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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8181727 | 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 c... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8162086 | 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 factor... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8157038 | Saddle-ride type vehicle Improved cooling capacity for a V-belt continuously variable transmission that is compatible with miniaturization of a vehicle body cover is provided in a saddle-ride type vehicle. A concave-shaped space recessed downward is compartmented forward of a seat by a vehi... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8136618 | 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 w... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8118124 | Fail-safe air flap control apparatus for vehicle A fail-safe air flap control apparatus for a vehicle includes a coolant temperature sensor, a control unit, an actuator, a movable unit, a flap unit, an elastic member and a solenoid unit. The coolant temperature sensor measures the temperature of a coolant. The con... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8104559 | Multiple air flow paths using single axial fan A cooling system for a compact vehicle such as a compact loader having an engine and an engine compartment, includes a single axial flow fan that is surrounded by a shroud and has a high pressure side and a low pressure side. Air flow generated by the fan is used fo... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8100209 | Front bulkhead cover and air flow system A vehicle bulkhead cover and vehicle front assembly using the cover are described. The vehicle front assembly separates a significant proportion of entrained dirt or water particles from an air flow through the assembly. The resulting air flow can then be directed t... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8091668 | Motor vehicle and control method of motor vehicle A motor vehicle is equipped with an outside air introduction assembly 104 functioning to introduce the outside air into a radiator 92 in an engine cooling system during driving, as well as with an outside air introduction assembly 114 functionin... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8087485 | Straddle-type vehicle A straddle-type vehicle that effectively cools an engine using running wind while inhibiting damage to the engine caused by contact with the road surface or objects thrown up by a front wheel. An under cover is disposed beneath a leg shield. An opening that opens to... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8079434 | Cylinder head cooling system for a motorcycle A motorcycle including a frame and an engine and transmission assembly coupled to the frame. The engine and transmission assembly includes at least one cylinder head assembly having a cooling port and defining a cooling passageway in fluid communication with the coo... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8037956 | Vehicle mounted with fuel cell power supply system A vehicle is described that can efficiently cool or heat a group of components, in view of appropriate operating temperature ranges of respective components configuring a fuel cell power supply system, while realizing saving of a mounting space in the vehicle and co... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8037958 | Layout of compact all terrain vehicle for fuel tank, intake duct, and exhaust duct positioning Fuel tank 10 is provided such that its front end 10′ is located to the rear of the rear end 20a′ of crankcase 20a; air intake duct 34 of transmission case 21a has an intake port 34b arr... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8020655 | 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 factor... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8006792 | Vehicle cowl for deflecting road debris A vehicle cowl may comprise a receiving portion formed as a local depression, and one or more openings formed on sides of the receiving portion. The vehicle cowl may be configured to be disposed rearward of a front wheel of a vehicle, the one or more openings to fac... | 08/30/2011 |
| 8006791 | Air routing structure for a motorcycle, and motorcycle including same An intake air passage, formed through a motorcycle body frame, reduces changes in pressure within an air routing duct member due to opening and closing of a throttle, and also reduces pipe resonance of the air routing duct member. The air routing duct member extends... | 08/30/2011 |
| 8002061 | 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 th... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7992664 | Jalousie for a vehicle The jalousie for the control of the air flow through the engine cooler of a vehicle has rotatable fins (2), which are supported on one side in an outer housing ring (47) provided for the connection with the engine cooler of the vehicle and on the other... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7992663 | 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 d... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7987936 | Air guide plate To prevent an engine from being thermally affected by the air that has passed a radiator. A engine and a radiator for cooling the engine are attached to the body frame. An air guide plate permits lead air striking the radiator to a desired position to be disposed be... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7980344 | Hydrogen station, method of charging hydrogen, and vehicle A hydrogen station includes gas storage equipment for storing hydrogen, a dispenser for charging hydrogen gas supplied from the gas storage equipment into a hydrogen tank of a vehicle, and a blower. When charging hydrogen, the blower blows air towards a radiator of ... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7946368 | 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 fa... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7946367 | Rotating radiator screen having air curtain seal A rotating radiator screen has a series of fins surrounding the peripheral edge of the screen at its interface with a wall surface of the machine on which the screen is mounted. An annular baffle on the wall surface circumscribes the fins and cooperates with them in... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7938213 | Vehicle drain hole structure A vehicle drain hole structure includes an enclosure (e.g., an air intake tube, an intake enclosure, a resonator, a cleaner, etc.) defined by at least one wall. The at least one wall has an inner surface and an outer surface. A drain hole is defined in the at least ... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7938214 | Motor cooling system A vehicle motor system includes a motor that receives cooling fluid flow from two different cooling sources. A control, such as a valve, selectively changes the cooling flow between the two cooling sources in response to an operational state of the vehicle. ... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7931104 | Machine having cooling system and method A machine includes a body having a cooling air inlet and a cooling air outlet, and having an engine compartment therein. A second compartment is positioned vertically above and fluidly connected with the engine compartment. At least one open-air operator station is ... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7913785 | Snowmobile cooling system A snowmobile is disclosed having a frame. A tunnel is formed in a rearward portion of the frame. An engine disposed on the frame. A drive track is disposed at least in part in the tunnel and is operatively connected to the engine for propulsion of the snowmobile. At... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7905307 | Battery cooling air intake structure In a battery cooling air intake structure, in which a trunk side lining (35) of a vehicle body side part is disposed so as to be continuous with a side part of a seat back (32) of a seat for a passenger to sit on, and a battery is cooled using, as cool... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7900727 | 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 coo... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7882911 | Straddle type vehicle including air exhaust duct for continuously variable transmission A straddle-type vehicle with enhanced heat exhaust efficiency in a transmission case housing a continuously variable transmission. The continuously variable transmission and an engine are arranged forward of a rear wheel 4. An air intake duct introduces outsi... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7878283 | Vehicle having a thermoelectric generator A vehicle has a heat-emitting component and a thermoelectric generator, which has a heat-absorbing component thermally coupled with the heat-emitting component, and which generates electric energy from the temperature gradient between the heat-absorbing element and ... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7861814 | Air intake system with flow-diverting plenum box A work machine comprises an external housing, an air precleaner, an air filter, and a plenum box. The air precleaner is positioned outside the external housing, and the air filter is positioned inside the external housing. The plenum box is coupled fluidly to the ai... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7828097 | Construction machine An object is to provide a construction machine containing an engine (30) and a heat exchanger (31) in a bonnet (14), adapted for easy cleaning of a side of the heat exchanger (31) toward a cooling fan. A space (29) into whic... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7798268 | Thermotunneling devices for motorcycle cooling and power generation A system for turning waste heat from the engine of a motorcycle into useable electricity through the use of thermotunneling and thermionic devices. The system described also provides cooling for the engine and driver along with pressurized air flow for use in coolin... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7784576 | 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... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7766111 | 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... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7762367 | Straddle-type vehicle A motorcycle that ensures engine cooling efficiency while suppressing radiator exposure has a head pipe and left and right downtubes extending downward from the head pipe. A radiator catches traveling wind from forwardly of the motorcycle. A louver provided on the r... | 07/27/2010 |
| 7753152 | Cooling device for construction machine In a bulldozer, a radiator module is separated from an engine and is disposed on the rear of the bulldozer. Louver plates on the upper portion of a grill are installed so as to cover the outside of the radiator module and point in a substantially horizontal directio... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7717204 | Bumper structure of automotive vehicle An opening portion is formed at an upper-side portion of a shroud panel so as to penetrate the panel longitudinally. A face member and a face support member form a duct that guides part of outside air coming in through an outside-air intake of the face member to an ... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7694766 | Counterweighted fork lift truck with at least one air intake opening in the vicinity of a step recess A counterweighted fork lift truck has a vehicle body (2) with an equipment compartment (R) located underneath a driver workplace (1). The equipment compartment and contains heat-emitting components. The vehicle body (2) includes at least one ste... | 04/13/2010 |
| 7690460 | Exhaust structure of construction machine An upper surface part of an engine guard forming an engine room is formed by a bonnet for opening and closing a maintenance port and a fixed hood. On the lower surface side of the bonnet is disposed a movable duct in a state that when the bonnet is opened the movabl... | 04/06/2010 |
