Patent · US Expired

Cooling-air ducting system in the front-end space of a motor vehicle

US5046550A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateSep 11, 1990
Grant dateSep 10, 1991
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Expiry dateSep 11, 2010

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF28D2001/0273
  • WIPO fieldTransport
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A cooling-air ducting system in the front-end space of a motor vehicle is described, which front-end space is delimited by a front-end wall having an air inlet opening and in which front-end space is arranged a cooler through which cooling air flows, having a cooling-air ducting space between front-end wall and cooler and a cooling-air fan downstream of the cooler. In order to achieve a sufficient cooler surface area, in particular in the case of a low overall height of the front-end space, while continuing to use the cooling air fan driven by the internal combustion engine, the cooler is divided into a plurality of individual component parts which are arranged staggered relative to one another in such a way that they overlap with spacing relative to one another in the driving direction of the motor vehicle and that they are acted upon in common by the cooling-air fan.

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