Cooling package baffle or ducting
AssigneeDeere & Company
InventorsBradley Dauderman, Erich Vierkant
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Abstract
An air flow system is disclosed. The system is for use with a vehicle including an internal combustion engine, a heat exchanger, a cover, and a compartment baffle separating an engine compartment from a cooling compartment. The system includes a side air intake including a side air intake baffle. The side air intake baffle configured to inhibit air heated by the engine from mixing with ambient air used with the heat exchanger. In another embodiment, the system includes a side air duct. The side air duct includes a side air duct, wherein the side air duct tubing is at least partially located within the engine compartment. The side air duct tubing is configured to inhibit air heated by the engine from mixing with ambient air used with the heat exchanger.
Claims17
An air flow system for use with a vehicle including an internal combustion engine, a heat exchanger, a cover, wherein the cover defines an engine compartment for the engine and a cooling compartment for the heat exchanger, and a compartment baffle separating the engine compartment and the cooling compartment, the compartment baffle separating air heated by the engine from ambient air used with the heat exchanger, the air flow system comprising:
- a fan located in the cooling compartment, the fan configured to draw ambient air over the heat exchanger,
- a side air intake configured to intake ambient air, the side air intake including a side air intake frame defining a side air intake opening, the side air intake including a screen located within the side air intake opening, the screen configured to inhibit debris from entering the cooling compartment,
- the side air intake including a side air intake baffle coupled to the side air intake frame, the side air intake baffle configured to inhibit air heated by the engine from mixing with ambient air used with the heat exchanger, wherein the side air intake is configured to provide ambient air to the lowest portion of the heat exchanger,
- the cover defining a side air opening, the side air opening being located along at least one side of the engine compartment, and
- the side air intake frame being located within the side air opening, the side air intake opening and the side air opening in fluid communication with ambient air and the cooling compartment.
An air flow system for use with a vehicle including an internal combustion engine, a heat exchanger, a cover, wherein the cover defines an engine compartment for the engine and a cooling compartment for the heat exchanger, and a compartment baffle separating the engine compartment and the cooling compartment, the compartment baffle separating air heated by the engine from ambient air used with the heat exchanger, the air flow system comprising:
- a fan located in the cooling compartment, the fan configured to draw ambient air over the heat exchanger,
- a side air intake configured to intake ambient air, the side air intake including a side air intake frame defining a side air intake opening, the side air intake including a screen located within the side air intake opening, the screen configured to inhibit debris from entering the cooling compartment, wherein the side air intake opening is located on the cover below the height of the engine,
- the side air intake including a side air intake baffle coupled to the side air intake frame, the side air intake baffle configured to inhibit air heated by the engine from mixing with ambient air used with the heat exchanger, and
- the side air intake frame being located within a side air opening defined by the cover, the side air intake opening and the side air opening in fluid communication with ambient air and the cooling compartment.
An air flow system for use with a vehicle including an internal combustion engine, a heat exchanger, a cover, wherein the cover defines an engine compartment for the engine and a cooling compartment for the heat exchanger, and a compartment baffle separating the engine compartment and the cooling compartment, the compartment baffle separating air heated by the engine from ambient air used with the heat exchanger, the air flow system comprising:
- a fan located in the cooling compartment, the fan configured to draw ambient air over the heat exchanger, at least a portion of the heat exchanger being located lower than the lowest portion of the engine,
- a side air duct including a side air duct frame, the side air duct frame located within the engine compartment, the side air duct frame defining a side air duct opening, the side air duct including a screen located within the side air duct opening, the screen configured to inhibit debris from entering the cooling compartment,
- the side air duct including a side air duct tubing coupled to the side air duct frame, the side air duct tubing being at least partially located within the engine compartment, the side air duct tubing configured to inhibit air heated by the engine from mixing with ambient air used with the heat exchanger, wherein the side air duct tubing traverses the compartment baffle, and
- the side air duct being configured to intake ambient air, the side air duct opening and the side air duct tubing in fluid communication with ambient air and the cooling compartment.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.