Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 6
Claim 1
Independent Claim
216 words
For within the environments of motor-home and related roadway vehicles respectively extending along a horizontal and directionally longitudinal central-axis and that terminates as a powertrain-zone terminally provided with a liquid-air radiator coupled with an air-air radiator for cooling an airpath through an engine and said airpath therealong serially including an intake-pipe for conveying environmental air (and thence serially along an incoming-pipe into an engine turbo-charger) for conversion into high-pressure-heated-air (HPHA) thence serially introduced along an outgoing-pipe through an airpath first-interface into a said air-air radiator for converting said HPHA into high-pressure-cooled-air (HPCA) emerging through an air-air radiator second-interface via an inlead-pipe that communicates within the combustion chamber of a said engine, the improvement comprising: (A) said parallel and coupled upright liquid-air and air-air radiators being together pivotably associated with framework for said engine; and (B) said uprightly parallel, coupled, and framework pivotal liquid-air and air-air radiators, at said first-interface and at said second-interface, being respectively provided with first-removable-coupler means and with second-removable-coupler means to accommodate said coupled and pivotably associated radiators in liquid and air intercommunicating relationships as said radiators are pivotably moved toward said first-interface and second-interface portions of said airpath, said first-removable-coupler means and said second-removable-coupler means interrupting said air intercommunicating relationships upon pivoting said radiators away from said associated framework for said engine.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
216 words
For within the environments of motor-home and related roadway vehicles respectively extending along a horizontal and directionally longitudinal central-axis and that terminates as a powertrain-zone terminally provided with a liquid-air radiator coupled with an air-air radiator for cooling an airpath through an engine and said airpath therealong serially including an intake-pipe for conveying environmental air (and thence serially along an incoming-pipe into an engine turbo-charger) for conversion into high-pressure-heated-air (HPHA) thence serially introduced along an outgoing-pipe through an airpath first-interface into a said air-air radiator for converting said HPHA into high-pressure-cooled-air (HPCA) emerging through an air-air radiator second-interface via an inlead-pipe that communicates within the combustion chamber of a said engine, the improvement comprising: (A) said parallel and coupled upright liquid-air and air-air radiators being together pivotably associated with framework for said engine; and (B) said uprightly parallel, coupled, and framework pivotal liquid-air and air-air radiators, at said first-interface and at said second-interface, being respectively provided with first-removable-coupler means and with second-removable-coupler means to accommodate said coupled and pivotably associated radiators in liquid and air intercommunicating relationships as said radiators are pivotably moved toward said first-interface and second-interface portions of said airpath, said first-removable-coupler means and said second-removable-coupler means interrupting said air intercommunicating relationships upon pivoting said radiators away from said associated framework for said engine.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
51 words
The latchably pivotably-coupled heat-exchangers of claim 1 wherein said first-removable-coupler means includes a first-tubular-coupler on the air-air radiator for mating with a first-tubular-coupling carried by the engine framework; and wherein the second-removable-coupler means includes a second-tubular-coupler carried by the air-air radiator for mating with a second-tubular-coupling carried by the engine framework.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
33 words
The latchably pivotably-coupled heat-exchangers of claim 1 provided with shrouding means annularly surroundable about an engine-fan whenever the coupled heat-exchangers are pivoted to lie along an upright-plane perpendicular to a said longitudinal central-axis.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
50 words
The structure of claim 3 wherein the liquid-air radiator is located nearer to said engine than is said air-air radiator and is provided with said engine-fan shrouding means; is pivotably attached to engine framework with an upright-pivot; and is provided with flexible hoses connected to and communicating with said engine.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
64 words
The structure of claim 4 wherein said second-removable-coupler means overlies said first-removable-coupler means and including a second-tubular-coupler on the air-air radiator for mating with a second-tubular-coupling carried by the engine framework and communicating with said inlead-pipe; and wherein said first-removable-coupler means includes a first-tubular-coupler carried by the air-air radiator and a first-tubular coupling carried by the engine framework and communicating with said airpath outgoing-pipe.