Patent ID: 7717497
Filing Date: 2010-05-18
Classification: B60H,B62D

Abstract:
1. A vehicle for operation on the ground, comprising: an engine, said engine being cooled by liquid coolant; an occupant cabin having a cowl and a windshield, said windshield having a base proximate to said cowl, to which cowl said windshield adjoins, said cowl being provided with a cowl tray, said cowl tray being attached to said cowl proximate to said base of said windshield; an HVAC system having a primary heater core located within said occupant cabin, said HVAC system further having a vertically oriented HVAC air intake passage external to said occupant cabin, said vertically oriented HVAC air intake passage having an HVAC air intake opening external to said occupant cabin, said HVAC air intake opening being integrated into said cowl tray proximate to and forward of said base of said windshield; a coolant-to-air heat exchanger located within said vertically oriented HVAC air intake passage proximate to said HVAC air intake opening; and at least one coolant tube in fluid communication with said coolant-to-air heat exchanger and said engine.