Patents
US 12723538 B2: Air cooling systems for snowmobiles
- Granted
- 2026-09-01
- Filed
- 2025-06-19 application 19243292
- Type
- Utility · 18 claims
- Elsewhere
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Abstract
An air cooling system for a snowmobile having a forward frame assembly defining an engine bay, an engine positioned in the engine bay and a turbocharger positioned outboard of the engine bay. The air cooling system includes an intercooler in downstream fluid communication with the turbocharger. The intercooler is configured to cool compressed air from the turbocharger. An air channel is positioned forward of the intercooler. The air channel has a lower wall and a pair of oppositely disposed side walls that direct ambient ram air into the intercooler such that heat transfers from the compressed air to the ambient ram air in the intercooler, thereby cooling the compressed air and increasing the density of the compressed air before the compressed air enters the engine.
Source: PTBLXML, file of 2026-09-01 (ipgb20260901.xml).
Assignees
| Assignee | Type | Place | Also on furp.org | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arctic Cat Inc. 190 patents | US company or organization | Thief River Falls, MN | Arctic Cat Inc. State business registration EXACT high confidence: identical full name and state ARCTIC CAT INC. Federal lobbying client EXACT high confidence: identical full name and state ARCTIC CAT INC SEC filer EXACT medium confidence: identical full name, one of each nationally | PTBLXML, file of 2026-09-01 |
Inventors
| Inventor | Place | Patents | Person page | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lucas Grant Purcell | Thief River Falls, MN | 10 | PTBLXML, file of 2026-09-01 | |
| Erick John Halvorson | Albany, MN | 7 | PTBLXML, file of 2026-09-01 | |
| Guy L. Sibilleau | Roseau, MN | 8 | PTBLXML, file of 2026-09-01 |
CPC categories
| Subclass | Category | First group | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| F02B | Internal-combustion piston engines; combustion engines in general | F02B29/0431 | PTBLXML, file of 2026-09-01 |
| B60K | Arrangement or mounting of propulsion units or of transmissions in vehicles; arrangement or mounting of plural diverse prime-movers in vehicles; auxiliary drives for vehicles; instrumentation or dashboards for vehicles; arrangements in connection with cooling, air intake, gas exhaust or fuel supply of propulsion units in vehicles | B60K13/02 | PTBLXML, file of 2026-09-01 |
| F01N | Gas-flow silencers or exhaust apparatus for machines or engines in general; gas-flow silencers or exhaust apparatus for internal-combustion engines | F01N13/1805 | PTBLXML, file of 2026-09-01 |
| F02M | Supplying combustion engines in general with combustible mixtures or constituents thereof | F02M31/20 | PTBLXML, file of 2026-09-01 |
| B62M | Rider propulsion of wheeled vehicles or sledges; powered propulsion of sledges or ; single-track; cycles; transmissions specially adapted for such vehicles | B62M2027/023 | PTBLXML, file of 2026-09-01 |
| F01P | Cooling of machines or engines in general; cooling of internal-combustion engines | F01P2060/02 | PTBLXML, file of 2026-09-01 |
Cooperative Patent Classification, as currently assigned (one row per subclass).
Assignments and security interests
No recorded assignments or security interests on file for this patent.
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