Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Cooling duct
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Application No.: US16151188Application Date: 2018-10-03
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Publication No.: US11248512B2Publication Date: 2022-02-15
- Inventor: Wayne L. Minnichsoffer , Jeremy B. Parsons
- Applicant: Arctic Cat, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US MN St. Cloud
- Assignee: Arctic Cat, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Arctic Cat, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US MN St. Cloud
- Agency: Lowe Graham Jones PLLC
- Main IPC: F01N13/10
- IPC: F01N13/10 ; B60K13/04 ; F01N11/00 ; F01N13/00 ; F16H57/035 ; F16H57/04 ; F01N13/08 ; F16H9/14 ; F16H55/56 ; F16H57/027

Abstract:
Methods, systems, and vehicles that control the temperature of a device included in the vehicle are presented herein. The temperature of the device is controlled by ventilating the device with drivetrain air, such as transmission cooling air. In some embodiments, the device is at a greater temperature than the drivetrain air, which cools the device. In other embodiments, the device is at a lesser temperature than the drivetrain air, which heats the device. The drivetrain air is provided to the device through an exhaust duct coupled to the vehicle's transmission. The drivetrain exhaust air is preferably circulated by the transmission. The transmission may be a continuously variable transmission. The device may be an oxygen sensor that is coupled to an engine exhaust pipe. The oxygen sensor is thermally coupled to the engine exhaust and the engine exhaust pipe, which are at greater temperatures than the transmission exhaust air.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200088289A1 COOLING DUCT Public/Granted day:2020-03-19
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