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US 12,766,925 B2Granted
Roof assembly for a cab of a work vehicle with internal storage and related cooling system for heat-generating components stored therein
AssigneeCNH Industrial America LLC
InventorsAndrew Victor Lauwers, Christian Mayer
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Abstract
In one aspect, a roof assembly for an operator's cab of a work vehicle includes internal storage for storing one or more heat-generating components and incorporates a cooling system for directing an airflow through the roof assembly for cooling such components.
Claims19
A roof assembly configured for use with an operator's cab for a work vehicle, the roof assembly including:
- an outer housing including at least one air intake port provided along at least one lateral side of the outer housing and at least one air outlet port provided along an aft end of the outer housing;
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- first and second roof members positioned within the outer housing, the first and second roof members collectively defining at least one airflow channel extending between the at least one air intake port and the at least one air outlet port for directing an airflow through an interior of the outer housing;
- wherein the airflow is used to cool at least one heat-generating component positioned within the outer housing;
- wherein the at least one heat-generating component is housed within an inner storage compartment of the roof assembly, the inner storage compartment being positioned within the outer housing;
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- wherein the roof assembly further comprises at least one isolation mount coupling the inner storage compartment to one of the first roof member or the second roof member, the at least one isolation mount being configured to reduce an amount of vibrations transmitted between the one of the first roof member or the second roof member and the inner storge compartment.
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A roof assembly configured for use with an operator's cab for a work vehicle, the roof assembly including:
- an outer housing including at least one air intake port provided along at least one lateral side of the outer housing and at least one air outlet port provided along an aft end of the outer housing;
- first and second roof members positioned within the outer housing, the first and second roof members collectively defining at least one airflow channel extending between the at least one air intake port and the at least one air outlet port for directing an airflow through an interior of the outer housing;
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- one or more flow dividers positioned within the at least one airflow channel to divide the airflow flowing through the at least one airflow channel;
- wherein the airflow is used to cool at least one heat-generating component positioned within the outer housing;
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- wherein the one or more flow dividers extend vertically between the first and second roof members and support the second roof member relative to the first roof member.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.