Abstract: The present teachings provide for a heat exchanger assembly including a shroud, a heat exchanger, a pin, and a bead. The shroud can include a body and a first mount. The body can define a first aperture and a second aperture that can be fluidly coupled to the first aperture. The first mount can define a first surface. The heat exchanger can include a platform that can define a second surface. The pin can be fixedly coupled to and extend outwardly from one of the first or second surfaces and can be received in an aperture that is defined by the other of the first or second surfaces. The bead can be fixedly coupled to and extend from one of the first or second surfaces. The bead can be disposed about the aperture and compressed between the first and second surfaces.

Abstract: An air/oil-cooled internal combustion engine capable of increasing accuracy in detection of the temperature of the air/oil-cooled internal combustion engine by a temperature sensor and carrying out the warm-up operation after the start-up of the air/oil-cooled internal combustion engine favorably. The air/oil-cooled internal combustion engine includes cooling fins that are provided on the circumferences of a cylinder block and a cylinder head; and a cooling passage that is provided in a combustion chamber upper wall covering a combustion chamber of the cylinder head and is used for cooling the combustion chamber upper wall with lubrication oil. The air/oil-cooled internal combustion engine has a temperature sensor configured to detect the temperature of the air/oil-cooled internal combustion engine by detecting the temperature of oil. The temperature sensor faces a cooling oil outlet portion of the cooling passage.

Abstract: A holding mechanism includes: a holding plate capable of holding an electronic device for an electric vehicle; a leg portion supporting two long sides of the holding plate; first and second fixing portions provided in the leg portion and separated from each other in a short direction of the holding plate; and a third fixing portion located at or near one of two sides of the holding plate along the short direction and located higher than the first and second fixing portions, wherein the first and second fixing portions can be respectively fixed to first and second mount parts provided in a vehicle body structural member at a front side of the electric vehicle and separated from each other in a width direction or front-rear direction of the electric vehicle, and the third fixing portion can be fixed to a third mount part provided in the vehicle body structural member.

Abstract: The invention relates to an operating fluid tank (1) for a motor vehicle, comprising a tank body which is composed of two mutually complementary, injection-molded shells (2) which are made of thermoplastic material and which are welded circumferentially to one another to form a substantially closed hollow body, wherein at least one shell (2a, 2b) is formed at least in certain regions from thermoplastic materials of differing strength and/or elasticity, wherein at least one partial region is formed from a thermoplastic material which is elastically deformable, and wherein the shell (2a, 2b) has been obtained by a co-injection process during injection molding.

Abstract: There are provided an electric motor (12) driven by an engine (8) to generate power or assists in driving the engine (8), a heat exchanger (13) to which cooling air is supplied by a cooling fan (8A), a heat exchanger upstream room (28) upstream of the heat exchanger (13), an electricity storage device (30) that stores or discharges power, and an inverter device (34) for controlling an operation of the electric motor (12). A radiator (42) for cooling the electricity storage device and a radiator (46) for cooling the are separately provided to be independent from each other, and are arranged in parallel between the heat exchanger (13) and the electricity storage device (30) in the heat exchanger upstream room (28).

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a replaceable pin system for an in-vehicle component. The replaceable pin system including a holding member, a pin member. The pin member includes a body, a protruding portion, and a first engaging portion. The holding member includes a base, a retainer, and a second engaging portion. The retainer is spaced away from the base in the protruding direction to define a rotation space together with the base. The two ends are interposed between the retainer and the base when the body is rotated to the second orientation. The second engaging portion is formed in the holding member at a position where the first engaging portion is positioned when the body is rotated to the second orientation, whereby the first engaging portion engages with the second engaging portion when the body is at the second orientation.

Abstract: A slip plane bracket for a front end sub-assembly of a vehicle and method of assembling the front end of the vehicle is disclosed. The slip plane bracket attaches a headlamp module to a bolster at a front end of a vehicle to facilitate adjustment of the headlamp module location relative to the front fascia, headlamps and grille. Headlamp modules are assembled to a bolster through a slip plane bracket interface that is adjustable in X (longitudinal) and Y (lateral) directions to achieve improved fit relative to adjacent modules. According to the method, a pair of headlamp modules is attached to the bolster with an adjustable fastener to set the height of the modules. Slip plane brackets are assembled to tabs provided on the headlamp modules and the location of the slip plane brackets is adjusted in a longitudinal plane and a lateral plane.

Abstract: A vehicle cooling device includes: at least one of a radiator and a condenser; a fan cover including a fan configured to cool the at least one of the radiator and the condenser, the radiator, the condenser and the fan cover being positively charged; a connecting part that connects the at least one of the radiator and the condenser and the fan cover with each other; and a self-discharge static eliminator that is installed on a non-conductive wall surface of the connecting part, and is configured to decrease an electric charge amount of a part of the non-conductive wall surface within a limited range, centered on a location where the self-discharge static eliminator is installed, static elimination of the at least one of the radiator and the condenser being performed by the self-discharge static eliminator.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a structure for mounting a heat exchanger in a vehicle. The structure includes a shroud, and a mount supporting a supported portion and allowing vertical vibrations of the supported portion with respect to each side of the shroud in a vehicle width direction. The supported portion is provided on each side of the heat exchanger in the vehicle width direction. The mount body of the mount is mounted in a mounting portion located higher than a fixed portion on the side of the shroud in the vehicle width direction. The fixed portion is fixed to a body member of the vehicle. A receiver supporting a lower surface of the mount body serves as the mounting portion. A fixing bracket for fixing the mount body to the side of the shroud is provided in front of or behind the mount body of the mount in the vehicle.

Abstract: A radiator support structure includes: a first attachment member that is fixed to a vehicle body, and that supports a radiator body; and a second attachment member that (i) is separate from and unattached to the first attachment member, (ii) is attached to a front side member of the vehicle body through a shock absorbing member that is fixed to a vehicle front-rear direction front end of the front side member, and (iii) supports the radiator body. At least one of the first attachment member and the second attachment member is configured to detach from the radiator body when a collision force in the vehicle front-rear direction is applied to the second attachment member.

Abstract: A mounting assembly for an automotive radiator, a vehicle including such a mounting and a method of mitigating an impact between a vehicle and a pedestrian. The assembly includes a radiator support and one or more brackets. Each bracket is made up of a first end portion that is secured to the radiator support and a second end portion extending forward of the radiator support such that it can be attached to a load-bearing structure within a vehicle. The brackets each include at least one enhanced collapsible zone in order to promote energy absorption relative to energy transmission in situations where a vehicle experiences a front-end impact with a pedestrian or other object. In this way, the added energy absorption by the brackets reduces the amount of impact energy being transmitted to more rigid vehicular structures such as the radiator and its support; this increase in impact energy absorption in turn results in less energy being delivered to the pedestrian.

Abstract: A bulldozer according to the present application includes a main frame, and an engine, a hood and an exhaust after-treatment device are provided on the main frame, an air inlet of the exhaust after-treatment device is in communication with an air outlet of a turbine of the engine via a pipeline, and the exhaust after-treatment device is fixed to the hood. In the bulldozer, vibration generated by the engine is transmitted to the main frame through an engine supporting frame or a damping device, and then transmitted from the main frame to the hood, the transmission path of the vibration is long, thus the vibration damping becomes complicated and has a high damping value, and the vibration transmitted to the air cleaner is really small.

Abstract: A recreational off-highway vehicle includes side-by-side passenger and driver seats held within a chassis that is approximately 50 inches wide. The seats sit low in the chassis and are covered by a roll cage. Grab handles are positioned on the sides of the passenger seat. Select large round tubing protects the vehicle, while rectangular tubing frames the portions of the vehicle beneath body panels. The vehicle is powered by an engine rearward of the seats that is connected to a transaxle. The engine and transaxle are isolation mounted together with a portion of the air intake assembly. The vehicle is suited for rough terrain travel.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a work machine, in particular in the form of a dump truck or of a truck, having a diesel electric traction drive, comprising at least one internal combustion engine, at least one alternator, at least one set of power electronics as well as at least one electric motor, wherein the power electronics are arranged at least partially in the region of a driven driving axle of the work machine.

Abstract: A heat exchanger comprises an end mounting arrangement including a mounting bracket having a first portion for attachment to a support structure and a second portion attached to the heat exchanger. A projection rigidly attached to the end of the heat exchanger is resiliently received in an aperture in the second portion of the mounting bracket. The projection may comprise a pin extending from a plate pair of the heat exchanger, and one end of the pin may be secured between the plates of the plate pair. The mounting bracket may be metal with a resilient element such as a rubber grommet provided in each aperture, or the bracket may comprise plastic in which case a grommet may not be required.

Abstract: An all-terrain vehicle (“ATV”) includes a plurality of ground engaging members and a frame supported above a ground surface by the plurality of ground engaging members. The frame extends along a longitudinal centerline of the ATV. The ATV further includes an operator seat supported by the frame, an engine supported by the frame, and a continuously variable transmission (“CVT”) supported by the frame and operably coupled to the engine. Additionally, the ATV includes a CVT cooling air inlet fluidly coupled to the CVT and positioned forward of a forward end of the operator seat, and a CVT cooling air outlet fluidly coupled to the CVT and positioned forward of the forward end of the operator seat.

Abstract: An airflow sealing system for a body-on-frame vehicle includes at least one flexible interface configured to control airflow between a vehicle body-mounted cooling pack assembly and a vehicle chassis-mounted air intake assembly. The chassis-mounted air intake assembly may be a lower air scoop/deflector. The at least one flexible interface includes a first end attached to a portion of the chassis-mounted air intake assembly and a second end slidably contacting a portion of the body-mounted cooling pack assembly. The second end may be slidably biased against a sealing plenum associated with the body-mounted cooling pack assembly. The at least one flexible interface may define a wiper seal between the body-mounted cooling pack assembly and the chassis-mounted air intake assembly. Chassis-mounted air intake assemblies and body-on-frame vehicles including the airflow sealing system are provided.

Abstract: An integral fifth wheel cross member assembly for a pick-up truck bed. The fifth wheel cross member assembly is secured to the left and right frame rails between two intermediate cross members. The box is attached to the frame with the fifth wheel cross member already in place.

Abstract: A strut is provided for reinforcing a vehicle body of a vehicle, in particular an engine compartment, wherein the strut has a first fastening portion and a second fastening portion for fastening the strut to the vehicle body. Further fastening portions are, situated between the first and second fastening portion, for further fastening the strut to points on the vehicle. The strut has a profile with at least two vertices between the first fastening portion and the second fastening portion.

Abstract: A cooling system for an industrial vehicle includes one or more heat radiation devices located in a containment. The one or more heat radiation devices may be configured to cool a plurality of components in the industrial vehicle. An air intake device may be configured to create airflow from outside of the industrial vehicle into the containment. The airflow passes through the one or more heat radiation devices. The cooling system may further include a control device operatively connected to the containment. The control device may be configured to selectively direct at least a portion of the airflow to the plurality of components in the industrial vehicle after the airflow passes through the one or more heat radiation devices.

Abstract: A radiator structure for a two-wheeled vehicle includes a radiator main body having a front surface positioned to face a running direction, and a radiator grill having a mesh part which is positioned in front of the radiator main body to cover the radiator main body. The radiator grill is positioned behind a front wheel of the two-wheeled vehicle and has a mud guard portion which fills in the mesh part in a region SWF onto which the front wheel is projected as viewed from the front.

Abstract: A v-twin motorcycle engine, 100 to 140 cubic inches (1600 cc to 2300 cc) is mounted longitudinally in a tubular chassis behind dual seats. A chain drive is mounted to the crankshaft that further drives a clutch device. A transmission/transfer unit is mounted in front of and below the engine and receives a clutch output shaft. The transfer case has two output drive shafts, one to a front differential and the other to a rear differential located under the engine. The differentials each have two shafts that drive the four wheels. The wheels have disk brakes and typical independent suspension for driven wheels of such types of vehicles. The present invention provides an off road, sports utility vehicle having the power between an ATV and a 4 cylinder (VW) engine. Further an adjustable engine mount allows for the selection of different engines.

Abstract: A fuel cell vehicle includes a fuel cell stack, a front side panel, and a fuel gas device. The fuel cell stack includes a plurality of fuel cells, one end and another end, a first end plate, and a second end plate. The first end plate is disposed at the one end. The second end plate is disposed at the another end. The front side panel is connected to side surfaces of the first and second end plates. The side surfaces face forward in a vehicle driving direction. The front side panel includes a first protruding end portion that protrudes from the first end plate outward in a vehicle width direction. The fuel gas device is disposed on the first end plate so as to be covered by the first protruding end portion when seen from a front side in the vehicle driving direction.

Abstract: A technique for increasing the capacity of air passing through a radiator main body, in a vehicle having a radiator. A vehicle includes a radiator main body for cooling a refrigerant introduced from an engine main body with a fan for conveying air to the vicinity of the radiator main body. A baffle member capable of sucking air from or blowing air into the radiator main body is attached to the radiator main body. A connecting duct for conveying air to the baffle member from the fan is provided between the baffle member and said fan.

Abstract: A number of variations may include a grille cover which may attach to a grille.

Abstract: An agricultural tractor comprises an engine and a cooling package supported in front of a cab. The cooling package comprises a radiator and fan disposed between the engine and cab, the radiator having a major surface which is aligned longitudinally so that an airflow forced through the radiator by the fan is generally transverse with respect to the tractor's forward direction of travel. The orientation of the radiator provides for a narrower front end installation which improves the driver's field of view and relaxes limitations on steering angles and cooling package size.

Abstract: A heat exchanger system for use with heavy equipment including a heat exchanger rotatable about a horizontal axis out of a frame.

Abstract: A vehicle includes a left front wheel and a right front wheel, a left rear wheel and a right rear wheel, and a frame that rotatably supports the wheels. The frame includes a left frame portion and a right frame portion each extending in a front-back direction, a left protruded portion that protrudes to the left from the left frame portion, forward of the left rear wheel, and a right protruded portion that protrudes to the right from right frame portion, forward of the right rear wheel. In a front view, from outside to inside, the left rear wheel, the left protruded portion, and the left front wheel are arranged in this order. In the front view, from outside to inside, the right rear wheel, the right protruded portion, and the right front wheel are disposed in this order.

Abstract: A supporting structure for a cooling water reserve tank for a vehicle in which a powertrain including an engine is supported on a vehicle body by a mounting bracket and a cooling water reserve tank is attached to the mounting bracket via a reserve tank bracket. The cooling water reserve tank and cooling water stored therein is formed as a weight with the reserve tank bracket being formed as an elastic body to thereby constitute a dynamic damper, and a resonant frequency of the dynamic damper substantially coincides with a frequency of vibration occurring at a time of idling operation of the engine.

Abstract: Vehicle structures for dissipating energy associated with a collision are described herein. In one embodiment, a vehicle includes a first side support extending in a vehicle longitudinal direction, a second side support extending in the vehicle longitudinal direction and spaced apart from the first side support in a vehicle lateral direction that is transverse to the vehicle longitudinal direction, and a cross-vehicle stabilizing structure including a cross-vehicle stabilizer portion extending between the first side support and the second side support, the cross-vehicle stabilizer portion including a first stabilizer portion coupled to the first side support at a first securement location, and a second stabilizer portion coupled to the second side support at a second securement location, where the second stabilizer portion is pivotally coupled to the first stabilizer portion.

Abstract: A radiator bushing mounted in a vehicle body to support a load of a radiator includes a mounting portion having an outer side fixed to the vehicle body, a center core at a center with a center hole, and a support portion having an inner side and an outer side. The support portion includes a first support portion and a second support portion with an inclined angle ? of the first support portion and an inclined angle ? of the second support portion are determined to be different. The support portion has a two-stage structure in which inclined angles are different, and a direction ratio of a Z axis direction to an X axis direction and a Y axis direction may be easily adjusted.

Abstract: A motor vehicle recirculation baffle including a seal and a plurality of substrates connected to the seal. The seal having an upper portion and two side portions, the two side portions connected to the upper portion by flexible corners. The flexible corners allow the side portions to move independently of each other and independently of the upper portion of the seal. The seal and flexible corners can be molded in die draw. The flexible corners provide a cost savings in the manufacturing of the recirculation baffle, because after the seal is molded.

Abstract: Provided is a construction machine including an electrical component and efficiently cooling it. The construction machine includes an upper slewing body having an air intake chamber capable of taking in air, an engine, the electrical component, an air intake duct guiding the air inside the air intake chamber toward the engine, a blow fan directing the air inside the air intake chamber toward the engine through the air intake duct, and electrical-component cover covering the electrical component. The electrical-component cover defines an air flow path for flowing air along the electrical component, between the electrical-component cover and the electrical component thereinside. The electrical-component cover includes an air inlet communicating an upstream portion of the air flow path with the air intake chamber and an air outlet communicating a downstream portion of the air intake chamber with the air intake duct.

Abstract: A vehicle radiator support structure which includes a plurality of upper holding members each attached to an upper shroud member which is one of a plurality of structural members of a vehicle body and configured to hold an upper portion of a radiator in such a manner as to restrict a horizontal relative displacement thereof. At least one pair of lateral elastic members is each attached to a respective one of right and left lateral portions of the radiator. At least one pair of lateral engagement members is each attached to another one of the structural members other than the upper shroud member and configured to come into contact engagement with at least an upper portion of a respective one of the lateral elastic members.

Abstract: Assemblies are arranged in such a manner that the diesel particulate filter device of one of the assemblies, the selective catalytic reduction device of the one assembly, the selective catalytic reduction device of the other assembly, and the diesel particulate filter device of the other assembly are located next to each other in this order as seen in a plan view. An exhaust pipe is located within a region made up of a region where the selective catalytic reduction device in the one assembly is arranged, a region where the selective catalytic reduction device in the other assembly is arranged, and a region between the selective catalytic reduction device in the one assembly and the selective catalytic reduction device in the other assembly, and located on an end side in the longitudinal direction, as seen in a plan view.

Abstract: A front-end module (FEM) having in-vehicle parts incorporated in a vehicle front section are aggregated and assembled to a heat exchanger support frame, the plurality of in-vehicle parts are classified into first in-vehicle parts, which vibrate at frequencies in a first frequency band, and a second in-vehicle part, which vibrates at a frequency in a second frequency band having a frequency range higher than the frequency range in the first frequency band. The first in-vehicle parts are elastically supported by the heat exchanger support frame via first mount members. The second in-vehicle part is rigidly fixed to the heat exchanger support frame. The heat exchanger support frame is elastically supported by a vehicle body via second mount members.

Abstract: A fluid control apparatus includes a plate member that separates an air stream on a surface of a body of a moving body into a boundary layer and a main flow and a blow-out portion that blows out the boundary layer separated by the plate member into the main flow separated by the plate member in a downstream of the plate member in a flow direction of an air stream.

Abstract: A construction machine includes an exhaust duct for discharging a lower airflow to the exterior of an engine room. An air inlet for introducing air into the exhaust duct is provided in an upper portion of the exhaust duct, and an air outlet for discharging the air from the exhaust duct is provided in a lower portion of the exhaust duct. An air passage is formed in the interior of the exhaust duct between the air inlet and the air outlet. The exhaust duct is disposed on an exhaust side of the engine room such that the air introduced into the air passage in the exhaust duct through the air inlet is discharged below the engine room from the air outlet through a discharge port, and such that a hydraulic pump provided on the exhaust side of the engine room is shielded from the discharge port by the exhaust duct.

Abstract: A vehicle includes a pair of front wheels, a pair of rear wheels, a frame portion, a first seat portion, a second seat portion, a third seat portion, a steering wheel, and a grab bar. The first seat portion, the second seat portion and the third seat portion are supported by the frame portion and are disposed side by side in this order in a width direction of the vehicle. The steering wheel is in front of the first seat portion. The grab bar is on a side closer to the third seat portion in the width direction of the vehicle when viewed from the steering wheel. The grab bar includes a first grip portion in front of the second seat portion.

Abstract: A cooling air introduction apparatus for a vehicle. A space that communicates with air introduction ports that are respectively formed in a bumper face of a front bumper and a front grille is partitioned by a vertical partition member. A space that communicates with the air introduction ports that are formed in the bumper face is partitioned by a horizontal partition member. Thus, streams of introduced cooling air are guided to heat exchangers without interfering with each other. The partition members are provided such that a bumper beam moves backward without any trouble upon a light collision.

Abstract: An engine mounted, vibration dampened radiator, to dampen vibrations from an engine to the radiator are disclosed. The radiator core is contained within a shell having two opposed longitudinal members and two opposed transverse members to form a coolant jacket. The vehicle radiator has a support bracket assembly, equipped with a longitudinal member having a length with opposing first and second ends, and a width of to accommodate at least one side of a vehicle radiator assembly, and a bracket member attached at one end to the longitudinal member and adapted to overfit internal coolant tubes in the radiator. The bracket has a length with opposing first and second ends, and a width. The bracket is equipped with at least one aperture along the width complementary to at least one coolant tube to permit insertion of the bracket over the coolant tube such that the tube extends through said aperture.

Abstract: A debris passage for a cooling box of a work vehicle. Airflow is provided into the cooling box from the exterior environment. A plurality of heat exchangers transfer heat into the airflow. The debris passage is defined between opposing heat exchangers to permit debris to pass from the airflow to the exterior of the cooling box. In one embodiment, the debris passage is underneath an air mover and is substantially vertical.

Abstract: A vehicle front structure according to the present invention includes: a bumper reinforcement disposed on a vehicle front end side with a vehicle width direction as its longitudinal direction; and paired front side members disposed on respective sides of a vehicle front portion with a vehicle front-rear direction as their longitudinal direction. Front ends of the front side members in the vehicle front-rear direction are connected to the bumper reinforcement via paired crash boxes. A plurality of vulnerable portions provided at intervals in the vehicle front-rear direction are formed in each of the crash boxes. Further, a vehicle cooling device is disposed between the paired crash boxes. Paired support members configured to support the vehicle cooling device are connected to the respective crash boxes between the vulnerable portions adjacent to each other when viewed from the vehicle width direction.

Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a structure in which the height of an engine hood is reduced and it is easy to discharge the air mixed in a cooling water passage in a cooling device for hybrid vehicle.

Abstract: To provide a radiator exhaust structure for a saddle type vehicle that includes step floors provided on the left and right sides of a center tunnel, a radiator disposed in the center tunnel, an exhaust air guide that is provided rearwardly of the radiator and by which exhaust air from the radiator is guided, and an under cover by which the vehicle is covered on the lower side thereof. In the radiator exhaust structure, an air guide wall serving as a front end of the under cover and extending forwardly upward is disposed rearwardly of the radiator. The upper end of the air guide wall and the lower end of the exhaust air guide are disposed proximate to each other in the vertical direction.

Abstract: A drive assembly, in particular for a construction machine, comprising a drive unit having a plurality of first fastening regions for the attachment to a machine frame and at least one functional unit that interacts with the drive unit, and a functional unit carrier assigned to said drive unit, is characterized in that the functional unit carrier can be swiveled around at least one swivel axis with respect to the drive unit in a swivel connection region.

Abstract: An opening through which air is delivered to a radiator for an engine installed in a haulage vehicle is split into separate portions via a support frame. Sound absorbing ducts are each mounted over one of the partitioned opening areas formed by splitting the opening via the support frame.

Abstract: A vehicle is provided having at least one swing-out cooling assembly. A method of assembling the at least one swing-out cooling assembly on the vehicle is further provided.

Abstract: 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.

Abstract: A work vehicle includes a cooling fan, an engine, and a diesel particulate filter (DPF) purifying exhaust gas of the engine, placed under a hood in that order, beginning at the front. Exhaust gas from the engine is exhausted through an exhaust passage after passing through the DPF. The cooling fan supplies cooling air to the rear. The DPF is placed such that a length direction thereof follows a width direction of a vehicle body. The exhaust passage includes a first passage, a second passage, and a third passage. The first passage extends forward and upward from the DPF before extending along the length direction thereof on a front side of the DPF. The second passage extends downward from a downstream portion of the first passage. The third passage extends to the rear from a downstream portion of the second passage and also includes an exhaust outlet.