Snow vehicle heat exchanger shield
AssigneeArctic Cat Inc.
InventorsDavid Larry Vigen, Benjamin Nickolas Mercure, Ken R. Fredrickson
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Abstract
A heat exchanger shield for a snowmobile, the heat exchanger comprising an elongated body having a pair of opposing legs, and a pair of engagement structures, one engagement structure formed at a distal end of a corresponding one of the legs, wherein the engagement structures are structured and operable to slidingly engage a corresponding shield retention guide formed in a snowmobile heat exchanger.
Claims20
A snowmobile heat exchanger shield, said shield comprising:
- an elongated body;
- and
- a first engagement structure structured and operable to slidingly engage a corresponding second engagement structure formed in a snowmobile heat exchanger.
A taillight housing and heat exchanger shield assembly for a snowmobile, said assembly comprising:
- a taillight housing, wherein the taillight housing comprises:
- a main body that is connectable to a drive track tunnel of a snowmobile;
- and
- a pair of opposing retention wings extending from opposing lateral ends of the main body that are structured and operable to mount to a bumper/hand bar of the snowmobile;
- and
- a heat exchanger shield, wherein the heat exchanger shield comprises:
- an elongated body;
- and
- a first engagement structure structured and operable to slidingly engage a corresponding second engagement structure formed in a heat exchanger of the snowmobile.
A method for assembling a heat exchanger shield assembly on a snowmobile heat exchanger, said method comprising:
- providing access to a rearward end of heat exchanger disposed on an underside of a drive track tunnel of a snowmobile, the heat exchanger comprising a plurality of retention channels formed in a face of the heat exchanger;
- slidingly engaging leg engagement structures disposed at the distal ends of opposing legs of a heat exchanger shield within a pair of the retention channels;
- sliding the leg engagement structures within the retention channels along a length of the heat exchanger until an entire length of the leg engagement structures are engaged with and disposed within the retention channels;
- securing a heat exchanger shield mounting bracket to a distal end of the heat exchanger shield;
- and
- securing the heat exchanger shield mounting bracket to the drive track tunnel.
The method of claim 18, wherein providing access to the rearward end of the heat exchanger further comprising removing a snow flap removably connected to the taillight housing flap mounting tail to expose the at least one heat exchanger shield access port.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.