Patent ID: 8556013
Filing Date: 2013-10-15
Classification: B60K,B60Y,F01P

Abstract:
1. A vehicle capable of on-road highway travel, the vehicle comprising: an operator compartment, a windshield forming a part of a front wall of the operator compartment, an engine compartment, an engine in the engine compartment, a radiator in front of the engine, the radiator receiving coolant from the engine, a first ventilating system attached behind the radiator and forming an enclosure behind the radiator, the enclosure preventing air drawn through the radiator from entering the engine compartment, the first ventilating system comprising at least one fan, a duct attached to the first ventilating system, the duct forming a smooth channel guiding air exhausted from the first ventilating system rearwardly along an exterior surface of the vehicle, the air exhausted from the duct being directed into the ambient slip stream of the vehicle when the vehicle is moving forward, and a second ventilating system arranged to flow air through the engine compartment, the second ventilating system comprising an induction cowl cooperative with the windshield to flow ambient air into the engine compartment when the vehicle is moving forward and an exhaust exit into a low pressure area of the duct forward of the cowl and downstream of the fan.