Patent ID: 11890923
Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  F  Y | IPC B  F

Claim 11:
12. A vehicle heat transfer system, comprising:
a first upper body component positioned on a forward half of a vehicle and including a hood of the vehicle, the first upper body component comprising an exterior surface and an opposite interior surface, wherein the interior surface defines at least a portion of an internal compartment of the vehicle, and wherein the first upper body component includes an opening to the internal compartment disposed on a top of the first upper body component;
a second upper body component positioned rearward of the first upper body component on the vehicle, the second upper body component comprising an exterior surface;
a heat exchanger aligned with the opening in the first upper body component along the length of the vehicle to form an airflow pathway with the exterior surface of the first upper body component, wherein discharge air from the heat exchanger is directed to flow along the exterior surface of the second upper body component;
wherein a portion of the heat exchanger is exposed at a hood surface on the top of the hood and extends through the opening in the top of the hood; and
wherein the portion of the heat exchanger that extends through the opening is co-planar with an outermost hood surface of the hood.