Patent ID: 6164262
Filing Date: 2000-12-26
Classification: B60H,B60K,F24V

Abstract:
An auxiliary apparatus for a vehicle, comprising a pair of auxiliary apparatus which are mounted on a vehicle, are combined in a tandem form and serve functions auxiliary to that of power equipment of said vehicle,wherein one of said auxiliary apparatus and the other of said auxiliary apparatus can transmit power to each other and are attachable to and detachable from each other,wherein a driving shaft provided for one of said auxiliary apparatus and driven by said power equipment is shielded by a housing of said one of said auxiliary apparatus, a driving shaft provided for said other of said auxiliary apparatus and driven by said power equipment is protruded from a housing of said other of said auxiliary apparatus,wherein said other of said auxiliary apparatus is a viscous heater, including a heater housing in which a heat-generating chamber and an auxiliary water jacket adjacent to said heat-generating chamber are formed, a heater driving shaft held rotatably by said heater housing with a bearing device disposed therebetween, and a rotor provided in said heat-generating chamber and being rotatable by said heater driving shaft, and causing a viscous fluid disposed in a space between a wall surface of said heat-generating chamber and an outer surface of said rotor to generate heat by rotating said rotor and to be heat-exchanged with said circulating water in said auxiliary water jacket.