US 11,712,962 B2
Utility vehicle cooling fan installation
Thomas Maier, Unterthingau (DE); and Erich Freytag, Sachsenried (DE)
Assigned to AGCO International GmbH, Neuhausen (CH)
Filed by AGCO International GmbH, Neuhausen (CH)
Filed on Dec. 13, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/644,001.
Claims priority of application No. 2020277 (GB), filed on Dec. 21, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0194213 A1, Jun. 23, 2022
Int. Cl. B60K 11/06 (2006.01); B60K 11/04 (2006.01); B62D 25/12 (2006.01); B62D 49/00 (2006.01); F01P 1/00 (2006.01); F01P 11/10 (2006.01)
CPC B60K 11/06 (2013.01) [B60K 11/04 (2013.01); B62D 25/12 (2013.01); B62D 49/00 (2013.01); F01P 1/00 (2013.01); F01P 11/10 (2013.01); F01P 2070/50 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A utility vehicle, comprising:
an engine;
a heat exchanger operable to cool a fluid;
a fan; and
a hood arranged to pivot between a closed position and an open position around a transverse pivot axis with respect to a normal forward direction of travel, wherein the fan is mounted to the hood, wherein when in the closed position the hood covers the heat exchanger and the fan is positioned in an operable position to generate a cooling airstream through the heat exchanger, and when in the open position the fan is displaced from the operable position and moved away from the heat exchanger.