1. A utility vehicle occupant side retention system, comprising:
a guiderail fastened rigidly to a side of the utility vehicle with a vertical peak at a forward end of the guiderail; and
a net assembly having a lower edge slideably engaged to the guiderail, a rear edge fastened to at least one rear attachment point on the utility vehicle, and a front edge releasably fastened to a front attachment point on the utility vehicle when the lower edge is at the forward end of the guiderail.
2. The utility vehicle occupant side retention system of claim 1 wherein the front attachment point and rear attachment points are on a roll over protection system of the utility vehicle.
3. The utility vehicle occupant side retention system of claim 1 wherein the guiderail has an upwardly sloping ramp toward the vertical peak of the guiderail.
4. The utility vehicle occupant side retention system of claim 1 wherein the net assembly is slideably engaged to the guiderail by a plurality of rings.
5. The utility vehicle occupant side retention system of claim 1 wherein the single front attachment point comprises a buckle.
6. The utility vehicle occupant side retention system of claim 1 wherein the guiderail is located forwardly of a seat of the utility vehicle.
7. The utility vehicle occupant side retention system of claim 1 wherein the front attachment point is the only releasable attachment point of the net assembly.
8. A utility vehicle occupant side retention system comprising:
a guiderail having a forward end attached to a lower frame member of the utility vehicle and a rearward end attached to the lower frame member of the utility vehicle, the forward end being the highest vertical position of the guiderail;
a net assembly having a lower edge sliding along the guiderail between an open position and a closed position; a part of lower edge of the net assembly being at the forward end of the guiderail in the closed position, and a part of the lower edge of the net assembly being at a rearward end of the guiderail in the open position; and
a single releasable front attachment point on the utility vehicle engageable by a forward edge of the net assembly only if a part of the lower edge of the net assembly is at the forward end of the guiderail.
9. The utility vehicle occupant side retention system of claim 8 wherein the lower edge of the net assembly includes at least one ring that slides along the guiderail.
10. The utility vehicle occupant side retention system of claim 8 further comprising a plurality of rear attachment points on the utility vehicle that are engaged by a rearward edge of the net assembly.
11. The utility vehicle occupant side retention system of claim 8 wherein the single releasable front attachment point is on an upright of a roll over protection structure and is engageable by a buckle.
12. The utility vehicle occupant side retention system of claim 8 wherein the net assembly includes reinforcing straps around its edges and on diagonals between the edges.
13. The utility vehicle occupant side retention system of claim 8 wherein the guiderail is sloped upwardly from a center to the forward end.
14. A utility vehicle occupant side retention system comprising:
a net assembly having a lower edge sliding along a guiderail secured to the utility vehicle, a rear edge attached to at least one rear attachment point on a roll over protection structure of the utility vehicle, and a front edge releasably attachable to a front attachment point on the roll over protection structure;
the guiderail being sloped sufficiently to a vertical peak so the front edge of the net assembly may be releasably attached to the front attachment point on the rollover protection structure only if a part of the lower edge slides forwardly and upwardly to a forward end of the guiderail.
15. The utility vehicle occupant side retention system of claim 14 wherein the guiderail is sloped vertically up toward the forward end.
16. The utility vehicle occupant side retention system of claim 14 wherein the guiderail is substantially forwardly of a seating area of the utility vehicle.
17. The utility vehicle occupant side retention system of claim 14 wherein the front edge of the net assembly may be releasably attached to the front attachment point with a buckle.
18. The utility vehicle occupant side retention system of claim 14 wherein the front attachment point is the only releasable attachment point of the utility vehicle for the net assembly.
19. The utility vehicle occupant side retention system of claim 14 further comprising a guiderail and net assembly on each side of a front row of seats, and a guiderail and net assembly on each side of a rear row of seats.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A loop heat pipe comprising:
a liquid transport line;
an evaporator;
a vapor transport line; and
a condenser,
the liquid transport line, the evaporator, the vapor transport line, and the condenser being connected to one another to circulate a working fluid,
the evaporator including
a case including a liquid flow inlet and a vapor flow outlet,
at least one porous body disposed inside the case and configured to guide the working fluid in a liquid phase inward of the case, and
a liquid supply duct disposed inside the case and configured to guide the working fluid in the liquid phase into the at least one porous body from the liquid flow inlet,
wherein the liquid supply duct is made of a material having lower heat conductivity than a material of the case.
2. The loop heat pipe as claimed in claim 1, wherein the material of the case is a metal or an alloy, and the material of the liquid supply duct has a heat conductivity of 1 WmK or lower.
3. The loop heat pipe as claimed in claim 1, wherein the material of the case is a metal or an alloy, and the material of the liquid supply duct is a resin.
4. The loop heat pipe as claimed in claim 3, wherein the material of the liquid supply duct is selected from a group consisting of a fluorine resin, a nylon resin, a polyether ether ketone resin, a polypropylene resin, and a polyacetal resin.
5. The loop heat pipe as claimed in claim 1, wherein the at least one porous body is made of a porous resin.
6. The loop heat pipe as claimed in claim 5, wherein the porous resin is selected from a group consisting of a fluorine resin, a polyether ether ketone resin, a polypropylene resin, and a polyacetal resin.
7. The loop heat pipe as claimed in claim 5, wherein the at least one porous body and the liquid supply duct are made of a same porous resin.
8. The loop heat pipe as claimed in claim 1, wherein the liquid supply duct extends continuously from the liquid flow inlet to the at least one porous body.
9. The loop heat pipe as claimed in claim 1, wherein the liquid supply duct includes a tubular part extending inside the liquid transport line.
10. The loop heat pipe as claimed in claim 9, wherein the tubular part is disposed in close contact with an inner wall of the liquid transport line.
11. The loop heat pipe as claimed in claim 1, wherein the at least one porous body is provided as plural of the porous bodies, and the liquid supply duct is a manifold for distributing the working fluid in the liquid phase to the plural porous bodies.
12. The loop heat pipe as claimed in claim 1, wherein the at least one porous body includes, on an outer periphery, a vapor discharge groove running an entire length of the at least one porous body from a side closer to the liquid transport line to a side closer to the vapor transport line, and an end portion of the vapor discharge groove on the side closer to the liquid transport line is terminated by a wall surface of the liquid supply duct.
13. The loop heat pipe as claimed in claim 1, wherein the case has a plate-like outer shape.
14. The loop heat pipe as claimed in claim 1, wherein the case includes a first part disposed in contact with the at least one porous body and a second part disposed on a side closer to the liquid supply duct and housing at least part of the liquid supply duct, and the second part is made of a material having lower heat conductivity than a material of the first part.
15. The loop heat pipe as claimed in claim 14, wherein the material of the first part is selected from a group consisting of oxygen-free copper, a copper alloy, aluminum, and an aluminum alloy.
16. The loop heat pipe as claimed in claim 14, wherein the material of the second part is selected from a group consisting of an iron based alloy and a titanium alloy.
17. An electronic apparatus comprising:
the loop heat pipe as claimed in claim 1; and
an electronic component thermally bonded to the evaporator of the loop heat pipe.
18. The electronic apparatus as claimed in claim 17, wherein on a bonded plane between the electronic component and the case of the evaporator, a center of the electronic component is offset, in relation to a center of the case, in a direction opposite from a direction to the liquid flow inlet.
19. The electronic apparatus as claimed in claim 18, wherein the case of the evaporator includes a first part disposed in contact with the at least one porous body and a second part disposed on a side closer to the liquid supply duct and made of a material having lower heat conductivity than a material of the first part, and the electronic component is bonded to the first part.