Off-road utility vehicle air conditioning system

An off-road utility vehicle air conditioning system, comprising:

• a gas powered internal combustion engine mounted transversely under a rear cargo box of an off-road utility vehicle, the engine transmitting power to a pair of front wheels and a pair of rear wheels through a non-electronically controlled belt driven continuously variable transmission having a primary clutch rotated by a first end of an output shaft of the engine, the continuously variable transmission biased to run the engine at a peak power speed over about 5000 rpm;
• a belt driven variable displacement air conditioning compressor and a belt driven alternator rotated by a second end of the output shaft of the engine;
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• an air conditioning unit mounted forward of a cab of the off-road utility vehicle and connected by refrigerant lines to the variable displacement air conditioning compressor, the variable displacement air conditioning compressor having a higher displacement when the non-electronically controlled belt driven continuously variable transmission is disengaged at an engine idle speed, and having a lower displacement when the non-electronically controlled belt driven continuously variable transmission is engaged and the engine is running at the peak power speed.

An off-road utility vehicle air conditioning system, comprising

• an air conditioning unit positioned at least partially inside a mounting structure in front of an enclosed cab, and between a pair of front wheels of a utility vehicle, and connected to a variable displacement air conditioning compressor driven by an output shaft on the right side of a gas powered internal combustion engine positioned behind the cab and below a rear cargo box;
• a non-electronically controlled belt driven continuously variable transmission transmitting power from an output shaft on the left side of the gas powered internal combustion engine to a pair of front wheels and a pair of rear wheels, the continuously variable transmission biased to ratios where the engine runs at over about 5000 rpm;
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• a belt-driven alternator behind the cab and below the cargo box.