IP Library Granted Patent US 12,152,521
Granted Patent B2
US 12,152,521 · App. 16/749,380 · Granted Nov 26, 2024

System for cooling a diesel exhaust fluid

Inventor: Daniel Alan Morey (Mundelein, IL)
Assignee: CNH Industrial America LLC
F01N3/2066F01N3/02F02M35/10268F01N3/2892F01N2610/02F01N2610/11F01N2610/1406F01N2610/1433F01N2610/148
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Patent No.
US 12,152,521
App. No.
16/749,380
Granted
Nov 26, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A cooling system for cooling diesel exhaust fluid (DEF) for an off-road vehicle is provided. The system includes a DEF tank configured to hold DEF. The system includes a cooling interface configured to interface with the DEF. The system further includes a thermoelectric device disposed exterior to the DEF tank, wherein a first portion of the thermoelectric device is coupled to the cooling interface. The thermoelectric device is configured to draw heat from the cooling interface to cool the DEF. The system still further includes a heat sink coupled to a second portion of the thermoelectric device opposite the first portion. The heat sink is configured to draw heat away from the thermoelectric device.

Claims (8)

1. A cooling system for cooling diesel exhaust fluid (DEF) for an off-road vehicle, comprising:

a DEF tank configured to hold DEF;

a fluid circuit external to and coupled to the DEF tank;

a pump disposed along the fluid circuit and configured to pump the DEF to and from the DEF tank along the fluid circuit;

a cooling interface disposed along the fluid circuit, wherein the cooling interface is configured to interface with the DEF;

a thermoelectric device disposed exterior to the DEF tank, wherein a first portion of the thermoelectric device is coupled to the cooling interface, and wherein the thermoelectric device is configured to draw heat from the cooling interface to cool the DEF; and

a heat sink coupled to a second portion of the thermoelectric device opposite the first portion, and wherein the heat sink is configured to draw heat away from the thermoelectric device.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the heat sink is configured to be disposed within an air intake duct of the off-road vehicle, and wherein an air flow through the air intake duct is configured to cool the heat sink.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 9, 2025
From: CNH INDUSTRIAL AMERICA LLC
To: BLUE LEAF I.P, INC
Reel/Frame 070786/0449 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 22, 2020
From: MOREY, DANIEL ALAN
To: CNH INDUSTRIAL AMERICA LLC
Reel/Frame 051585/0902 →
Continuity (1)
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