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Engine enclosure for construction vehicles

  • US 6,655,486 B2
  • Filed: 06/28/2001
  • Issued: 12/02/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/11/2000
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An engine enclosure for cooling an engine of a construction vehicle, in which cooling ambient air taken into an engine room from ambient air inlet port formed in an engine hood enclosing the engine and in two engine side covers in forced by a fan toward a heat exchanger in front of the engine, comprising:

  • an ambient air screening wall surrounding a muffler, the ambient air screening wall being arranged above the engine in the engine room formed by the engine hood and the two engine side covers, the ambient air screening wall having a three-dimensional duct structure and directing flow of the cooling ambient air into the engine room and toward the fan without any contact with the muffler and engine.

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