Active baffling for cooling systems
AssigneeCNH Industrial America LLC
InventorsKaushal Ghorpade, Paul F. Wollmuth
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Abstract
A cooling system includes a first frame, a second frame coupled to the first frame and positioned in front of a portion of first frame in a stacked arrangement, a first cooler supported by the first frame, a second cooler supported by the second frame, and a baffle system. The baffle system includes a bracket coupled directly to one of the first frame or the second frame, a baffle coupled to the bracket and positioned to facilitate selectively restricting airflow through at least a portion of at least one of the first cooler or the second cooler, and an actuator positioned to facilitate reconfiguring the baffle between a non-restrictive orientation and a restrictive orientation.
Claims19
A cooling system for a machine, the cooling system comprising:
- a first frame;
- a second frame coupled to the first frame and positioned in front of a portion of first frame in a stacked arrangement;
- a first cooler supported by the first frame;
- a second cooler supported by the second frame;
- and
- a baffle system including:
- a first bracket coupled directly to the first frame;
- a first baffle coupled to the first bracket and positioned over a front side of at least one of the first cooler or second cooler to facilitate selectively restricting airflow through at least a portion of the at least one of the first cooler or the second cooler;
- a first actuator positioned to facilitate reconfiguring the first baffle between a non-restrictive orientation and a restrictive orientation;
- a second bracket coupled directly to one of the first frame or the second frame;
- a second baffle coupled to the second bracket;
- and
- a second actuator positioned to facilitate reconfiguring the second baffle between a non-restrictive orientation and a restrictive orientation.
A cooling system for a machine, the cooling system comprising:
- a first frame;
- a second frame;
- at least one cooler supported by the at least one of the first frame and the second frame;
- a fan positioned to drive air through the at least one cooler;
- and
- a baffle system including:
- a first bracket coupled to the first frame;
- a first baffle coupled to the first bracket and positioned over a front side of the at least one cooler to facilitate selectively restricting airflow through at least a portion of the at least one cooler;
- a first actuator positioned to facilitate reconfiguring the first baffle between a non-restrictive orientation and a restrictive orientation;
- a second bracket coupled directly to one of the first frame or the second frame;
- a second baffle coupled to the second bracket;
- and
- a second actuator positioned to facilitate reconfiguring the second baffle between a non-restrictive orientation and a restrictive orientation.
A machine comprising:
- a driveline;
- a hydraulic circuit including a hydraulically-operated implement;
- and
- a cooling system including:
- a first frame;
- a second frame coupled to the first frame and positioned in front of a portion of first frame in a stacked arrangement;
- a first cooler supported by the first frame;
- a second cooler supported by the second frame, wherein each of the first cooler and the second cooler is fluidly coupled to the driveline or the hydraulic circuit;
- a fan positioned to drive air through the first cooler and the second cooler;
- and
- a baffle system including:
- a first bracket coupled directly the first frame;
- a first baffle coupled to the first bracket and positioned over a front side of at least one of the first color or second cooler to facilitate selectively restricting airflow through at least a portion of the at least one of the first cooler or the second cooler;
- a first actuator positioned to facilitate reconfiguring the first baffle between a non-restrictive orientation and a restrictive orientation;
- a second bracket coupled directly to one of the first frame or the second frame;
- a second baffle coupled to the second bracket;
- and
- a second actuator positioned to facilitate reconfiguring the second baffle between a non-restrictive orientation and a restrictive orientation.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.