US 12,103,378 B2
Dual heat path body
Frederick J. Reynolds, Casper, WY (US); and Wayne D. Soule, Casper, WY (US)
Assigned to Austin Engineering USA Services, Inc., Mills, WY (US)
Filed by Austin Engineering USA Services, Inc., Casper, WY (US)
Filed on May 6, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/738,949.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/186,460, filed on May 10, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0355660 A1, Nov. 10, 2022
Int. Cl. B60K 13/04 (2006.01); B60K 13/06 (2006.01); B60P 1/28 (2006.01)
CPC B60K 13/04 (2013.01) [B60K 13/06 (2013.01); B60P 1/28 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A truck body adapted to be mounted on a truck chassis for use in transporting material, the body having a front wall, opposed first and second side walls, and a floor, the body being mountable to a truck chassis at pivot points under the body, the body comprising:
an aft exhaust port mounted proximate the floor and adapted to pass heated vehicle exhaust entering from an aft exhaust pipe of a vehicle when the aft exhaust pipe is connected to the aft exhaust port through passageways formed in or attached to at least one of the floor, the front wall, and the opposed side walls that will cause the heated vehicle exhaust to pass along and thereby heat at least a portion of at least one of the floor, the front wall, and the side walls;
a fore exhaust port mounted in or proximate to the front wall and adapted to pass heated vehicle exhaust entering from a fore exhaust pipe of a vehicle when the fore exhaust pipe is connected to the fore exhaust port through passageways in the front wall, floor, and the opposed side walls that will cause the heated vehicle exhaust to pass along and thereby heat at least a portion of at least one of the front wall, floor, and the side walls; and
a first aft exhaust port formed in or proximate to the first side wall and a second aft exhaust port formed in or proximate to the second side wall, both of the exhaust ports being adapted to permit vehicle exhaust to pass out of the passageways.