Mounting Structure And Linkage In ATV Air Heat Exchanger
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.
Claims19
An air heat exchanger for an off road vehicle, comprising:
- a core for heat exchange with a forced air flow;
- 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 shell comprising:
- a left shell supporting a left side of the core;
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- a right shell in an abutting relationship with the left shell and supporting a right side of the core;
- wherein the left shell and the right shell comprise a plurality of circumferentially spaced bosses and a plurality of corresponding ears;
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- a plurality of screws extending through the ears and threadingly received in the bosses for connecting the left shell to the right shell around the core.
An air heat exchanger for an off road vehicle, comprising:
- a core for heat exchange with a forced air flow;
- 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;
- at least one plate mounted on a shaft within the shell structure, pivoting of the shaft causing the plate to move between a first position wherein the plate directs forced air flow across the core and a second position wherein the 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, comprising:
- a core for heat exchange with a forced air flow;
- 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 shell comprising at least one ear with a bolt hole therethrough;
- a resilient cushioning grommet lining the bolt hole, and
- a bolt extending through the bolt hole in the ear and through the resilient cushioning grommet to secure the air heat exchanger relative to a frame of the vehicle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.