Patent ID: 7143852

Claim:
An engine compartment cover for enclosing an engine of a work machine and for defining an engine compartment, the cover comprising: a hood for covering a top of the engine; and left and right side covers extending from said hood to cover left and right sides of the engine, said left and right side covers having air inlet openings arranged such that external air is introduced into the engine compartment, wherein said hood has a box-type structure and includes an exterior top plate, a bottom plate opposed to said exterior top plate, left and right side plates extending between said exterior top plate and said bottom plate, front and rear side plates extending between said exterior top plate and said bottom plate, wherein said hood has air inlet openings provided only in said left and right side plates, and wherein said hood has an air outlet opening provided only in said bottom plate, said air inlet openings of said hood and said air outlet opening being arranged such that external air is drawn inside said hood via said air inlet openings of said hood and is introduced into the engine compartment via said air outlet opening.