Patent ID: 8418790

Claim:
An air flow system for use with a vehicle including an internal combustion engine, a heat exchanger, a cover, wherein the cover defines an engine compartment for the engine and a cooling compartment for the heat exchanger, and a compartment baffle separating the engine compartment and the cooling compartment, the compartment baffle separating air heated by the engine from ambient air used with the heat exchanger, the air flow system comprising: a fan located in the cooling compartment, the fan configured to draw ambient air over the heat exchanger, a side air intake configured to intake ambient air, the side air intake including a side air intake frame defining a side air intake opening, the side air intake including a screen located within the side air intake opening, the screen configured to inhibit debris from entering the cooling compartment, the side air intake including a side air intake baffle coupled to the side air intake frame, the side air intake baffle configured to inhibit air heated by the engine from mixing with ambient air used with the heat exchanger, wherein the side air intake is configured to provide ambient air to the lowest portion of the heat exchanger, the cover defining a side air opening, the side air opening being located along at least one side of the engine compartment, and the side air intake frame being located within the side air opening, the side air intake opening and the side air opening in fluid communication with ambient air and the cooling compartment.