Abstract: This front-end panel (10) includes an upper transverse cross member (18) to be fixed to body elements (12) and a frame (20). The frame (20) is fixed beneath the cross member (18) and includes a lower transverse beam (50) and two side-struts (52) connecting the lower beam (50) to the cross member (18). Each strut (52) includes a lower portion (54) which is integral with the beam (50), and an upper portion (56) which is integral with the cross-member (18). The upper portion (56) and the lower portion (54) are mobile relative to one another between a disassembled configuration in which the upper portion (56) is arranged at a distance from the lower portion (54), and an assembled configuration in which the upper portion (56) and the lower portion (54) are fitted together.

Abstract: A cooling system for a work vehicle is disclosed that includes first and second heat exchangers disposed one above the other to create two discrete flow paths. The upper heat exchanger is an engine water cooler and the lower heat exchanger may be an intercooler, an oil cooler or a refrigerant condenser. The lower heat exchanger is disposed forward of the upper heat exchanger. Additional heat exchangers may be positioned in front of the first and second heat exchangers to provide additional cooling. The first and second heat exchanger may be cross-flow heat exchangers conducting the fluid to be cooled laterally through the core of the heat exchanger.

Abstract: An embodiment of a high-performance car having a car body; at least one member for cooling; at least one cooling duct extending between an inlet opening and an outlet opening, both formed through the car body, to conduct outside cooling air through the member for cooling; and at least one blow duct which terminates at a blow opening, formed through the car body, to direct an air jet which interacts with the airflow about the car body to alter the streamline configuration of the car; the blow duct originates at an initial portion of the cooling duct, upstream from the member for cooling, and has a deflecting device which can be activated to divert at least part of the air in the cooling duct to the blow duct.

Abstract: A front-end module for supporting heat exchangers in a vehicle includes a U-shaped assembly support having a horizontally extending base and two downward extending sidepieces, and a connecting support having a horizontal web which supports the heat exchangers. The assembly support is fitted over the heat exchangers, and the horizontal web is attached to the ends of the sidepieces so that the heat exchangers are surrounded and held in place.

Abstract: A cooling module capable of reducing vibration in a compartment attributable to the discharge pulsation of the compressor is disclosed. The cooling module comprises a radiator (1) mounted to a vehicle for cooling the cooling water by heat exchange between the cooling water and the air, and a condenser (2) for condensing the refrigerant by heat exchange between the refrigerant circulated in the refrigeration cycle and the air. The radiator (1) is fixed to the vehicle, and the condenser (2) is fixed to the radiator (1) through elastically deformable rubber bushings (3).

Abstract: A utility vehicle includes front and rear wheel assemblies, a frame supported on the front and rear wheel assemblies, and an operator compartment supported on the frame and having operator controls. The frame includes a central, tubular frame member having a front end portion and a rear end portion. An engine is supported on the frame for providing power to the front and rear wheel assemblies. A cooling assembly mounted above the engine. An attachment arm is attached to the front portion of the frame and a rear interface mount is rigidly attached to the rear portion of the frame.

Abstract: On the premise that a partition wall for defining an engine room is provided on the left side of a rear portion of an upper frame the partition wall constituting an upper rotating body and that an engine and a cooler are disposed in the engine room, a front support frame which supports a front portion of the cooler is connected to a rear surface of the partition wall in a state of surface abutment against the rear surface, whereby the support frame also serves as a support pillar for the partition wall, the partition wall also serves as a stay for the prevention of transverse vibration of the support frame, and the use of a sealing member for filling up a gap between the partition wall and the support frame can be omitted.

Abstract: In a radiator core support 1 having a hood lock stay member 3, which is provided with a hood lock 14, on a radiator core support 1 of a motor vehicle, a transmission means is provided to connect between the hood 7 of a vehicle body to directly transmit load acting on the hood lock 14 from an engine hood from the hood lock stay member 3 to the side members 1.

Abstract: A fluid cooled vehicle brake includes a fluid flow passageway disposed in fluid communication with a brake shoe rim carrying a layer of friction material. High thermal conductive members may be disposed within the layer of friction material to conduct heat to the rim. Heat radiator members are mounted within the coolant passageway. A brake fluid flow control includes a diverter valve responsive to brake pedal activation to divert fluid flow from the vehicle heater fluid flow loop to the brake shoe.

Abstract: A riding type mower comprises: a plurality of wheels; a vehicle body supported by the plurality of wheels; a water-cooled engine located in a rear region of the vehicle body; a hood for covering the engine; a driver's seat located forwardly of the hood; a rollover protection frame located between the driver's seat and the water-cooled engine, the rollover protection frame having a pair of right and left support columns spaced apart from each other in a lateral direction; a radiator for the water-cooled engine located between the pair of the support columns of the rollover protection frame.

Abstract: The invention relates to a heat exchanger mounting bracket which has a first member with a retaining channel and a second member with a retaining lug. The retaining channel of the first member retains the retaining lug of the second member at an initial mounting position, with a predetermined retaining force, by way of at least a formation on the first member. The retaining channel and lug are releaseable from one another when a force greater than or equal to the predetermined retaining force is applied between the first and second members. A heat exchanger mounting bracket is also provided where a body member is provided with a longitudinal slot toward one end for locating a portion (P) of a heat exchanger, and a pivotal arrangement toward the other end. The pivotal arrangement and longitudinal slot allow displacement of the portion (P) of the heat exchanger from a fore to an aft position upon application of an impact force.

Abstract: A sliding apparatus of a cooling module for a vehicle, constructed so that the cooling module slides in a rearward direction of the vehicle when a front impact force acts on the cooling module mounted to a front end module, may include a slide slot formed in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle, a bushing unit slidably coupled to the slide slot, and a rotary arm supporting at a first end portion thereof a back portion of the bushing unit wherein the rotary arm supports the bushing unit in a forward direction of the vehicle while the bushing unit moves along the slide slot in the rearward direction of the vehicle by the front impact force when the front impact force exceeding a coupling force applied to a second end portion of the rotary arm is transmitted from the bushing unit to the rotary arm.

Abstract: A scooter vehicle includes a steering handlebar, a radiator disposed under a seat, a step floor disposed between the steering handlebar and the scat, and a leg shield disposed forward of the step floor. The leg shield includes an upper portion protruding toward a rider side which includes a stuff box portion that shields the legs of the rider. The leg shield also is provided with an opening portion serving as a feed-water port for the radiator. The opening portion is covered by a cover member extending along a tunnel portion of the step floor in a back and forth direction of a vehicle body. The resulting configuration reduces the length of a feed-water pipe, thereby enhancing the ability to perform maintenance of the radiator.

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.

Abstract: An all-terrain fire fighting apparatus has a high power-to-weight ratio, a hydraulic skid steer drive system, a drive-by-wire control system, a proportionally joystick controlled nozzle turret, and a 1500 psi foam injecting water supply system which supplies the nozzle turret and a high-pressure hose mounted on a reel. To dissipate heat load from the fire fighting apparatus systems, the fire fighting apparatus cooling system employs a cooling shroud in the form of a box with multiple system radiators stacked on one face of the box and the remaining faces containing exhaust fans mounted to draw air out of the box and through the stacked heat exchangers. The fire fighting apparatus is capable of being operated remotely by means of onboard GPS, real-time imaging, and inputs to the joystick controller and fire fighting apparatus drive-by-wire system.

Abstract: An object is to provide a construction machine containing an engine (30) and a heat exchanger (31) in a bonnet (14), adapted for easy cleaning of a side of the heat exchanger (31) toward a cooling fan. A space (29) into which a hand can be put is provided between a cooling fan 33 attached to the engine (30) and the heat exchanger (31) arranged so as to face to the cooling fan (33). A part covering a region from the cooling fan (33) to the heat exchanger (31) in the bonnet (14) from above and sides includes a separate cover (34). An opening part having a guard (36) is provided through a portion of the cover (34), the portion facing to the heat exchanger (31). The cover (34) is configured to be openable and closable. The cooling fan (33) is adapted to be of a discharge type. A plurality of the heat exchangers are arranged in a same plane.

Abstract: A cooling structure includes a plurality of plate-shaped heat generating members such as battery parts, DC voltage converters and electrical member (e.g., relay). In the cooling structure, the heat generating members are arranged in a plate-thickness direction to have predetermined spaces for forming fluid passages each of which is provided between adjacent heat generating members, and the fluid passages are provided to pass a fluid for cooling the heat generating members. Accordingly, all the heat generating members can be effectively cooled while the cooling structure can be made compact.

Abstract: A cooling system for a work vehicle is disclosed that includes first and second heat exchangers disposed one above the other to create two discrete flow paths. The upper heat exchanger is an engine water cooler and the lower heat exchanger may be an intercooler, an oil cooler or a refrigerant condenser. The lower heat exchanger is disposed forward of the upper heat exchanger. Additional heat exchangers may be positioned in front of the first and second heat exchangers to provide additional cooling. The first and second heat exchanger may be cross-flow heat exchangers conducting the fluid to be cooled laterally through the core of the heat exchanger.

Abstract: An inverter buffer structure for a vehicle is provided so that even when a head-on collision occurs, no damage is caused to the inverter case and its internal contents. In one embodiment an inverter buffer structure for a vehicle is disposed with an inverter in an engine compartment and is provided with buffer member between a surface of the inverter and a radiator core support that constitutes a portion of a frame of the vehicle to reduce an incoming force to the vehicle in the event of a collision.

Abstract: A battery pack includes a plurality of battery modules mounted within a casing. A liquid heat exchanger and at least one fan are both mounted at a position within the casing such that they are intermediate the plurality of battery modules. An electronic driveline incorporating a battery pack, and a method of operating a battery pack are also disclosed and claimed.

Abstract: The top wall of a snowmobile tunnel, which accommodates the endless drive track of the snowmobile, is provided with recesses at locations corresponding to the path followed by studs carried by the endless track. The rear of the tunnel is connected to a molded rear member having a pattern of recesses matching that of the top wall of the tunnel. In yet another aspect of the invention, a heat exchanger for cooling engine coolant may be provided at the rear of the tunnel. The heat exchanger may be mounted to and partially spaced from the molded rear member. The heat exchanger may bear rearwardly extending ridges with upwardly extending lip at the far end. In some embodiments, a channel is provided on the upper end of the heat exchanger to promote air and snow flow over the rearwardly extending ridges.

Abstract: A snowmobile includes a frame, a motor supported by the frame, an endless belt assembly supported by the frame, and a tunnel coupled to the frame and extending above the endless belt assembly. The tunnel includes an item attachment member accessible by a user and extending along a surface of the tunnel. The item attachment member is configured to couple to a fastener to mount an item on the tunnel.

Abstract: A mounting structure for the front end of a car or small truck has a frame-shaped structure that surrounds an air cooled pass-through area and exhibits an upper crossmember, a lower crossmember and sidemembers connecting them. The upper crossmember is designed as a closed wall for receiving a hood lock and forms a sealing rib that borders on the air cooled pass-through area for an air-blocking connection of a radiator component. To provide the upper crossmember as the lock crossmember at the mounting structure with a high moment of inertia and to reduce the air cooled pass-through area only to a negligible degree, the upper crossmember is strutted using a lattice structure that is adjacent to the sealing rib and protrudes into the air cooled pass-through area, where the lattice openings form a part of the air cooled pass-through area with their entire opening area.

Abstract: An automotive vehicle is provided which includes a structural member, a bumper movable with respect to the structural member upon an impact of said vehicle with an object, and a radiator for cooling fluid of a component of the vehicle, the radiator being mounted with the structural member. Movement of the bumper within predetermined limits causes the radiator to be dismounted with respect to said structural member minimizing material damage to the radiator.

Abstract: A radiator attachment structure for a motorcycle in which a down tube is formed in a shape having a curved portion, and a radiator can be disposed in a less visible manner while being erected. An upper portion of each of down tubes is formed as a curved portion curved in a side view. A lower portion of each of the down tube is formed as a linear slope portion extending linearly downwardly from a corresponding one of the curved portions in the side view. A radiator is disposed while being overlapped with the linear slope portions of the down tubes in the side view.

Abstract: A motorcycle that ensures engine cooling efficiency while suppressing radiator exposure has a head pipe and left and right downtubes extending downward from the head pipe. A radiator catches traveling wind from forwardly of the motorcycle. A louver provided on the radiator includes baffle plates that lead traveling wind to the radiator. The radiator has an overlapping portion between the downtubes that overlaps the downtubes as viewed from laterally of the motorcycle.

Abstract: A piping fixing structure of the present invention includes: a vehicle body; a suspension member which is elastically supported by the vehicle body via a vibration damping member, and supports a suspension; and a fixing mechanism which fixes piping to the suspension member. The piping extends from a driving source which is elastically supported by the vehicle body via the vibration damping member.

Abstract: A reserve tank structure for enhancing the degree of freedom in the layout of the filling portion of the reserve tank and the mounting bracket and the degree of freedom in the layout of parts around the reserve tank. A reserve tank structure includes a reserve hose for connecting a reserve tank to a radiator. The reserve tank includes a tank body portion for reserving a cooling water with a filling portion that extends upwardly from the tank body portion and includes a water supply port on an upper end thereof. A hose plug is connected to an end portion of the reserve hose. Mounting brackets support an intermediate portion of the reserve hose wherein the mounting bracket is mounted on the filling portion.

Abstract: A fuel cell powered vehicle includes radiators disposed on left and right sides on the skew rear side of a front wheel in relation to the vehicle body front-rear direction. A secondary battery is disposed between the left and right radiators. A thin plate-shaped inner cowl is disposed between the secondary battery and the front wheel. Duct mechanisms surrounding the radiators are provided on the left and right sides of the inner cowl and inside a cowling. Each duct mechanism includes introduction ports for a running airflow, and a discharge port that is fitted with variable-type louvers. A voltage converter unit is accommodated in a straddled part of the vehicle. Radiating fins of the voltage converter include plate-like members erected in the vehicle body front-rear direction that are directed toward the upper side of the vehicle body and are exposed to the exterior of the vehicle body.

Abstract: A device protects at least a portion of an A/C condenser of an automotive vehicle against damage from stones and other road debris. The device includes a guard having a plurality of spaced apart louvers for intercepting and deflecting the stones and other road debris but permitting air to pass through the guard between the louvers.

Abstract: A hybrid system control apparatus is provided in which an intercooler (15) is disposed upstream of the motor cooling radiator (70) in a flow path of the ambient air flowing in an engine compartment, and/or is disposed such that at least a portion of the intercooler and a portion of the motor cooling radiator contact each other. The hybrid system control apparatus includes a warm-up portion (60) that increases temperature of the boost air by controlling a load of the engine in cold start of a hybrid system (1) such that the boost pressure from the forced air induction device is equal to or higher than a target boost pressure.

Abstract: An integrated hybrid heat exchanger may include a first radiator and a second radiator disposed up and down in parallel, a first radiator tank connected to both first end portions of the first and second radiators in common, a first baffle installed in the first radiator tank and separating an inner space of the first radiator tank into an upper space and a lower space, wherein the upper and lower spaces of the first radiator tank include a coolant inlet respectively and a first air bypass member having a passage therein, the first air bypass member installed on the first baffle and extending upwards with a predetermined length and configured to remove bubbles collected in the lower space of the first radiator tank through the passage of the first air bypass member by pressure difference between the upper and lower spaces of the first radiator tank.

Abstract: An upper CRFM attachment modality which provides assembly simplification, structural strength, design efficiency, and reduced vehicle weight. The tie bar, particularly the inner tie bar component thereof, is integrally provided with a pair of upper CFRM brackets. A pair of elastomeric frustoconical studs are attached to the top end of the upper CRFM, wherein the frustoconical studs self-aligningly interface, respectively, with a stud hole of each of the upper CRFM brackets as a powertrain cradle carrying the CRFM is lifted toward the engine compartment.

Abstract: A duct structure defines an opening, a first air-intake port, and a second air-intake port. The opening is configured to receive air. The first air-intake port is configured to receive a first portion of air for passage to an engine. The second air-intake port is configured to receive a second portion of air for passage to a radiator. A partition can be provided to separate the air received at the opening into a first portion that is received by the first air-intake port and a second portion that is received by the second air-intake port substantially immediately upon entry of the air into the opening. The duct structure can be provided as part of an air-intake system on a vehicle, such as a motorcycle.

Abstract: A casing houses a heat exchanger in a vehicle HVAC system. The heat exchanger includes air inlet and air outlet faces, rear end and front end faces, and first and second side faces. The side faces are each capped with a radiator tank comprising a front end. Each radiator tank defines an orifice for connection to a heat transfer fluid supply circuit. The casing includes a front end wall defining an opening opposite the front end face of the heat-exchanger. The casing also includes a cover defining at least two passages adapted to suit the orifices of the radiator tanks and fixedly attached to the front end wall. The cover also includes seals for limiting the outlet of air via the opening and/or the passages.

Abstract: The vibration of a radiator is insulated from being transmitted to a vehicle body by an insulator having vibration-dampening protrusions, air pockets, and sub-air pockets, thereby greatly reducing noise and vibration of the vehicle compartment. The insulator includes an insertion portion, flange, supporting portion, coupling hole, air pockets, and vibration-dampening protrusions.

Abstract: A vehicle, such as a motorcycle, can include an engine and a head pipe provided ahead of the engine. Electrical equipment provided behind the head pipe and ahead of the engine can be partly exposed by a gap between a down frame and a radiator of the vehicle, enabling the electrical equipment to be cooled by airflow.

Abstract: A motorcycle including a frame having a top, a bottom, a front, a rear, and a centrally-located longitudinal axis extending through the front and the rear. The longitudinal axis defines a vertical plane. The motorcycle also includes an engine supported by the frame and a radiator coil obliquely mounted to the frame. The radiator coil is spaced apart from the vertical plane and includes a forward end and a rearward end as viewed from above the motorcycle. The forward end defines a first distance measured normal to the vertical plane and the rearward end defines a second distance measured normal to the vertical plane. The first distance is shorter than the second distance.

Abstract: Various embodiments of reduced-size vehicles such as all-terrain vehicles (ATVs) and utility vehicles (UVs) are disclosed herein. In at least some embodiments, the vehicles include frames that are wider near the front and rear sections of the vehicles than within the mid-sections of the vehicles. This, in combination with the use of shock-absorbers that are substantially vertically oriented, allows for the opening-up of large interior cavities within the front and rear sections of the vehicles within which can be positioned large front and rear internal compartments that can provide storage/carrying capacity as well as added buoyancy for the vehicle, among other things. Also, in at least some embodiments, the vehicles can include special cooling and/or exhaust systems having components that are positioned substantially within the mid-sections of the vehicles, thus further increasing the amounts of space available for the cavities/compartments within the front and rear sections of the vehicles.

Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide a heat exchanger (radiator) or a cooling module having the radiator and a condenser, which has a higher rigidity against vibration in the vertical direction. To the end, the radiator or the cooling module is mounted to a vehicle by mounting brackets, which are fixed to the radiator tanks at their vertical ends. The mounting brackets have mounting pins, with which the radiator or the cooling module is mounted to the vehicle.

Abstract: A straddle-type vehicle with a radiator having heightened support stiffness. An engine bracket extends vertically and has an upper portion mounted to a front end of a body frame and a lower portion suspending a front wall of an engine. The radiator includes an upper radiator arranged along a front surface of and mounted to the engine bracket, and a lower radiator.

Abstract: A grille for a vehicle, especially for severe service vehicles, is provided. The grille couples to a front reinforcement assembly of the vehicle's hood using a male and female slip joint, such as a boss and track. The grille and hood also hinge together. A spring engages the grille and the cooling module of the vehicle.

Abstract: A radiator mounting bracket (100) is fabricated providing a body (102) having a plurality of frame mounting apertures (104) disposed upon a frame mounting section (116) of the body (102), a radiator mounting aperture (106) disposed upon a radiator mounting section (118) of the body (102), and a hood pin receiving aperture (110) disposed between the frame mounting apertures (104) and the radiator mounting aperture (106). A peripheral edge of the radiator mounting aperture (106) can be chamfered (108). A plurality of weight reducing stylization apertures (120) can be incorporated within the body 102). An embossment (114) is disposed about the hood pin receiving aperture (110) upon an upper surface (140) of the body (102). A hood pin (130) is assembled to the bracket (100) via threading (112, 136).

Abstract: A vehicle engine cooling system includes a cooling water circulation passage extending from an engine in an engine room and returning to the engine, at least a part of the cooling water circulation passage arranged to face a running wind flow space apart from the engine room. The cooling water circulation passage includes a forward cooling part disposed in a front portion of a vehicle body for receiving a running wind substantially perpendicularly includes a bent radiation pipe, and a floor-lower-face cooling part disposed on a lower face of a floor of the vehicle body for receiving the incoming wind includes a finned radiation pipe.

Abstract: A vehicular radiator supporting apparatus 10 has a pair of radiator support sides 16 and 18 connected to a radiator support upper 12 to be pivoted about a predetermined pivot axis O. To the pair of radiator support sides 16 and 18, a pair of abutting brackets 34 and 36 are integrally fixed at positions corresponding to a height of the bumper reinforcement 54, and they are connected to a pair of vehicle-body side brackets 38 and 40. When applied with a load exceeding a predetermined value and acting rearward of the vehicle, the pair of abutting brackets 34 and 36 are pivoted about the pivot axis O integrally with the pair of radiator support sides 16 and 18 to be displaced rearward of the vehicle. Thus, the vehicular radiator supporting apparatus 10 itself in addition to the radiator main body 20 is prevented from being damaged.

Abstract: A vehicular cooling device supporting apparatus has a radiator support lower 14 formed with a plurality of support-side connecting portions 32 and 34 for altering connecting positions to radiator support sides 16 and 18. This enables a layout position of a radiator main body 20 to be altered depending on size of an engine to use component parts in common. Placing the radiator main body 20 in a rearward position when the engine is small in size can suppresses damage to the radiator main body 20 upon collision of a vehicle at a low vehicle speed. In this case, it is suffice for the connecting positions of the radiator support lower 14 to the radiator support sides 16 and 18 to be altered in a vehicle fore and aft direction. Thus, the cooling device supporting apparatus can be constructed simply at the low cost with a minimum number of component parts.

Abstract: An air charging system for use with a vehicle includes a heat exchanger for cooling an air charge by melting a mass of snow/ice that is external to and in thermal communication with the heat exchanger.

Abstract: An arrangement structure for a radiator reservoir tank for a motorcycle that makes it possible to appropriately dispose a reservoir tank of a radiator in the vicinity of an engine. A main frame is provided that extends to the rear side from a head pipe disposed at the front of a main body. An engine is disposed under the main frame, the engine includes a cylinder extending upward from a crankcase with an intake port open at the rear side of the cylinder. A throttle body is connected to the intake port with a reservoir tank of a radiator being disposed in a space S above the crankcase, behind the cylinder, and under the throttle body.

Abstract: An integrated heat exchanger and engine mount for a snowmobile that reinforces the snowmobile chassis is disclosed. The heat exchanger is formed with an internal passage through which a vehicle fluid may be circulated and cooled. The heat exchanger is also formed with increased rigidity to strengthen the chassis and support an engine mount.

Abstract: The invention elates to an arrangement for fixing a heat exchanger (1), particularly a cooling module in a motor vehicle, preferably at four, i.e. two upper and two lower, fixing points (4, 5, 6, 7). Interengaging fixing means are provided on the heat exchanger (1) and retaining means are provided on the motor vehicle(2, 3). According to the invention, at least one fixing means, preferably the two upper fixing means, is/are embodied as an elastomer bearing (6a, 7a) and at least one retaining means, preferably the two upper retaining means, is/are embodied as a screw bolt (8, 9) with path limitation (8a, 9a), which is supported on the motor vehicle (3) and on the elastomer bearing (6a, 7a) in a substantially strainless manner.