ATV air heat exchanger with mounting structure and linkage
AssigneeZhejiang CFMOTO Power Co., Ltd.
InventorsXiaolu Jiang, Jutao Yang
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Abstract
An off road vehicle has an air heater with right and left shells surrounding and supporting a core, with the right and left shells connected by screws extending through ears on one of the shells into bosses on the other shell. Dual air control plates are mounted in the shell on a shaft for pivoting movement. An actuator is linked to the shaft by a swing arm with a guide pin riding in an arced slot of a drive plate rotationally secured to the shaft. The right and left shells are secured to the vehicle using a resilient compressible grommet, with a bushing extending through the grommet and a bolt extending through the bushing and attached into the frame.
Claims12
An air heat exchanger for an off road vehicle, the air heat exchanger comprising:
- a core for heat exchange with a forced air flow;
- and,
- a shell structure supporting the core, the shell structure defining an air inlet to the core and an air outlet from the core toward a passenger compartment of the vehicle,
- the air heat exchanger further comprising:
- at least one plate mounted on a shaft within the shell structure, pivoting of the shaft causing the at least one plate to move between a first position wherein the at least one plate directs forced air flow across the core and a second position wherein the at least one plate directs forced air flow to bypass the core;
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- an actuator for rotational pivoting of the shaft from outside the shell structure, the actuator having a rotational throw which is greater than the rotational pivoting of the shaft from the first position to the second position.
An air heat exchanger for an off road vehicle, the air heat exchanger comprising:
- a core for heat exchange with a forced air flow;
- and,
- a shell structure supporting the core, the shell structure defining an air inlet to the core and an air outlet from the core toward a passenger compartment of the vehicle,
- wherein the shell structure comprises:
- a left shell supporting a left side of the core, with at least one left shell ear with a left shell bolt hole through the at least one left shell ear;
- a left resilient cushioning grommet lining the left shell bolt hole;
- a left bolt extending through the left shell bolt hole in the at least one left shell ear and through the left resilient cushioning grommet to secure the left shell of the air heat exchanger relative to a frame of the vehicle;
- a right shell separable from the left shell and in an abutting relationship with the left shell and supporting a right side of the core, with at least one right shell ear with a right shell bolt hole through the at least one right shell ear;
- a right resilient cushioning grommet lining the right shell bolt hole;
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- a right bolt extending through the right shell bolt hole in the at least one right shell ear and through the right resilient cushioning grommet to secure the right shell of the air heat exchanger relative to the frame of the vehicle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.