Patent · US Expired

Box-like cooling system

US7028751B2 · kind B2 · utility

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6Claims

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Assignee

Modine Manufacturing Company · US

Inventors

Daniela Fischer · Monsheim, DE
Wolfgang Knecht · Stuttgart, DE
Werner Zobel · Eppelheim, DE
Mark Reichler · Winnenden, DE
Jorg Soldner · Ehningen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 25, 2002
Grant date	Apr 18, 2006
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 23, 2022

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY02T10/12
WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A cooling system includes a radial fan rotatable by an axis to deliver radial air flow to the cooling system, a plurality of heat exchangers spaced radially from the fan and arranged around the fan in a box-like configuration to receive the radial air flow therefrom, with the heat exchangers bounding an interior space of the cooling system. One of the heat exchangers is provided in the form of a charge air cooler that includes a first flow path for a charge air flow in heat exchange relation with a second flow path for an engine coolant flow of the vehicle. The cooling system further includes a surface associated with the charge air cooler to substantially block the radial air flow from exiting the interior space through the charge air cooler.

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