Agco Corporation

Andreas Kleinhenz

Gerhard Mariner

Hans Heinle

Robert Heisler

Guido Nagele

Klaus-Jurgen Satzger

A tractor has a chassis () which supports an engine () towards the front thereof. A deflecting shield () is positioned to the rear of the engine to deflect sideways hot air which has passed over the engine, and a tank () for the storage of urea based fluid for injection into an exhaust system of the engine is located behind the engine to the rear of the deflecting shield. The chassis to the rear of the engine may have an open-topped section () between the engine () and a transmission housing (), the tank being at least partially housed within the open-topped section of the chassis to shield the tank from the hot air which has passed over the engine and from the heating effects of the sun.

Tractor

An exhaust system for an agricultural and/or industrial tractor () having an internal combustion engine () located in an engine compartment covered by an engine hood (). The system includes an exhaust gas treatment unit () located inside the engine compartment hood and having a main chamber () fed by an inlet pipe () which receives exhaust gases from the engine and an outlet pipe () which passes treated gases into a final portion () of the exhaust system. The inlet and outlet pipes () are non-aligned and extending alongside the main chamber () in opposite directions to reduce the overall length of the treatment unit. The treatment unit () may be installed above the engine () with the exhaust gases passing through the unit either generally normal or parallel to the direction of driving (D) of the tractor.

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Rosshaupten, Germany

Andreas Kleinhenz