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Title: Vehicle hydraulic system that provides heat for passenger compartment

Patent ·
OSTI ID:873680

A vehicle includes a vehicle housing which defines a passenger compartment. Attached to the vehicle housing is a hydraulic system, that includes a hydraulic fluid which flows through at least one passageway within the hydraulic system. Also attached to the vehicle housing is a passenger compartment heating system. The passenger compartment heating system includes a heat exchanger, wherein a portion of the heat exchanger is a segment of the at least one passageway of the hydraulic system.

Research Organization:
Caterpillar Inc., Deerfield, IL (United States)
DOE Contract Number:
FC05-97OR22605
Assignee:
Caterpillar Inc. (Peoria, IL)
Patent Number(s):
US 6220521
OSTI ID:
873680
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English