Patent ID: 7896062
Filing Date: 2011-03-01
Classification: B60K,F01P,F02B,Y02T

Abstract:
1. A cooling system for an agricultural tractor, the tractor having a frame with opposing forward and rearward ends defining a longitudinal axis, the forward end supporting an engine and hood structure covering the engine and cooling system and having right and left sides, the cooling system comprising: a first heat exchanger having a front face and disposed in a first position adjacent to the frame of the tractor, forward of the tractor engine, and behind a cooling air inlet, and said first heat exchanger defining a first cooling air path; and a second heat exchanger located above the top surface of and adjacent to the first heat exchanger, a front face of the second heat exchanger offset rearwardly along the longitudinal axis from the front face of the first heat exchanger and defining a second cooling air path disposed fluidly in parallel to the first cooling air path; and a first and second conduit are coupled to the first heat exchanger forward of the front face of the second heat exchanger with respect to the longitudinal axis, each conduit extending vertically from respective left and right sides of the first heat exchanger along opposing sides of the hood and over a top surface of the second heat exchanger; and the second heat exchanger having first and second vertically extending tanks on the left and right sides of the second heat exchanger and the conduits are disposed directly forward of the vertically extending tanks.