in front of the rear cushion unit is placed to pass by a lateral side of the rear cushion unit, adhesion of an injected fuel to an inner wall surface of an air intake passage is suppressed while a fuel injection valve is placed behind the throttle body, whereby stabilization of an air-fuel ratio is achieved. An air cleaner includes a cleaner element, and a support case supporting the cleaner element while forming a purification chamber together with the cleaner element. Here, a rear end portion of a connecting tube is connected to the support case. A fuel injection valve, whose direction of injection is oriented to the inside of a throttle body, is attached to the support case. | 02-13-2014 |
20140048346 | Air Intake Configuration for an Agricultural Harvesting Machine - An agricultural work vehicle includes a vehicle body having longitudinally extending sides. An enclosed engine compartment is configured within the vehicle body. An air inlet is defined in side of the vehicle body for intake of air into the engine compartment. A grain bin forward of the engine compartment includes a grain bin extension skirt mounted above the grain bin. An intake housing is mounted over the air inlet in the vehicle body side and includes a forwardly extending portion mounted alongside the grain bin extension with an inlet opening oriented so as draw air primarily from an area forward of the engine compartment and above the vehicle body. | 02-20-2014 |
20140076645 | STOW-AWAY AIR DAM - A system for controlling airflow through an under-hood compartment of a vehicle body includes a stow-away air dam assembly disposed on the body and configured to control the airflow between the body and a road surface from outside the vehicle to the under-hood compartment. The air dam assembly includes a retractable portion and a drive shaft configured to shift the retractable portion between a stowed position and a deployed position. The retractable portion is set at a first height in the stowed position and at a second height in the deployed position, wherein the first height is greater than the second height relative to the road surface. The air dam assembly also includes an actuator configured to operate the driveshaft. The system additionally includes a controller configured to regulate the actuator. A vehicle employing the system is also disclosed. | 03-20-2014 |
20140076646 | VARIABLE OR STEPPED LOUVER ACTIVATION FOR ACTIVE GRILLE SYSTEM - An active grille system which is mounted to a fascia, grille, or carrier, or is part of the carrier of an automobile. Two sets of louvers are rotatably mounted to a frame, and a camming mechanism provides selective actuation of both sets of louvers, and an actuator controls the camming mechanism such that the actuator moves the camming mechanism between a first position, a second position, and a third position. When the camming mechanism is in the first position, both the first set and second set of louvers are in a closed position, when the camming mechanism is in the second position, the first set of louvers are in an open position and the second set of louvers are in a closed position, and when the camming mechanism is in the third position both the first set and second set of louvers are in an open position. | 03-20-2014 |
20140083786 | Engine Hot Air Deflector - An engine hot air deflector for a work machine having an articulated frame pivotally coupled to a main body by a hitch assembly having a hitch link includes a resilient hot air deflector panel mounted proximate to and overlaying an open end of the main body. The deflector panel includes upper and lower panel portions separated by a panel slot. The panel slot receives the hitch link so that the panel portions conform to the shape of the hitch link as it moves within the deflector opening during rotation of the articulated frame to substantially prevent hot air from the internal combustion engine from passing through the deflector opening. The deflector may also include a support bracket mounting the deflector panel to the main body. | 03-27-2014 |
20140090911 | ATTACHMENT STRUCTURE FOR ADJUSTABLE AIR DIFFUSER - An adjustable air diffuser is disposed in an airflow channel into which travelling wind is directed through an opening provided in a bumper face. The diffuser substantially opens and closes the airflow channel by using a movable louver blade driven by an actuator. An upper part of the diffuser is disposed to face a rear wall of the bumper face and is attached to a bumper beam extending substantially along a vehicle width direction. A lower part of the diffuser is either one of attached to a vehicle body structural member and a load transmission member projecting forward from the vehicle body structural member. The upper part of the diffuser and the bumper beam are connected with each other with an upper bracket having a weak portion that is configured to be broken in response to pivotal movement of the diffuser relative to the bumper beam. | 04-03-2014 |
20140102817 | GRILLE SHUTTER APPARATUS - A grille shutter apparatus includes a shutter mechanism including plural of movable fins and at least one connection mechanism independently arranged to connect every two of the movable fins adjacent to one another. Accordingly, the shutter mechanism makes the movable fins operate in conjunction with one another. The grille shutter apparatus further includes a control portion controlling a flow rate of air flowing from a grille opening portion formed at a front portion of a vehicle body into the vehicle body on the basis of opening and closing operations of the shutter mechanism, and a detection device detecting an operational state of the shutter mechanism on the basis of an operation of the movable fins which correspond to a most downstream portion of a serially-arranged driving force transmission path formed at the shutter mechanism. | 04-17-2014 |
20140116794 | Straddle Vehicle - In a straddle vehicle such as a motorcycle, a harness in an electric power supply system which is thick, has a great weight, and is not easily mounted can be reduced in length as much as possible so that a weight and cost can be reduced, and assembling work can be made easier. An air cleaner and a fuel tank are disposed at a relatively rearward position such that the air cleaner and the fuel tank are disposed behind and distant from the head pipe to provide an electric component mounting space between the air cleaner and the fuel tank, and the head pipe, and a regulator, a relay box and a fuse box are disposed in the electric component mounting space. The fuel tank is disposed at a relatively rearward position such that its rear end portion is positioned behind and below a rear end of a main frame. | 05-01-2014 |
20140151139 | One-Way Vented Screen Assembly for a Work Vehicle - A screen assembly for a work vehicle is disclosed. The screen assembly may generally include a screen defining a plurality of screen openings for receiving an airflow therethrough. In addition, the screen may define a flap opening. The screen assembly may also include a flap pivotally coupled to the screen at the flap opening. The flap may be configured to be moved to a closed position when the airflow through the screen is in a first direction and to an opened position when the airflow through the screen is in a second direction. | 06-05-2014 |
20140166380 | CONSTRUCTION MACHINE - The present invention provides a construction machine having an engine room and capable of efficiently collecting air flowing in the engine room thereby improving exhaust efficiency. The construction machine includes an engine room, an engine, a heat exchanger provided at a first side of the engine, a fan provided at the first side and rotating to generate around the engine a flow of cooling air, and an exhaust duct having an air inlet opening and an air outlet opening and provided in the engine room so as to extend in a fan axial direction parallel with a rotation axis of the fan along the engine. The exhaust duct guides the flow of the air to collect the air flowing downstream of the fan in the fan axial direction, in a region extending in the fan axial direction, and discharge the air to an outside of the engine room. | 06-19-2014 |
20140182956 | Air Filter Arrangement for a Work Vehicle - An air filter arrangement for a work vehicle is disclosed. The air filter arrangement may include a fan shroud extending between a shroud inlet and a shroud outlet and at least one heat exchanger disposed adjacent to the shroud inlet. The air filter arrangement may also include a fan disposed within the fan shroud between the shroud inlet and shroud outlet. The fan may be configured to draw air through the heat exchanger and between the shroud inlet and shroud outlet. Additionally, the air filter arrangement may include an air filter disposed within the fan shroud between the fan and the heat exchanger such that the air flowing through at least one heat exchanger and between the shroud inlet and shroud outlet is directed around the air filter. | 07-03-2014 |
20140182957 | VEHICULAR EXHAUST STRUCTURE - A vehicular exhaust structure is provided for exhausting gas used for cooling down a battery arranged under a seat in a vehicle into a luggage compartment of the vehicle behind the seat and including an underfloor storage box arranged under a deck board. The structure includes an exhaust duct and an exhaust conduit. The exhaust duct is arranged behind the battery with an inlet thereof located at a first end facing the battery and an outlet thereof located at a second end facing upward. The exhaust conduit includes a box section communicated with the outlet of the exhaust duct and defined by surfaces of a front portion of the underfloor storage box arranged over the outlet of the exhaust duct. One of the surfaces faces a back surface of a backrest of the seat and has a through hole that opens toward a front side of the vehicle. | 07-03-2014 |
20140196965 | VEHICLE GRILLE CLOSE-OUT ASSEMBLY - A vehicle grille assembly is provided with a grille and a close-out assembly. The close-out assembly is adapted to at least partially block an airflow opening in the vehicle grille is moveable to translate and rotate with respect to the airflow opening. | 07-17-2014 |
20140202782 | SADDLE RIDE TYPE VEHICLE - An air outlet is formed on each side surface of a front cowl covering a front portion of a vehicle body. The air outlet is located near and on the front side of a middle position defined by the half of the longitudinal length L of the front cowl. Left and right air inlets are formed near a headlight provided on the front surface of the front cowl. A running wind is introduced into the air inlets, passed through the inside of the front cowl, and discharged from the air outlets. The running wind flowing inside the front cowl is disturbed by the running wind discharged from the air outlets, thereby separating the running wind from each side surface of the front cowl. | 07-24-2014 |
20140216833 | WORK VEHICLE - A first cooling device is disposed in an engine room at the upstream side in the air flow direction with respect to an engine. A second cooling device is disposed at the upstream side in the air flow direction with respect to the first cooling device. A third cooling device is disposed at the upstream side in the air flow direction with respect to the second cooling device. An air pipe connects the engine and the third cooling device. The air pipe passing above the first cooling device and the second cooling device. A blocking member closes off periphery of a space between the first cooling device and the second cooling device. The blocking member includes an opening. A cover member is configured to selectively open and close the opening. | 08-07-2014 |
20140216834 | ACTIVE GRILLE SHUTTER ASSEMBLY - An active grille shutter assembly includes a frame adapted to be connected to a portion of a vehicle and forming at least one opening therein and a plurality of shutters disposed in and extending across the at least one opening and being pivotally connected to the frame. The active grille shutter assembly also includes at least one linkage connected to the shutters and an actuator supported by the frame and being connected to one of the shutters to move the at least one linkage to open and close the shutters as a unit. | 08-07-2014 |
20140216835 | Displaceable Covering for a Motor Vehicle - A covering for a truck covers a bottom of the engine compartment, and includes a covering element displaceable from a covering position into at least one further position. A clear opening in relation to a vertical direction of the vehicle is exposed in the at least one further position of the covering element. An additional covering for a driver's cab of the truck can cover the rear of the engine compartment. The additional covering has at least one covering element that is displaceable from a covering position into at least one further position. | 08-07-2014 |
20140231161 | ACTIVE HOOD EXTRACTOR - A number of variations may include a product comprising: an active hood extractor including a plurality of louvers, and actuator operatively connected to at least one louver, the plurality of louvers being constructed and arranged for sealing engagement with another vehicle component. A number of variations may include a product comprising: an active hood extractor including a plurality of louvers, the plurality of louvers being constructed and arranged for sealing engagement with another vehicle component when the plurality of louvers are in a closed position. | 08-21-2014 |
20140238759 | CONSTRUCTION MACHINE WITH AIR SUCTION STRUCTURE - Provided is a construction machine including a guard panel with an air suction port and capable of ensuring a required intake opening area with suppressed disadvantages of the air suction port. The construction machine includes an engine, a cooling fan, and a heat exchanger which are accommodated in a device accommodation space in an upper slewing body, and a guard panel covering the device accommodation space. The guard panel includes a first panel with an opening edge defining an opening and a second panel that opens and closes the opening and has a peripheral portion to be supported by the opening edge with the opening closed. Respective parts of the peripheral portion and the opening edge are shifted from each other in an inward-outward direction to form an air suction port bringing the device accommodation space into communication with outside, between the second panel and the first panel. | 08-28-2014 |
20140284123 | Grille Shutter Actuator - An actuator for opening and closing grille shutters includes a drive unit, a wheel driven by the drive unit, and a pair of shafts attached to the wheel and configured for driving the grille shutters to open or close. At least one of the shafts is pivotally coupled to the wheel so that an angle formed between the shafts and the wheel is adjustable. | 09-25-2014 |
20140299396 | VEHICLE FRONT PORTION STRUCTURE - To provide a vehicle front portion structure that can sufficiently ensure an amount of cooling wind that is introduced into a cooling unit disposed at a rear of a power unit. A vehicle front portion structure has: a power unit that is fixed to an interior of a power unit room; a cooling unit provided at a rear of the power unit; an undercover that adjusts a flow of air flowing through a lower portion of a vehicle; a cooling wind introducing hole that is provided in the undercover at a rear of the power unit and in front of the cooling unit; and a cooling wind introducing passage that blows out air, that has been introduced from a front side opening end portion, toward the cooling unit from a rear side opening end portion that is provided above the cooling wind introducing hole, at a flow velocity that is faster than a flow velocity of the air flowing through the lower portion of the vehicle. | 10-09-2014 |
20150008056 | AIR GUIDE PLATE FOR AUTOMOBILE AND SEALING STRUCTURE - The air guide plate includes a plate body formed of a resin material and deformable skirt portions which are formed of the same resin material as the plate body and integrally formed on an outer periphery of the plate body. The air guide plate is arranged such that the plate body is disposed at a front of an automobile without connecting to automobile parts, thereby forming a gap between the outer periphery of the plate body and the automobile parts arranged around the plate body. The deformable skirt portions are disposed so as to be in contact with the automobile parts under flexural deformation, thereby closing the gap by the deformable skirt portions to prevent the air from leaking through the gap. | 01-08-2015 |
20150041229 | FRONT END ARRANGEMENT WITH ACTIVE RADIATOR DAMPER AND ACTIVE RADIATOR CONTROL METHOD - A front end arrangement and airflow control method for a vehicle includes a radiator disposed in an engine compartment of the vehicle and a damper disposed below the radiator for selectively controlling recirculation through the radiator. The damper is movable between an open position wherein airflow from behind the radiator recirculates by passing forwardly under the radiator and again through the radiator, and a closed position wherein the airflow from behind the radiator is substantially prevented from passing forwardly under the radiator and recirculating through the radiator. | 02-12-2015 |
20150060167 | DUCT TO INFLUENCE AIR COOLING DISTRIBUTION TO BATTERY MODULE AND DC/DC MODULE - A vehicle is provided including a battery module, a DC/DC converter module portioned from the battery module, a duct, one blower, and a jumper duct. The battery module includes inlet and outlet ports. The DC/DC converter module includes inlet and outlet ports. A duct is arranged to direct cooling air into each of the inlet ports. The blower is arranged to draw cooling air from the duct, through the modules, and out the outlet ports. The jumper duct is arranged up stream of the blower with the converter outlet port, and configured to reduce an effective cross sectional area of the converter outlet port to define a flow rate of the cooling air into the battery inlet port. | 03-05-2015 |
20150068825 | STRUCTURAL AIR GUIDE HAVING MULTIPLE CONFIGURATIONS FOR A TECHNICAL FRONT SURFACE OF A MOTOR VEHICLE AND VEHICLE COMPRISING SAME - A structural air guide configured to be built into a front of a vehicle in an engine compartment of the vehicle. The air guide forms a substantially rectangular structure including a front surface, a rear surface, and an upper edge, and the structure including at least one built-in radiator and a mechanism securing the radiator to the structure of the vehicle. The rear surface forms a housing for receiving a cooling module including at least the radiator, the module including a sealing mechanism that co-operates with the housing. The upper edge includes at least one zone for securing equipment of the technical front surface. The housing for the cooling module, which is located behind the structural air guide, can receive the module in one of at least two positions, namely forward or rearward. | 03-12-2015 |
20150090508 | Grille Shutter - A grille shutter for a vehicle includes a frame, an actuator, a grille flap, and a grille shaft. The actuator includes a casing mounted on the frame, an electric motor received in the casing, an output member having a first end, a second end and a stop projection between the first and second ends, and stop members stationary relative to the casing. The stop members cooperate with the stop projection to limit rotation of the output member. The grille shaft is coupled to the output member and rotatably couples the grille flap to the frame. | 04-02-2015 |
20150129336 | Gas-guiding device, in particular air-guiding device, integrated in a motor vehicle beam - The present invention relates to a motor vehicle beam, such as a longitudinal beam and/or a crossbeam, in particular a bumper beam, wherein the motor vehicle beam is formed as a hollow component having a closed cross section for the passage of gas, in particular air. | 05-14-2015 |
20150136500 | Adjustment Device, Air Inlet, and Motor Vehicle - The invention relates to an adjustment device for adjusting shutoff strips of an at least partly closable air inlet of a motor compartment of a motor vehicle between at least a first position in which the shutoff strips leave the air inlet at least partly open and a second position in which the shutoff strips at least partly close the air inlet. The adjustment device comprises a drive unit, situated in a housing, which has a motor and a drive train with reduction stage. The drive train comprises an output shaft provided with a first coupling means facing outside the housing and a second coupling means facing outside the housing, opposite with respect to the first coupling means. The coupling means are configured to cooperate with, respectively, a first and a second coupling element of a first and second set of shutoff strips, respectively, for coupling the output shaft on both sides of the housing to the respective set of shutoff strips. | 05-21-2015 |
20150136501 | CONSTRUCTION MACHINE INCLUDING AIR CLEANER - Provided is a construction machine including an air cleaner and allowing the air cleaner to be easily installed with no enlargement of an installed space while surely avoiding the interference with other structure. The construction machine includes: an air cleaner; a pipe connected to an exhaust port of the air cleaner; a seat plate on which the air cleaner and the pipe are mounted to form a subassembly; and a device including an upper surface on which the subassembly is mounted to form a device-assembly. The subassembly is allowed to be displaced between a first position apart from a first structure and a second position close to the first structure and apart from a second structure and to be fixed at each of the positions. | 05-21-2015 |
20150321547 | VEHICLE WITH A FRONT AIR DUCT AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING AN AIR FLOW, IN PARTICULAR COOLING AIR FLOW - A vehicle, in particular a motor vehicle, includes a vehicle front having a front end provided with an air inlet in communication with an air duct. A front hood having an air outlet is in communication with the air duct and includes an adjustment member configured for movement to a closing position in which the air outlet is closed. | 11-12-2015 |
20150321548 | VEHICLE GRILLE APPARATUS - A vehicle grille apparatus includes: a first cover member that includes a plurality of fixed fins which are disposed to be lined up in an opening portion of a front grille; a second cover member that includes a plurality of movable fins which are connected to each other in such a manner as to be able to integrally move, and configured such that the movable fins are disposed in a line to alternate with the fixed fins; and a drive mechanism that changes the degree of opening of the front grille by driving the second cover member such that the movable fins retract behind the respective fixed fins. | 11-12-2015 |
20150325891 | BATTERY PACK - A battery pack includes batteries, a fan unit, a case housing the batteries and the fan unit, an air circulation passage formed in the case, an air introduction passage that makes communication between a suction part of the fan unit and outside of the case, and an air discharge passage that makes communication between the outside and an inside of the case. The air circulating passage includes a blow-off side passage that makes communication between a blowoff part of the fan unit and battery passages through which the circulating air flows to exchange heat with the batteries, and a suction side passage that makes communication between the battery passages and the suction part of the fan unit. At least one of the blow-off side passage and the suction side passage is an in-duct passage formed inside a duct disposed in the case. | 11-12-2015 |
20150337520 | WORK VEHICLE - A wheel loader is provided with an engine compartment, a cooling compartment, a radiator, a cooling fan, a partition wall, a first duct body part, and a top plate. A first end part of the first duct body part is positioned inside the engine compartment. A second end part of the first duct body part is positioned inside the cooling compartment in front of the radiator and the cooling fan. A first outdoor air intake port formed in the top plate is formed in front of the radiator and the cooling fan. | 11-26-2015 |
20150343891 | EXHAUST STRUCTURE FOR VEHICLE - An exhaust structure includes a first exhaust path and a second exhaust path. The first exhaust path includes a box outlet and at least an exhaust duct that includes a duct inlet arranged below a rear seat and configured to open toward a battery. The second exhaust path is communicated with the box outlet. A deck board is disposed in a luggage room. The second exhaust path includes space defined by a front end portion of the deck board closer to a front of a vehicle and at least a portion of the backrest of the rear seat and a gap defined by a front surface of the front end portion of the deck board and a portion of a back surface of the backrest opposite the front surface. Gas used for cooling down the battery is released from the gap to the luggage room via a duct exhaust conduit, a box exhaust conduit, a first interspace exhaust conduit, and a second interspace exhaust conduit. | 12-03-2015 |
20150343894 | GRILLE SHUTTER DEVICE - A grille shutter device includes a grille shutter configured to change its opening degree and placed in a grille opening continuous with an engine room of a vehicle. An ECU controls a motor to control an opening degree of the grille shutter to regulate running air from the grille opening to an engine. The running air passing through the grille shutter flows to a lower part of the cylinder block. The ECU controls the motor to control the opening degree of the grille shutter according to a detected temperature of the lower part of the cylinder block by a temperature sensor. When judging that warm-up of the lower part of the cylinder block is not yet completed, the ECU controls the motor to close the grille shutter in order to block the running air flow from the grille opening to the lower part of the cylinder block | 12-03-2015 |
20150360559 | METHOD FOR THE OPERATION OF A RADIATOR GRILL ARRANGEMENT OF A VEHICLE - A method for the operation of a radiator grill arrangement of a vehicle is disclosed. The radiator grill arrangement includes at least one primary air inlet and a number of closure flaps which are moved between a closing position and an opening position by at least one actuator. A reference motion sequence of the at least one actuator is carried out depending on a predetermined temperature. | 12-17-2015 |
20160009170 | AIR CONDUCTING APPARATUS FOR OUTGOING AIR GUIDANCE | 01-14-2016 |
20160023547 | TEMPERATURE ADJUSTMENT STRUCTURE - A temperature adjustment structures includes a first duct, a blower, and a second duct. The first duct includes an intake port. The blower is connected to the first duct and configured to take in air through the intake port. The blower is placed forward of an electric storage apparatus in the vehicle. The second duct is connected to the blower and the electric storage apparatus and configured to direct the air from the blower to the electric storage apparatus. The second duct extends downward in the vehicle from the blower toward the electric storage apparatus. The electric storage apparatus is housed in a recessed portion of a floor panel, and the recessed portion is located below a luggage compartment of the vehicle. | 01-28-2016 |
20160031312 | CO-INJECTED SEALING STRUCTURE OF AN AIR RECIRCULATION PREVENTION DEVICE - An airflow directing assembly and associated method of assembling same, includes an air deflector having a first portion mounted in the vehicle engine compartment rearwardly of the bumper beam and including a separating wall that extends between and segregates a first, upper air flow path from a second, lower air flow path. The airflow directing assembly includes a second, flexible seal portion extending from the air deflector first portion in a direction toward the bumper beam. The flexible seal portion is configured for sliding, sealing engagement with a surface of a vehicle engine compartment component such as the bumper beam to accommodate build variation during vehicle assembly. | 02-04-2016 |
20160031395 | REINFORCEMENT STRUCTURE FOR ENGINE HOOD OF MOTOR VEHICLE - A reinforcement structure includes an air inlet chamber, an air outlet chamber and at least one air outlet channel. The air outlet channel is formed by an outer cover plate, an inner cover plate, and two side plates respectively connected to the outer cover plate and the inner cover plate. A plurality of ribs are inwardly extended at inner sides of the air inlet chamber and the air outlet chamber, and an arched guiding angle is formed between any two adjacent ribs. A reinforcement plate is extended from the outer cover plate to form an included angle with the outer cover plate. A connecting plate is disposed at an end of the reinforcement plate and is parallel with the outer cover plate. A distance between the connecting plate and the outer cover plate is smaller than that between the connecting plate and the inner cover plate. | 02-04-2016 |
20160059688 | AIR FLAP DEVICE FOR VEHICLE - Disclosed is an air flap device for a vehicle which includes left and right flap units which are formed of a combination of a plurality of opposite flaps rotatably installed at left and right sides, wherein the left and right flap units are obliquely installed facing each other in such a way that the opposite side ends thereof protrude forward; a link which interconnects the other side ends of the plurality of flaps of the outer sides of the left and right flap units; and a driving force transfer unit which is installed between the left and right flap units and interconnects a predetermined pair of opposite left and right flaps of the left and right flap units. | 03-03-2016 |
20160059689 | MOTOR VEHICLE - An embodiment of the present invention relates to a vehicle ( | 03-03-2016 |
20160060844 | SHROUD WEAR RING FOR A WORK VEHICLE - A fan assembly for a work vehicle includes a fan shroud defining an opening and a fan. The fan includes a rotor and one or more blades extending outwardly along a radial direction from the rotor. The fan assembly additionally includes a wear ring attached to the fan shroud and extending inwardly along the radial direction. The wear ring is configured to interact with tips of the blades to increase an efficiency of the fan assembly. | 03-03-2016 |
20160068059 | VARIABLE OR STEPPED LOUVER ACTIVATION FOR ACTIVE GRILLE SYSTEM - An active grille system which is mounted to a fascia, grille, or carrier, or is part of the carrier of an automobile. Two sets of louvers are rotatably mounted to a frame, and a camming mechanism provides selective actuation of both sets of louvers, and an actuator controls the camming mechanism such that the actuator moves the camming mechanism between a first position, a second position, and a third position. When the camming mechanism is in the first position, both the first set and second set of louvers are in a closed position, when the camming mechanism is in the second position, the first set of louvers are in an open position and the second set of louvers are in a closed position, and when the camming mechanism is in the third position both the first set and second set of louvers are in an open position. | 03-10-2016 |
20160090712 | WORKING MACHINE - The present invention intends to provide a working machine capable of improving the heat exchange efficiency of the radiator and of suppressing degradation of performance of the radiator even when the oil cooler is clogged up, in the working machine arranging the radiator and the oil cooler above the engine. A working machine includes: a motor; a fan arranged above the motor, the fan being configured to generate an air flow downward; a radiator arranged above the fan; and an oil cooler arranged adjacent to the radiator. In addition, the working machine includes: a shroud disposed around fan, the shroud including: a rim portion forming an air vent hole, the air vent hole being for passage of the air flow generated by the fan; and a support member attached to an upper portion of the shroud, the support member being configured to support the radiator and the oil cooler. | 03-31-2016 |
20160096424 | OPERATING SPACE WITH A PREFERABLY THERMALLY AND ACOUSTICALLY INSULATING ENCLOSURE, AND AIR LOUVER ARRANGEMENT WHICH COOPERATES WITH SAID OPERATING SPACE - An operating space, particularly for a motor vehicle, which is bounded by an enclosure, wherewith more than half of the enclosure surface comprises a thermally and acoustically insulating lining material, and/or the enclosure surface is formed from insulating lining material, wherein the enclosure cooperates with an air intake louver system at an intake location that includes an air intake passage opening and at least one air intake louver wherein the intake louver(s) is adjustable between an open or passage position which allows passage of air, wherein the air-permeable flow cross section of the air intake opening is greater, and a closed or blocked position wherein the air-permeable flow cross section of the air intake opening is smaller, so that the amount of air per unit time which is admitted into the operating space through the air intake opening is less than when the at least one air intake louver is in the open position. | 04-07-2016 |
20160096425 | Vehicle Grill With Linearly Reciprocal Moveable Louvers - A grill assembly for attachment to a vehicle front end including a base grill portion, having a front surface, a back surface, a perimeter portion, and cross-rail portions. The cross-rail portions define a plurality of grill openings therebetween. A plurality of louvers are configured to communicate with the plurality of grill openings. The assembly is in communication with a controller to effectuate generally linearly reciprocal movement of at least one of the base grill portion or the plurality of louvers in a direction generally defined by a direction of travel of the vehicle to vary an amount of air flow through the plurality of grill openings. | 04-07-2016 |
20160129778 | EXTERNAL ACTIVE AIR FLAP FOR VEHICLE ENGINE ROOM - An external active air flap for a vehicle engine room includes a fixed flap fixedly installed at a front side of a vehicle and protruding in a forward-backward direction of the vehicle, which acts as a radiator grill. A hinge shaft is disposed inside and along the fixed flap in a left-right direction of the vehicle. A movable flap is disposed on an upper surface of the fixed flap, and a back end of the movable flap is connected with the hinge shaft. The movable flap rotates about the hinge shaft to open and close an opening of the external active air flap by a pressure of external air flowing into the vehicle. | 05-12-2016 |
20160131020 | TELESCOPICALLY CRUSHABLE AIR GUIDE FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE ENGINE RADIATOR AND VEHICLE PROVIDED WITH SAME - An air guide collects air from a grille located at the front of a vehicle engine compartment to a vertical radiator located in the engine compartment and which is fixed to a vehicle chassis. The air guide includes a main casing including an upper casing and a lower casing. The upper and lower casings include an opening toward the front to receive the air. The lower casing includes at least one substantially horizontal lower wall and two substantially vertical lateral walls. The lower casing axially and transversely abut the rear portion of the lower casing of the air guide relative to the chassis of the vehicle, at least in a lateral region of the lower casing, and a local structure for controlled preferred compression of the walls of the lower casing, at least in a lower portion of the lateral region of the lower casing. | 05-12-2016 |
20160137053 | AERODYNAMIC DEVICE TO OPTIMIZE AIR FLOW THROUGH HEAT EXCHANGERS - An air flow optimization device is provided for motor vehicle heat exchangers. The device includes a body having a first air flow opening with an inlet side and an outlet side. A series of fixed vanes are provided across the opening and divide the opening into a plurality of air flow channels. | 05-19-2016 |
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