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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8167068 | Motor vehicle front face The motor vehicle front-end panel includes a structure (2) to be fixed to body elements (4, 5) of the vehicle, a cassette (6) and at least one cooling element (8) for cooling the engine which is connected to the cassette (6) and ch... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8151921 | Vehicle front structure A vehicle front structure is disclosed in which a bulkhead (15) is provided between left and right front side frames (11), and a cooling unit (17) is provided having a radiator in the bulkhead. An upper support bracket (41) and a lower su... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8151920 | Heat exchanger assembly for the front section of a motor vehicle The invention relates to a heat exchanger assembly, in particular a radiator assembly for the front section of a motor vehicle, including a heat exchanger. The heat exchanger is configured in several parts in the form of heat exchanger elements, i.e. at least one pr... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8122988 | Vehicular cooling device supporting apparatus A vehicular cooling device supporting apparatus has a radiator support lower 14 formed with a plurality of support-side connecting portions 32 and 34 for altering connecting positions to radiator support sides 16 and 18. This enabl... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8087486 | Vehicular canister mounting structure A vehicular canister mounting structure includes a vehicle body floor provided on rear frames, a canister being provided underneath the vehicle body floor for treating gasoline vapor produced within a fuel tank, a guide pipe for protecting the canister, and a suppor... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8051933 | Sliding apparatus of cooling module for vehicles A sliding apparatus of a cooling module for a vehicle, constructed so that the cooling module slides in a rearward direction of the vehicle when a front impact force acts on the cooling module mounted to a front end module, may include a slide slot formed in a longi... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8042635 | Front end module of a vehicle Safety of passengers may be improved by a front end module of a vehicle that includes: a front end module carrier that extends transversely in front of a vehicle a front end module carrier that extends transversely in front of a vehicle engine compartment and forms ... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8042636 | Saddle-ride type four-wheel vehicle A water-cooled engine mounted on a vehicle wherein a mass concentration keeps the center of mass at a low position. In a saddle-ride type four-wheel vehicle, a radiator and a fuel tank are supported on lower frames, and are arranged, side by side, so as to be distri... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8037959 | All terrain vehicle with radiator protection A vehicle including a main body frame having a length direction and a width direction includes a front frame carried by the main body frame. The front frame includes a first front cross frame having a generally height and extends along said main body's width directi... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8020656 | Cooling conduit arrangement for hybrid vehicle with two radiators An inflow conduit through which coolant flows into a hybrid radiator that is arranged in front of an engine radiator is arranged on an upper portion of a bumper reinforcement and attached to the front of the hybrid radiator. As a result, damage to the inflow conduit... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8011466 | Utility vehicle, in particular an agricultural tractor A vehicle, in particular an agricultural tractor, is disclosed with a vehicle chassis, which is formed at least partly from two laterally spaced side members (1, 2) with C-shaped profile, comprising a vertical bar (1a, 2a) and two ... | 09/06/2011 |
| 7987938 | Cooling device for motorcycle engine To enable the close arrangement of right and left cooling fans that are common to each other and rotate in the same direction. A radiator is disposed forward of an engine, is horizontally lengthwise and is formed such that the center thereof bends to protrude rearwa... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7987937 | Systems and methods for assembling a front end module to a vehicle The present disclosure provides a Front End Module (FEM) assembly and associated assembly method with a rail system to enable efficient assembly, tighter clearances between the front end module assembly and the vehicle, and time and cost savings. The present disclos... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7963355 | Vehicle front end structure A vehicle front end structure is provided with a vehicle body frame forming a frontward portion of a vehicle, a longitudinal acceleration sensor, a frontward vehicle component, a rearward extending part and a bracket. The frontward vehicle component is disposed to p... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7963356 | Locomotive-radiator-cooling-fan tankhead assembly Apparatus including a locomotive-radiator-cooling-fan tankhead assembly having a substantially-circular base plate and a substantially-circular outer ring. The base plate has a central longitudinal axis and a circumference. The outer ring is substantially coaxially ... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7954582 | Motorcycle A motorcycle including a radiator and having an engine offset, and in which increase in vehicle width is suppressed. A center of the engine is out of alignment with respect to a center of a head pipe toward one side in the vehicle width direction. The radiator is ar... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7946369 | Structure for mounting radiator to front-end module carrier A structure for mounting a radiator to a front-end module carrier includes an insulator, a bracket body, at least one guide rib on the front-end module carrier, and a screw-fastening boss on the front-end module carrier. The bracket body defines a space for the insu... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7942223 | Vehicular radiator supporting apparatus A vehicular radiator supporting apparatus 10 has a pair of radiator support sides 16 and 18 connected to a radiator support upper 12 to be pivoted about a predetermined pivot axis O. To the pair of radiator support sides 16 and ... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7942222 | 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 wi... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7938215 | Cooler installation A tractor cooling installation has an engine cooling radiator (11) fixed relative to the tractor (16), a first inner bank of one or more coolers (12,13) pivoted on the radiator on a first frame (17) for upward pivoting movement away from ... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7921947 | Saddle riding type fuel cell vehicle A saddle riding type fuel cell vehicle includes a fuel cell that generates power by a chemical reaction between a fuel gas and a reactive gas with radiators that cool cooling water of the fuel cell. The radiators are adjacently arranged in right and left sides of th... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7918297 | Body and front axle bearing for a motor vehicle A motor vehicle chassis and a water-cooled internal combustion engine attached thereto has a cooling system comprising coolant-conducting pipes least one radiator element, and a coolant pump produces forced flow in the cooling circuit. A portion of the cooling pipe ... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7886860 | Assembly support system A front-end module for supporting heat exchangers in a vehicle includes a U-shaped assembly support having a horizontally extending base and two downward extending sidepieces, and a connecting support having a horizontal web which supports the heat exchangers. The a... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7882913 | Cooling module A cooling module capable of reducing vibration in a compartment attributable to the discharge pulsation of the compressor is disclosed. The cooling module comprises a radiator (1) mounted to a vehicle for cooling the cooling water by heat exchange between the... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7874390 | Working machine On the premise that a partition wall for defining an engine room is provided on the left side of a rear portion of an upper frame the partition wall constituting an upper rotating body and that an engine and a cooler are disposed in the engine room, a front support ... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7866426 | Radiator support structure A riding type mower comprises: a plurality of wheels; a vehicle body supported by the plurality of wheels; a water-cooled engine located in a rear region of the vehicle body; a hood for covering the engine; a driver's seat located forwardly of the hood; a rollover p... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7845446 | Scooter type vehicle A scooter vehicle includes a steering handlebar, a radiator disposed under a seat, a step floor disposed between the steering handlebar and the scat, and a leg shield disposed forward of the step floor. The leg shield includes an upper portion protruding toward a ri... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7823671 | Cooling structure of heat generating member A cooling structure includes a plurality of plate-shaped heat generating members such as battery parts, DC voltage converters and electrical member (e.g., relay). In the cooling structure, the heat generating members are arranged in a plate-thickness direction to ha... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7802643 | Inverter buffer structure for a hybrid vehicle An inverter buffer structure for a vehicle is provided so that even when a head-on collision occurs, no damage is caused to the inverter case and its internal contents. In one embodiment an inverter buffer structure for a vehicle is disposed with an inverter in an e... | 09/28/2010 |
| 7779944 | Snowmobile tunnel and rear heat exchanger The top wall of a snowmobile tunnel, which accommodates the endless drive track of the snowmobile, is provided with recesses at locations corresponding to the path followed by studs carried by the endless track. The rear of the tunnel is connected to a molded rear m... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7766112 | Front end module with breakaway radiator An automotive vehicle is provided which includes a structural member, a bumper movable with respect to the structural member upon an impact of said vehicle with an object, and a radiator for cooling fluid of a component of the vehicle, the radiator being mounted wit... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7748484 | Piping fixing structure A piping fixing structure of the present invention includes: a vehicle body; a suspension member which is elastically supported by the vehicle body via a vibration damping member, and supports a suspension; and a fixing mechanism which fixes piping to the suspension... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7743862 | Reserve tank structure A reserve tank structure for enhancing the degree of freedom in the layout of the filling portion of the reserve tank and the mounting bracket and the degree of freedom in the layout of parts around the reserve tank. A reserve tank structure includes a reserve hose ... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7735590 | Saddle ride, fuel cell powered vehicle A fuel cell powered vehicle includes radiators disposed on left and right sides on the skew rear side of a front wheel in relation to the vehicle body front-rear direction. A secondary battery is disposed between the left and right radiators. A thin plate-shaped inn... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7703566 | Integrated automotive tie bar and upper condenser, radiator and fan module brackets An upper CRFM attachment modality which provides assembly simplification, structural strength, design efficiency, and reduced vehicle weight. The tie bar, particularly the inner tie bar component thereof, is integrally provided with a pair of upper CFRM brackets. A ... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7669677 | Insulator for vehicular radiator The vibration of a radiator is insulated from being transmitted to a vehicle body by an insulator having vibration-dampening protrusions, air pockets, and sub-air pockets, thereby greatly reducing noise and vibration of the vehicle compartment. The insulator include... | 03/02/2010 |
| 7628237 | Self-aligning fixed grille A grille for a vehicle, especially for severe service vehicles, is provided. The grille couples to a front reinforcement assembly of the vehicle's hood using a male and female slip joint, such as a boss and track. The grille and hood also hinge together. A spring en... | 12/08/2009 |
| 7617897 | Vehicle engine cooling system A vehicle engine cooling system includes a cooling water circulation passage extending from an engine in an engine room and returning to the engine, at least a part of the cooling water circulation passage arranged to face a running wind flow space apart from the en... | 11/17/2009 |
| 7575082 | Arrangement for fixing a heat exchanger, particularly a cooling module in a motor vehicle The invention elates to an arrangement for fixing a heat exchanger (1), particularly a cooling module in a motor vehicle, preferably at four, i.e. two upper and two lower, fixing points (4, 5, 6, 7). Interengaging fixing means are provided on the heat ... | 08/18/2009 |
| 7562733 | Radiator core support A radiator core support includes a radiator core support main body that is made of plastic material, a right fixing member and a left fixing member that are made of metal, and a first metal frame. The right fixing member and the left fixing member are fixed on a rig... | 07/21/2009 |
