Radiator arrangement for the front of a motor vehicle

US4723594A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG · DE

Inventors

• Robert Koehr · Neustadt, DE
• Anton Reichel · Ditzingen, DE
• Manfred Hochkoenig · Heubach, DE
• Hermann Burst · Rutesheim, DE
• Helmut Kretschmer · Waldaschaff, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 23, 1985
• Grant date: Feb 9, 1988
• Expiry date: Sep 23, 2005

Classification

• Technology area (CPC F): Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
• CPC primary: F01P11/10
• WIPO field: Engines, pumps, turbines
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A radiator arrangement for a motor vehicle has air inlet openings in the front of the arrangement and lateral air discharge openings. The arrangement is composed of an air guiding housing which has two separated spaces for receiving the water radiator and the oil radiator respectively. Separate air inlet ducts are provided for the spaces and a combined air guiding duct combines the air flows downstream of the radiators. The air is then discharged through lateral discharge openings in the side walls of the vehicle located ahead of the front wheels.