Patent ID: 7793498

Claim:
A vehicle for operation on the ground, comprising: an engine; an engine intake manifold; an engine exhaust manifold; a charge air cooler having a charge air cooler inlet manifold and a charge air cooler outlet manifold; a charge air cooler inlet pipe fixedly attached to said charge air cooler inlet manifold; a charge air cooler outlet pipe fixedly attached to said charge air cooler outlet manifold; an exhaust gas recirculation system, said exhaust gas recirculation system having an exhaust gas recirculation mixer integrated into said charge air cooler inlet pipe, said exhaust gas recirculation mixer having a mixer inlet external to said charge air cooler inlet pipe and a mixer outlet internal to said charge air cooler inlet pipe; and said exhaust gas recirculation system having an exhaust gas recirculation tube in fluid communication with said engine exhaust manifold and in fluid communication with said mixer inlet of said exhaust gas recirculation mixer integrated into said charge air cooler inlet pipe.