Patent ID: 7455136

Claim:
A cooling system for a vehicle including: a heat-generating component mounted in said vehicle; a heat-dissipating component mounted in said vehicle; structure defining coolant flow passages containing coolant, said coolant flow passages being in coolant flow communication with said heat-generating component and said heat-dissipating component to transfer heat therebetween; structure defining an air inlet in air flow communication with said heat-dissipating component for providing outside air to said heat-dissipating component for cooling thereof; wherein said heat-generating component, said heat-dissipating component, said coolant flow passages, and said air inlet are located in a normally rearward portion of said vehicle; another heat-generating component mounted to said vehicle; another heat-dissipating component mounted to said vehicle; additional structure defining additional coolant flow passages containing coolant operable to transfer heat between said another heat-generating component and said another heat-dissipating component; wherein said air inlet is in air flow communication with said another heat-dissipating component for providing outside air to said another heat-dissipating component for cooling thereof; wherein said another heat-generating component, said another heat-dissipating component, and said additional coolant flow passages are located in the normally rearward portion of said vehicle; and wherein said coolant flow passages and said additional coolant flow passages interconnect only via a common coolant flow reservoir, with coolant flow not required to pass through said reservoir in circulating through said respective cooling flow passages and additional cooling flow passages, thereby minimizing coolant flow mixing therebetween.