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Motor vehicle having a radiator arrangement

US9694666B2 · kind B2 · utility

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20Claims

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Assignee

Mahle International GmbH · DE

Inventors

Richard Bruemmer · Stuttgart, DE
Peter Griesheimer · Stuttgart, DE
Andreas Kleber · Erbach, DE
Volker Kurz · Stuttgart, DE
Uwe Aschermann · Karlsruhe, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 12, 2016
Grant date	Jul 4, 2017
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 12, 2036

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB60Y2200/14
WIPO fieldTransport
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A motor vehicle may include a radiator arrangement. The radiator arrangement may include a radiator grill having a cooling air inlet and a radiator arranged behind the cooling air inlet with respect to a forward traveling direction. A flow-directing device may be arranged to direct a cooling air flow from the cooling air inlet to the radiator. The flow-directing device may include at least one baffle element disposed on a radiator-grill side of the radiator arrangement and at least one other baffle element disposed on a radiator side. Additionally or alternatively, the flow-directing device may include a bellows arranged on the radiator-grill side or on the radiator side. Additionally or alternatively, the flow-directing device may include at least one rail including a groove and at least one rail baffle element guided in the at least one guide groove.

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