F16H57/0416

Exhaust device and vehicle for travel on uneven terrains

An exhaust device incorporated in a vehicle for travel on uneven terrains. The exhaust device includes an air blowing device and an exhaust pipe through which exhaust gas generated in a prime mover is directed out of the vehicle. The exhaust pipe includes an upstream pipe, a downstream pipe, and a joint device joining the upstream pipe to the downstream pipe in a manner permitting the upstream pipe to move relative to the downstream pipe, the air blowing device being disposed to blow cooling air toward the joint device.

DRIVE DEVICE AND VENTILATION MEMBER
20170314666 · 2017-11-02 · ·

Provided is a technology whereby leakage of oil from inside a case to outside the case can be suppressed, as a result of including: a motor unit 100; a deceleration unit 200 that, as a result of having oil interposed therein, operates smoothly and decelerates the rotary speed of the motor unit 100; a case 400 that contains the deceleration unit 200; and a ventilation member 500 attached to the case 400 and having a ventilation membrane that captures oil moving from inside the case 400 towards outside the case 400 and also has multiple pores formed therein that permit a gas to flow between the inside and the outside.

TRACTOR WITH IMPROVED CLUTCH HOUSING
20170299048 · 2017-10-19 ·

There is provided a tractor with an improved clutch housing structure, which includes a hydro-static transmission (HST) positioned between a clutch and a secondary transmission, to transmit power. The tractor comprises: a clutch housing with the clutch and the HST positioned inside; a partition to separate the clutch from the HST formed inside the clutch housing; and a heat-radiating opening formed in the partition.

Active thermal management for fire-tolerant drive systems

A thermal management system and method includes: a drive shaft; one or more fans or impellers in fluid communication with at least a portion of the drive shaft; and one or more air management baffles configured to direct air flow between the impeller and the portion of the drive shaft. In one embodiment, the system and method further includes insulation positioned about the at least a portion of the drive shaft.

V-BELT TYPE CONTINUOUSLY VARIABLE TRANSMISSION
20170276234 · 2017-09-28 ·

There is provided a V-belt type continuously variable transmission of an air-cooled type mounted on a vehicle. The V-belt type continuously variable transmission includes an intake port for taking air into the V-belt type continuously variable transmission, and an exhaust port for exhausting the taken air from the V-belt type continuously variable transmission. The V-belt type continuously variable transmission further includes at least one of an electric intake fan connected to the intake port directly or via an intake duct, and an electric exhaust fan connected to the exhaust port directly or via an exhaust duct.

EXHAUST DEVICE AND VEHICLE FOR TRAVEL ON UNEVEN TERRAINS

An exhaust device incorporated in a vehicle for travel on uneven terrains. The exhaust device includes an air blowing device and an exhaust pipe through which exhaust gas generated in a prime mover is directed out of the vehicle. The exhaust pipe includes an upstream pipe, a downstream pipe, and a joint device joining the upstream pipe to the downstream pipe in a manner permitting the upstream pipe to move relative to the downstream pipe, the air blowing device being disposed to blow cooling air toward the joint device.

WASTE HEAT SCAVENGING METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR A WORK MACHINE
20220032733 · 2022-02-03 ·

A work machine including a prime mover, an electric motor, an electric motor fluid circuit, a transmission fluid circuit, a hydraulic circuit, a cooling circuit, a pump, and a controller. The electric motor may supply a portion of power of the prime mover. The electric motor fluid circuit may be adapted to remove waste heat from the electric motor. The transmission fluid circuit may be adapted to lubricate a moving part of a transmission powered by the prime mover. The hydraulic circuit may be adapted to transmit power from the prime mover to a moving component of the work machine. The cooling circuit may be absorbing waste heat from one or more of the electric motor fluid circuit, the transmission fluid circuit, and the hydraulic circuit. The control may be adapted to control diversion of a portion of waste heat from the cooling circuit to a portion of the cab.

TRANSFER COOLING STRUCTURE OF VEHICLE

A transfer cooling structure of a vehicle is provided, the vehicle including a power source, a transmission, and a transfer device provided with a torque-distribution-control friction clutch, disposed in the order from forward of the vehicle. The structure includes a floor provided to the vehicle and having a tunnel part configured to cover a transmission case of the transmission and a transfer case of the transfer device from above, an insulator attached below the tunnel part to cover the transmission case and the transfer case while having a gap with respect to the transmission case and the transfer case, and a cooling acceleration part provided to the insulator protruding toward the transfer case from the floor side.

Redundant fans for cooling system
11454312 · 2022-09-27 · ·

An apparatus includes a shared cooling device for cooling one or more systems or components, and a plurality of primary cooling pathways. Each of the primary cooling pathways includes a fan, and each fan is in fluid communication with the shared cooling device.

Gearbox with a housing which has a lower housing part, onto which an upper housing part is placed

A gearbox includes a housing, which has a lower housing part onto which an upper housing part is placed. The lower housing part and the upper housing part are in physical contact along a contact surface, for example, so that the contact surface between the lower and upper housing part lies in a plane and/or is planar. Cooling fins are situated on the housing, the cooling fins having a curved characteristic such that a portion of an axially directed airflow streaming along the housing, and thus in particular an airflow that is streaming parallel to the axis of rotation of the input shaft, is deflected in a transverse direction between two cooling fins disposed closest to each other in the axial direction in each case, the axial direction, for example, being parallel to the contact surface, e.g., the plane.