Patent ID: 9731591
Date: 2017-08-15
CPC Classifications: B60K,B60Y

Claim:
1. A system for directing airflow through an engine compartment of an off-road agricultural vehicle, the system comprising: an engine compartment; an engine arranged in the engine compartment delivering power for use by the off-road agricultural vehicle; a radiator arranged in the engine compartment and configured to draw cooling air into an intake side of the radiator for transferring heat from the radiator to the cooling air converting the cooling air to heated air released from an discharge side of the radiator facing toward the engine; a radiator discharge chamber defined by a space between the engine and the discharge side of the radiator configured to receive the heated air released from the discharge side of the radiator; an air dam extending between the radiator and the engine, wherein the air dam defines an upper boundary of the radiator discharge chamber and is configured to vertically contain the heated air below the air darn and block flow of the heated air across an upper portion of the engine; and a hood with interconnected walls defining an enclosure of the engine compartment, wherein the interconnected walls of the hood include a pair of side walls with air discharges extending through the side walls.