Motor vehicle with a front-mounted engine and air guide chassis
AssigneeScania CV AB (publ)
InventorsMichael Linden, Fredrik Modahl, Ola Logdberg
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Abstract
A motor vehicle with a forward-mounted engine and a forward-situated air intake has a tubular chassis element running in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle. Between the air intake and the chassis element there is a guide arrangement for leading air into and through the chassis element past at least one major vehicle component, advantageously the vehicle's gearbox, situated inside the chassis element. Downstream from that major vehicle component there is an air outlet.
Claims20
A motor vehicle including an engine and an air intake, both located toward the front of the vehicle:
- a tubular chassis element extending longitudinally from the front part toward the rear of the vehicle, the chassis element having a substantially constant external cross-section along the length thereof;
- the chassis element including an air inlet located at the front and an air outlet located at the rear;
- a guide arrangement disposed in the vehicle and shaped to lead air flow from the air intake into the air inlet of the chassis element;
- the engine is disposed forward of the chassis element, and the guide arrangement is connected forwardly to the air intake and rearwardly to the chassis element;
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- at least one vehicle component disposed inside the chassis element positioned so air moving through the chassis element to the air outlet passes the component.
A motor vehicle including an engine and an air intake, both located toward the front of the vehicle:
- a tubular chassis element extending longitudinally from the front part toward the rear of the vehicle, the chassis element having a substantially constant external cross-section alone the length thereof;
- the chassis element including an air inlet located at the front and an air outlet located at the rear;
- a guide arrangement disposed in the vehicle and shaped to lead air flow from the air intake into the air inlet of the chassis element;
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- at least one vehicle component disposed inside the chassis element positioned so air moving through the chassis element to the air outlet passes the component, wherein the vehicle component inside the chassis element is a gear box of the vehicle.
A motor vehicle including:
- an engine and an air intake, both located toward the front of the vehicle;
- a tubular chassis element extending longitudinally from the front of the vehicle toward the rear, the chassis element defining an air passage having a substantially constant internal cross-section along the length thereof and including an air inlet located at the front and an air outlet located at the rear;
- a guide arrangement disposed in the vehicle and shaped to lead air flow from the air intake into the air inlet of the chassis element;
- the engine is disposed forward of the chassis element, and the guide arrangement is connected forwardly to the air intake and rearwardly to the chassis element;
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- at least one vehicle component disposed inside the chassis element positioned so air moving through the chassis element to the air outlet passes the component.
A motor vehicle including:
- an engine and an air intake, both located toward the front of the vehicle;
- a tubular chassis element extending longitudinally from the front of the vehicle toward the rear, the chassis element defining an air passage having a substantially constant internal cross-section along the length thereof and including an air inlet located at the front and an air outlet located at the rear;
- a guide arrangement disposed in the vehicle and shaped to lead air flow from the air intake into the air inlet of the chassis element;
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- at least one vehicle component disposed inside the chassis element positioned so air moving through the chassis element to the air outlet passes the component, wherein the vehicle component inside the chassis element is a gear box of the vehicle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.