Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Oxygen sensor cooling duct
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Application No.: US15418630Application Date: 2017-01-27
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Publication No.: US09909483B2Publication Date: 2018-03-06
- Inventor: Wayne L. Minnichsoffer , Jeremy B. Parsons
- Applicant: Arctic Cat, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US MN St. Cloud
- Assignee: Arctic Cat, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Arctic Cat, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US MN St. Cloud
- Agency: Lowe Graham Jones PLLC
- Main IPC: B60K13/04
- IPC: B60K13/04 ; F01N13/10 ; F16H57/035 ; F16H57/04 ; F16H57/027 ; F16H9/14 ; F16H55/56 ; F01N13/00 ; F01N11/00

Abstract:
Methods, systems, and vehicles that control the temperature of a device included in the vehicle are presented herein. The temperature of the device is controlled by ventilating the device with drivetrain air, such as transmission cooling air. In some embodiments, the device is at a greater temperature than the drivetrain air, which cools the device. In other embodiments, the device is at a lesser temperature than the drivetrain air, which heats the device. The drivetrain air is provided to the device through an exhaust duct coupled to the vehicle's transmission. The drivetrain exhaust air is preferably circulated by the transmission. The transmission may be a continuously variable transmission. The device may be an oxygen sensor that is coupled to an engine exhaust pipe. The oxygen sensor is thermally coupled to the engine exhaust and the engine exhaust pipe, which are at greater temperatures than the transmission exhaust air.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170138247A1 OXYGEN SENSOR COOLING DUCT Public/Granted day:2017-05-18
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