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US 8,235,155 B2Granted
Radiator mounting arrangement on utility vehicle
AssigneeDeere & Company
InventorsBrian D. Seegert, Stephan R. Hayden, Brent L. Streeter
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Abstract
A radiator mounting arrangement on a utility vehicle with an injection molded top tank and bottom tank, the top tank having a plurality of integrally molded features extending upwardly therefrom. A wire form is attached to a frame member of the utility vehicle and engages the integrally molded features without fasteners.
Claims12
A radiator mounting arrangement on a utility vehicle, comprising:
- a wire form fastened to a frame member of the utility vehicle;
- and
- a plurality of integrally molded features providing a channel dimensioned to fit a U-shaped section of the wire form around a fill tube on a top tank of a radiator, the wire form held between the integrally molded features forwardly of the fill tube without separate fasteners to prevent the radiator from moving vertically.
A radiator mounting arrangement on a utility vehicle, comprising:
- an injection molded top tank and bottom tank;
- a plurality of integrally molded features extending upwardly from the top tank;
- and
- a wire form connected to a frame member of the utility vehicle and engaging the integrally molded features without fasteners therebetween;
- wherein the integrally molded features are a plurality of posts extending upwardly from the top tank, and a plurality of ribs adjacent a fill tube in the top tank;
- and wherein the wire form is positioned between the posts and the ribs.
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A radiator mounting arrangement on a utility vehicle, comprising:
- a wire form extending between a top tank of the radiator and an upper frame member of the utility vehicle;
- the wire form positioned between a plurality of features integrally molded into the top tank and features on a fill tube extending from the top tank;
- the wire form captured in a channel between the features without fasteners therebetween;
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- a pair of posts extending from a bottom tank of the radiator through a pair of holes in a bottom support plate attached to a lower frame member of the utility vehicle.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.