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Vehicle with fan unit producing an amplified air flow to a heat exchanger

US8919300B2 · kind B2 · utility

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11References

13Claims

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Assignee

AUDI AG · DE

Inventors

Carsten Klinkert · Hitzhofen, DE
Sebastian Schwartze · Ingolstadt, DE
Eduard MAIN · Buxheim, DE
Siegfried Karmann · Gaimersheim, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 11, 2012
Grant date	Dec 30, 2014
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 27, 2032

Classification

Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
CPC primaryF01P5/02
WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A vehicle includes a heat exchanger which is disposed in a cooling system, and a fan unit which forms part of a radiator grille and is constructed to generate an air flow through the heat exchanger. The fan unit has at least one fan which is constructed to generate a primary air flow, and a ring element which is constructed to generate from the primary air flow an amplified secondary air flow to the heat exchanger.

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