Vehicle radiator device
AssigneeHonda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsKenji Oki, Shin Nabeya, Yoshiyuki Sekiya
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Abstract
A vehicle radiator device having a radiator with a first tank and a second tank coupled through a heat radiation core. The radiator is mounted onto an engine in a power unit supported by a vehicle body frame. The first and second tanks of the radiator are made of synthetic resin. The radiator is mounted onto the engine through a shroud for conducting cooling wind passing through the radiator. The shroud is made of elastic material for conducting cooling so that vibrations of the engine are absorbed by the elasticity of the shroud, thus preventing vibration of the radiator.
Claims14
A vehicle radiator apparatus comprising:
- an engine in a power unit supported by a vehicle body frame, said engine having a water jacket;
- a heat radiation core mounted onto the engine,
- the heat radiation core having first coupled protruding pieces extending from inner and outer sides of an upper part of the radiation core, and having second coupled protruding pieces extending from inner and outer sides of a lower part of the radiation core;
- a first tank and a second tank coupled to the heat radiation core,
- said first tank communicating with an inlet of the water jacket, and said second tank communicating with an outlet of said water jacket,
- said first and second tanks being made of synthetic resin, said first tank being attached to the first coupled protruding pieces, and said second tank being attached to the second coupled protruding pieces;
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- a shroud of the radiator apparatus made of an elastic material for conducting a cooling wind through the radiator apparatus, the first tank and the second tank being mounted onto the shroud.
A vehicle radiator apparatus comprising:
- a vehicle body frame;
- an engine in a power unit rockably coupled to the vehicle body frame in an up-and-down direction through a pivot shaft and supported through a rear shock absorber, the engine having a water jacket;
- a heat radiation core mounted onto the engine,
- the heat radiation core having first coupled protruding pieces extending from inner and outer sides of an upper part of the heat radiation core, and having second coupled protruding pieces extending from inner and outer sides of a lower part of the heat radiation core;
- a first tank and a second tank coupled to the heat radiation core,
- said first tank communicating with an inlet of the water jacket of said engine and said second tank communicating with an outlet of said water jacket,
- said first and second tanks being made of synthetic resin, said first tank being attached to the first coupled protruding pieces and said second tank being attached to the second coupled protruding pieces;
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- a shroud of the radiator apparatus made of elastic material for conducting a cooling wind through the radiator apparatus, the first tank and the second tank being mounted onto the shroud.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.