| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 180680200 | With further means to utilize power plant cooling air for other purposes | 15 |
| 20090050386 | Straddle Type Vehicle - A straddle-type vehicle provided with a transmission air intake passage for sending air into a transmission case housing a continuously variable transmission prevents an increase in vehicle width and prevents sand or the like from entering the air intake passage by covering the front side of the air intake passage. The transmission air intake passage extends upward from the transmission case on an outer side in a vehicle width direction of a main frame. A rearward cover covers the main frame and extends outward in the vehicle width direction to cover the rear side of the transmission air intake passage. A forward cover is curved forward from an edge outside in the vehicle width direction of a right leg shield part constructing the rearward cover and covers the transmission air intake passage from a front side. | 02-26-2009 |
| 20090277707 | ELECTRICALLY PROPELLED VEHICLE HAVING ELECTRIC SOUND-PRODUCING BLOWER/COOLER - An apparatus for simulating the sound of a conventionally powered gasoline or diesel powered engine in an electrically powered passenger vehicle having an electric drive motor operatively coupled to one or more of the vehicle's wheels for rotating the vehicle's wheels to propel the vehicle, includes a rotary air mover and sound generator for supplying cooling air to the electric drive motor and for generating a variable sound having at least one variable sound parameter, a motor for driving the rotary air mover and sound generator; and a controller for controlling the rotary air mover and sound generator, the controller controlling the rotary air mover and sound generator to change the variable parameter of sound generated by the rotary air mover and sound generator such that the sound parameter of sound generated by the rotary air mover and sound generator matches a selected one of the vehicle's performance parameters. | 11-12-2009 |
| 20090283346 | HYBRID INDUSTRIAL VEHICLE - The present invention provides a hybrid industrial vehicle which prevents the battery from water splash. | 11-19-2009 |
| 20100071978 | COMBUSTION AIR CLEANER SCAVENGE SYSTEM - A work vehicle, such as a compact loader, has a cooling system including a cooling fan generating air flow to cool engine components. The fan is shown as an axial flow fan having an inlet throat in a shroud surrounding the fan. The inlet throat is under a negative or low pressure, and a duct or conduit is connected to the inlet throat and to a precleaner of an air filter assembly providing combustion air to the engine. The negative pressure in the inlet throat causes air to flow from the precleaner to the inlet throat. | 03-25-2010 |
| 20100187032 | ALL TERRAIN VEHICLE WITH IMPROVED AIR INTAKE - An all terrain vehicle contains a partition wall which partitions a passenger space and a hood which is arranged ahead of the partition wall. When viewed from the side of the vehicle, an air outlet of an exhaust passage is opened in an upper space located between the partition wall and the hood. | 07-29-2010 |
| 20110162901 | COOLING AIR DUCT FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLE - A vehicle having a front seating row, a rear seating row, and an electric compartment located behind an/or beneath the rear seating row has a duct extending forward from the electric compartment. The duct carries air exiting the electric compartment toward a HVAC system intake located forward of the front seating row. The air from the electric compartment may thus be drawn through the HVAC system for cooling before being returned to the passenger cabin, yielding improvements in both electrical equipment cooling and passenger comfort. | 07-07-2011 |
| 20130118821 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INTEGRATING WORK VEHICLE AND SERVICE PACK COOLING SYSTEMS - A work vehicle with a vehicle cooling system that cools a vehicle engine. The work vehicle also includes a service pack cooling system configured to cool a service pack engine of a service pack. The work vehicle includes valving fluidly coupling the vehicle cooling system to the service pack cooling system. The valving is configured to allow independent or integrated operation of the vehicle cooling system and the service pack cooling system. The valving is also configured to permit the vehicle cooling system and the service pack cooling system to operate at different pressures. | 05-16-2013 |
| 20130327581 | Divided Dual Inlet Housing for an Air-Based Hybrid Battery Thermal Conditioning System - A divided dual inlet housing for an air-based hybrid battery thermal conditioning system which is configured such that HVAC air entering at the HVAC air inlet is prevented from partly backflowing out the cabin air inlet via a dividing wall disposed therein so that all the HVAC air exits the divided dual inlet housing at the air outlet. | 12-12-2013 |
| 20140305723 | HYDRAULIC FLUID WARM-UP USING HYDRAULIC FAN REVERSAL - A work vehicle is disclosed including at least one hydraulic actuator that receives hydraulic fluid, and a cooling system that promotes improved warm-up of the hydraulic fluid by directing air from an engine compartment across the hydraulic fluid in a reverse direction to warm the hydraulic fluid. | 10-16-2014 |
| 20150060168 | DUCT FOR HIGH VOLTAGE BATTERY AIR COOLING EXHAUST AND RECIRCULATION - A vehicle is provided including a battery pack with an exhaust port, an air extractor spaced away from the exhaust port, and other vehicle components. A cargo tub and one or more trim panels are arranged to define a duct spanning from the exhaust port, across the vehicle and to an air extractor spaced away from the exhaust port. Air flows along the duct en route to outside the vehicle via the air extractor. The vehicle may also include a cabin and an inlet to the cabin spaced away from the exhaust port. The cargo tub and one or more trim panels may also be arranged to define a recirculation path from the duct to the inlet such that a portion of the air exiting the exhaust port flows along the recirculation path to the cabin via the inlet. | 03-05-2015 |
| 20150060169 | AIR COOLING SYSTEM FOR HIGH VOLTAGE BATTERY CELL ARRAYS - A vehicle is provided including a battery module with front and rear battery cell arrays arranged generally parallel to and spaced apart from one another. The battery module includes a cover having an inlet port proximate to the front battery cell array and arranged obliquely thereto. A blower unit is configured to draw air through the inlet port such that a first portion of the air travels into the front battery cell array. A tray cooperates with the front battery cell array to define a passageway configured to direct a second portion of the air underneath the front battery cell array. The tray also defines a ramp underneath, and extending substantially a length of, the rear battery cell array and is configured to direct the second portion of air into the rear array. | 03-05-2015 |
| 20150096816 | BATTERY COOLING APPARATUS - A vehicle includes a climate control system configured to regulate temperature within a cabin. The vehicle also includes a battery compartment disposed within the trunk, and a soft trim component that at least partially defines space within the trunk of the vehicle. The vehicle is further provided with a rigid insulative material formed upon and supporting a section of the soft trim such that the insulative material and section define a duct fluidly connecting the cabin and battery compartment in order to cool the battery compartment. | 04-09-2015 |
| 20150291019 | BATTERY TEMPERATURE CONTROL DEVICE - A battery temperature control device has a battery pack case that houses a temperature control unit and a battery stack as a group of battery modules. The temperature control unit has an evaporator exchanges heat using the air conditioning unit from the upstream side of the direction of airflow, a blower fan that recirculates the interior air inside the pack case, a PTC heater as a fin member, and a unit duct that supplies air to the battery stack. | 10-15-2015 |
| 20160153173 | WORK VEHICLE | 06-02-2016 |
| 20160176450 | FRONT-END STRUCTURE OF A MOTOR VEHICLE | 06-23-2016 |
