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US 2020/0003108 A1Published application
Cooling system
AssigneeDeere & Company
InventorsTodd E. Van Hal, Lavern L. Weinschenk, Drew D. Brennan, Cory R. Conner
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Abstract
A cooling system may include a skeleton frame having a central opening to receive and frame at least one cooling core. The skeleton frame has an interior to contain at least one conduit through which at least one fluid to be cooled may flow to the at least one cooling core. The cooling system may further include a skin wrapping over and about the skeleton frame to seal the interior of the skeleton frame.
Claims20
A cooling system comprising:
- a skeleton frame having a central opening to receive and frame at least one cooling core;
- and
- a skin wrapping over and about the skeleton frame.
A working vehicle for an air-born debris environment, the working vehicle comprising:
- a chassis;
- ground motive members coupled to the chassis;
- a power unit supported by the chassis;
- A cooling system supported by the chassis, the cooling system comprising:
- at least one cooling core;
- a skeleton frame having a central opening receiving and framing the at least one cooling core;
- at least one fluid conduit extending within an interior of the skeleton frame and connected to the at least one cooling core;
- and
- a skin wrapping over and about the skeleton frame to seal the interior of the skeleton frame.
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A method comprising:
- supporting a cooling core within a rigid open frame skeleton;
- sealing an interior of the open frame skeleton with a non-metal skin;
- moving fluid within the interior of the open frame skeleton and through fluid passages of the cooling core;
- and
- drawing ambient air across the cooling core to remove heat from the fluid within the cooling core.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.