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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8161919 | Variable vent system integrated into a vehicle front end grill A system for variable engine compartment ventilation in a slim and compact unit with components used in non-related industries. The system can have at least one bank of movable louvers rotatably mounted within a louver frame for guiding a flow of air into a vehicle ... | 04/24/2012 |
| 7918193 | Cooling device for vehicle A cooling device for a vehicle is provided at a vehicle comprising an engine control unit which stops an engine due to establishment of engine stoppage conditions and restarts the engine due to establishment of engine restart conditions. The cooling device for a veh... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7757643 | Device for regulating an air flow for engine cooling A device for regulating an air flow for engine cooling, is disclosed herein with a fan element arranged over part of a heat exchanger face which can be traversed by air, and a covering element over a further part of the exchanger face, the covering element extending... | 07/20/2010 |
| 7603968 | Cooling system The invention relates to a cooling system for a motor vehicle comprising a radiator (1) through which a coolant for, in particular, cooling an engine (2) flows, and which is flowed through by a cooling air flow (7) that is influenced by a fan ( | 10/20/2009 |
| 7467605 | Thermal energy recovery and management system A thermal energy recovery and management system for an internal combustion engine for balancing the heat energy between a primary reservoir and the engine to maximize an operating efficiency of the engine and associated engine components. The primary reservoir stori... | 12/23/2008 |
| 7310961 | Heat exchange apparatus and hybrid vehicle including heat exchange apparatus A heat exchange portion is configured by arranging a condenser for air conditioning, an EV radiator, and a FC radiator in one plane substantially perpendicular to a direction in which a fuel cell vehicle moves, at a front portion of the fuel cell vehicle, in order o... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7182047 | Cooling fan system for automotive vehicle A cooling system for an internal combustion engine mounted within a vehicle includes a radiator for rejecting heat to ambient air and an axial fan mounted within a fan shroud associated with a radiator. The fan has a stationary hub equipped with louvers which may be... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7114587 | Structure of front portion of vehicle body A portion between a front end of an air guide plates, which forms an air duct portion, and the front exterior member of the vehicle is sealed by a seal portion. Therefore, hot air leaking from inside of an engine room, is positively prevented from being drawn into t... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7000575 | Method and apparatus for reducing fan noise in an electrical generator A method is provided for cooling an engine driven, electrical generator set and for reducing the fan noise associated with operation of the same. The method includes positioning a fan on the first side of the radiator. The temperature adjacent a first side of the ra... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6832644 | Cooling module with air dams An engine cooling module 10 which includes a shroud 12, a heat exchanger 18, a fan 14, a motor 13 for driving fan 14, and a plurality of air dams 1. Shroud 12, circumscribing the fan, has a main opening to allo... | 12/21/2004 |
| 6695047 | Modular temperature control system A temperature control system includes an enclosure having a plurality of adjoining walls. At least one inlet is disposed within at least one of the walls. The at least one inlet has an electrically controlled inlet fan associated with it. A plurality of o... | 02/24/2004 |
| 6532909 | Low ram air resistance cooling module with automatic flapper door actuation An engine cooling module 10 includes a shroud 12 having at least one fan opening 15 and at least one additional opening 18 in the wall generally adjacent to the fan opening to permit air to pass though the shroud 12. A fan 14 is coupled to the shroud to p... | 03/18/2003 |
| 5901786 | Axial fan sandwich cooling module incorporating airflow by-pass features A cooling module for an automotive vehicle is disclosed. The module includes a pair of bypass doors for directing a flow of air around either of the condenser or radiator in the module depending upon the demands for engine cooling, air conditioning, and a... | 05/11/1999 |
| 5566745 | Shuttered radiator system with control A radiator assembly for a locomotive is provided. The locomotive has an engine for driving the locomotive and a cooling water system for circulating cooling water through the engine to operatively control the temperature of the engine, the assembly includ... | 10/22/1996 |
| 5303508 | Access door, especially for an aircraft engine cowling, provided with synchronized pivoting articulated flap A device for tight closure of an opening in a wall including a panel which closes the opening partially and opens to one side of the opening by pivoting about a substantially fixed axis on the other side of the opening at a substantial distance therefrom.... | 04/19/1994 |
| 5281331 | Radiator fluid filter A filtering apparatus for filtering contaminants from a cooling system for an internal combustion engine with a liquid cooled radiator comprising a filtering screen to remove unwanted contaminants from the radiator fluid without substantially restricting ... | 01/25/1994 |
| 5205484 | Cooling system for a water cooled internal combustion engine for vehicle having an air conditioning apparatus A vehicle provided with an internal combustion engine and an air conditioning system for a vehicle passenger cabin. A condenser of the air conditioning system is arranged in front of a radiator of the engine in an engine compartment of the engine. A duct ... | 04/27/1993 |
| 5038723 | Screening device for a heat exchanger of a vehicle A screening device for a heat exchanger which is arranged in an air duct of a vehicle and the air exit area of which is covered partially by an air duct cross-section tapered downstream of the heat exchanger and partially by an air duct wall subjected to ... | 08/13/1991 |
| 4756279 | Control arrangement for the cooling air of air-liquid-cooled internal-combustion engines, particularly motor vehicles A control device for the flow of cooling air through an air-liquid radiator of an internal combustion engine comprising a fan frame mounted between the radiator and the fan and being part of a noise damper of the engine. A spring curtain is arranged in th... | 07/12/1988 |
| 4753288 | Polymeric shutter assembly There is disclosed a vehicle engine shutter assembly, basically of polymeric material forming a peripheral frame, a plurality of vertical vanes which are rotatable on vertical axes between an open condition and a closed overlapping condition by a horizont... | 06/28/1988 |
| 4706461 | Ambient air modulator for engine fluid heat exchanger An ambient air-to-engine fluid heat exchanger, preferably a charge air cooler, for a vehicle having an ambient air modulator in the form of an apertured plate mounted adjacent the face of the heat exchanger and controllably slidable to bring the plate ape... | 11/17/1987 |
| 4706738 | Radiator grill for motor vehicles The application relates to a radiator grill for motor vehicles which comprises a plurality of lamellae oriented parallel and arranged at mutual intervals, the free interstices between the lamellae being able to be closed by pressurizable flexible hose(s) ... | 11/17/1987 |
| 4564060 | Radiator including a cover therefor In radiators, especially in automotive vehicles, covers for throttling the cooling air disposed in front of such radiators are exposed to damage, dirt, we well as the danger of icing, so that their function can be impaired. In order to overcome these disa... | 01/14/1986 |
| 4160487 | Engine cooling system for an agricultural vehicle A cooling system for the power plant of a self-propelled forage harvester or field chopper, generally located in the rear thereof, comprises an air chamber communicating with the atmosphere through laterally disposed filter screens and water-cooling radia... | 07/10/1979 |
| 4124066 | Radiator shutter for arctic vehicles A shutter mechanism for an engine radiator comprising a series of rigid pus tubes having elastomeric sleeves secured thereto. Introduction of pressurized fluid (e.g. compress air or engine coolant) into the porous tubes pressurizes the spaces between the... | 11/07/1978 |
| 4064934 | Radiator air flow control mechanism An air flow control mechanism for use in a radiator system of the type having a radiator core constructed from a plurality of parallel core sections which are equally spaced apart and aligned in a single row with the opposing faces of adjacent core sectio... | 12/27/1977 |
| 3986665 | Heating system for vehicles having an internal combustion engine A heating system for a vehicle passenger compartment provides a heat reservoir wherein heat energy from the engine exhaust means may be stored until needed to heat the passenger compartment, for example, when the vehicle is operated with a cold running en... | 10/19/1976 |
