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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8167026 | Collector tank for a multi-row heat exchanger A collector tank for a heat exchanger of an automotive cooling system includes a one-piece tank element comprising a first collecting region and a second collecting region, wherein at least one of the first collecting region and the second collecting region comprise... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8127828 | Air-oil heat exchanger A heat exchange system for use in fluid operated equipment to provide air and working fluid heat exchanges to cool the working fluid in airstreams on a stream side of a wall. An actuator is mounted to be substantially located on a side of the wall opposite the strea... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8100168 | Device for reheating the water of the windscreen washers of a motor vehicle The invention relates to a device for reheating the water of the windscreen washers of a motor vehicle comprising, in the engine compartment thereof, a degassing box (1) forming part of the engine cooling system, and at least one tank (3) for pressuris... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8096347 | Pivotable heat exchanger mounting A cooler block for an agricultural tractor comprising a cooler assembly mounted on a radiator and coupled to the radiator by upper and lower linkages. The cooler assembly can be moved between a first position in which the cooler assembly lies parallel to the radiato... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8069906 | Vehicular exhaust heat recovery apparatus with frozen working fluid melting An exhaust heat recovery apparatus includes an evaporation unit, a condensation unit, an evaporation-side communication part and a condensation-side communication part. The evaporation unit is disposed in a duct member through which an exhaust gas generated from an ... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8069905 | EGR gas cooling device A gas cooling device capable of efficiently cooling a gas such as an EGR gas, etc. is provided. A multiplicity of cooling pipes perpendicularly intersecting a gas flow direction in a gas pipe for a gas such as an EGR gas, etc. are provided to extend through an outer... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8056613 | Vehicle including heat guard for control module A vehicle, such as a motorcycle or ATV, includes a frame, an internal combustion engine, a radiator, a control module and a heat guard. The radiator is configured for receiving fresh air and for expelling heated air. The control module includes an engine control uni... | 11/15/2011 |
| 7992622 | Oil cooler fitting assembly A fitting assembly for connecting an oil cooler assembly to a radiator assembly in a vehicle cooling system includes a radiator having an inlet header tank with an outer wall. The outer wall includes an inlet cooler opening and an outlet cooler opening disposed in t... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7971631 | Heat exchanger unit for motor vehicles A heat exchanger unit for motor vehicles includes one first heat exchanger and one second heat exchanger. Each heat exchanger includes two collector pipes which are arranged at a distance from each other. One collector pipe of the first heat exchanger is arranged su... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7950443 | Apparatus for tilting and securing a heat exchanger Apparatus for supporting a heat exchanger such as a condenser of an air conditioning system on a vehicle, for pivotal movement between an operational position and a position angularly related to the operational position, for such purposes as inspection, cleaning, se... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7900688 | Instantaneous air-heating unit An air heater includes a bell housing semi-attached to an exhaust fume output manifold of an engine of a vehicle for collecting hot air, preferably during starting, linked by an air hose to a small turbine or an extractor which forces air into vehicle's compartment,... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7896062 | Tractor cooling system A cooling system for a work vehicle is disclosed that includes first and second heat exchangers disposed one above the other to create two discrete flow paths. The upper heat exchanger is an engine water cooler and the lower heat exchanger may be an intercooler, an ... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7878231 | Piping with coolant inlet The piping with a coolant inlet is provided with a partition wall within a body part. In the body part, a flow path having a U-turn region changing the flow direction of a coolant by about 180° degrees is defined. Much of the air contained in the coolant returning ... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7841382 | Apparatus for cooling components in spacecraft The invention relates to an apparatus for cooling components in spacecraft, comprising a heat radiator (5) and a heat conductor (3; 3a, 3b). A versatile applicability is achieved in such a way that the heat conductor (3, 3 | 11/30/2010 |
| 7814963 | Tractor cooling system A cooling system for a work vehicle is disclosed that includes first and second heat exchangers disposed one above the other to create two discrete flow paths. The upper heat exchanger is an engine water cooler and the lower heat exchanger may be an intercooler, an ... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7740053 | Method of cooling or heating a means of transport and a means of transport A method of maintaining a space in a means of transport, such as a vehicle, at a desired temperature. The vehicle is provided with a storage tank containing a medium having a suitable temperature. According to the invention the storage tank is part of the transport ... | 06/22/2010 |
| 7669640 | Casing with external seal and immobilization cover for a passenger heating, ventilation and/or air conditioning installation A casing houses a heat exchanger in a vehicle HVAC system. The heat exchanger includes air inlet and air outlet faces, rear end and front end faces, and first and second side faces. The side faces are each capped with a radiator tank comprising a front end. Each rad... | 03/02/2010 |
| 7640967 | Thermosyphon heat reduction system for a motor vehicle engine compartment A system (10) and method for removing heat from an engine compartment in a motor vehicle where heat generated by operation of a heat engine (12) that propels the vehicle tends to collect. Engine heat is collected in a thermofluid in a reservoir forming... | 01/05/2010 |
| 7640966 | Heat exchanger and cooling module having the same An object of the invention is to provide a heat exchanger (radiator) or a cooling module having the radiator and a condenser, which has a higher rigidity against vibration in the vertical direction. To the end, the radiator or the cooling module is mounted to a vehi... | 01/05/2010 |
| 7594536 | EGR cooler An EGR cooler including tubes and a shell enclosing the tubes. Cooling water is supplied into and discharged from the shell. Exhaust gas is guided from a diesel engine into the tubes for thermal exchange of the exhaust gas with the cooling water. A bypass flow path ... | 09/29/2009 |
| 7581582 | Exhaust cooling system of an amphibious vehicle An exhaust cooling system of an amphibious vehicle operable in land and marine modes comprises an exhaust system to be cooled, at least one air-liquid heat exchanger, at least one liquid-liquid heat exchanger, and coolant liquid in thermal communication with the exh... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7552756 | Brazed aluminum radiator with PTO section and method of making the same A heat exchanger (10) is provided with a PTO section (12) passing through its core (14), with all of the components of the heat exchanger (10) being brazed together at the same time during assembly of the heat exchanger (10). ... | 06/30/2009 |
| 7530386 | Heat-removing device and heat-removing method of vehicle interior part A heat-removing device for a vehicle including: an interior part having a plate portion exposed to direct sunlight including a baseboard formed of a resin or a composite material containing a resin and a skin material which covers an outer surface of the baseboard; ... | 05/12/2009 |
| 7513297 | Portable heat transfer system and method For use in warming a rider on a motorcycle having a heat-producing engine, a portable heat transfer system and method of warmth. The system includes an air blower having an air inlet and an air outlet and being adapted to be positioned and secured preferably behind ... | 04/07/2009 |
| 7506680 | Helical heat exchange apparatus A heat exchange apparatus has a housing, a first fan cooperative with the housing for drawing air through the housing, an air flow line extending within the housing, a second fan connected to the air flow line for drawing air along the air flow line, and a coolant t... | 03/24/2009 |
| 7503380 | Industrial truck with a radiator and a filter An industrial truck includes a radiator (3), a cooling air line (4), and a filter (6) that is located in the vicinity of the cooling air line (4). A cleaning device that can be effectively connected with the filter (6) can be integ... | 03/17/2009 |
| 7500512 | Cooling structure for high tension electrical equipment The present invention aims to cool high tension electrical equipment efficiently with a small, lightweight device. The high tension electrical equipment cooling structure is provided for cooling batteries which supply electricity to the operating motor via an invert... | 03/10/2009 |
| 7458414 | Hydraulic reservoir with integrated heat exchanger Improvement, in hydraulic systems, such as for vehicle transmissions and the like, in the form of a hydraulic reservoir with integrated heat exchanger having fluid supply/return and fluid return ports, including a central section, having inner and outer shell portio... | 12/02/2008 |
| 7455100 | Cooling system having a pivotal heat exchanger A cooling system for a work machine is disclosed. The cooling system has a heat exchanger pivotally connected along a pivot axis. The cooling system also has a first fluid conduit and a second fluid conduit. The first fluid conduit is connected to a first end of the... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7434746 | Heating device, particularly for a vehicle A heating device, particularly for a vehicle, includes a burner for producing combustion heat, and also a heat exchanger for transferring combustion heat produced in the burner to a medium to be heated. ... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7434608 | Air-blowing unit An air-blowing unit includes a blower unit including an irreversible fan, a first blower-side duct connected to an inlet port of the blower unit, a second blower-side duct connected to an air discharge port of the blower unit, a first air opening-side duct including... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7431639 | Vehicle air-conditioning unit, assembly structure of vehicle air-conditioning unit and link module for use therein A vehicle air-conditioning unit includes a plurality of doors for opening and closing an air passage within a unit case, and a link mechanism. The link mechanism has levers fixed to rotary shafts of the doors, respectively, to rotate with the rotary shafts of the do... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7426909 | Cooling system for a machine A cooling system for a machine is provided. The machine has an operator compartment, a front end, and an engine cooled by a first heat exchanger and mounted within an engine compartment. The engine compartment is positioned behind the operator compartment in relatio... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7418994 | Fan shroud with integral hood seal A one piece fan shroud for a tractor has first and second faces, a frame with top, left and right sides, a bottom, and an upper wall extending from the top of the frame. The upper wall, left and right sides of the fan shroud are dimensioned to match the internal geo... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7416138 | Thermal bypass channel The present invention relates to distribution of conditioned air from automotive HVAC units, in particularly, distribution systems having both front and rear components. In particular, the present invention improves the temperature characteristics of the rear floor ... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7398745 | Apparatus and method for controlling the operation of a cooling system for a marine propulsion device A cooling system for a marine propulsion device provides a bypass loop around a cooling pump that allows the flow of cooling water through certain components to be reduced or increased as a function of the temperature of those components while causing a full flow of... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7395787 | Air separator for low flow rate cooling systems An air separator for low flow rate coolant systems which removes air from the liquid coolant thereof. The air separator is a closed canister having a bottom wall, a top wall at a gravitationally high location with respect to the bottom wall, and a sidewall sealingly... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7389584 | Heat exchanger for a motor vehicle and a method for manufacturing same A heat exchanger for a motor vehicle, particularly a motorcycle in which a bent cooling element is disposed between a first and second collector tank. The bent cooling element is provided with a longer and a shorter side as well as lateral connecting planes for join... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7380728 | Heating device for motor vehicles The invention relates to a heating device for motor vehicles with an internal combustion engine and a coolant circuit. The heating device (1) comprises a heat-generation compartment (2) with a cooling jacket (6) around which a coolant flows, and... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7377554 | Seal structure for vehicle air conditioner A seal structure is provided for an air conditioning unit mounted inside a passenger compartment of a vehicle and connected with pipes, which extends to the passenger compartment from an engine cabin through a pipe penetration opening of an isolation member. The sea... | 05/27/2008 |
