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Class 123/41.58 - Flow-regulating means


Subclass of Class 123 - Internal-combustion engines
Definition: Cooling means comprising means forming an air duct or passage
No. of patents: 33
Last issue date: 07/08/2008


NumberTitleIssue Date
7395788Drill rig and a method for controlling a fan therein
In a method for controlling at least one fan (13) for the regulation of the cooling demand of at least two cooling elements (12) included in a drill rig (1), the cooling demand of each one of the cooling elements (12) being determined, th...
07/08/2008
7363886Power unit
To achieve improved cooling in a power unit, a first fan is coupled with an end of a crankshaft of an internal combustion engine to cool at least a cylinder of the internal combustion engine, and a second fan is coupled with another end of the crankshaft to cool at ...
04/29/2008
7337884Cycle brake cooling article
Cycle brake cooling articles are secured at and offset from a circumferential braking element of a wheel of a cycle, each having a rigid surface which in combination with said braking element, defines an air deflection and concentration path that can be focused to t...
03/04/2008
7290630Vehicle front end structure
In a front end structure of a vehicle, a heat exchanger is arranged at a position lower than a bumper reinforcement member, so a position of an engine hood is lowered. Electric auxiliary devices such as a radar, electronic control units for lights, and an air cleane...
11/06/2007
7168516Air cleaner device in vehicle
An air cleaner device for a vehicle is provided with an air cleaner body containing an air cleaner element and a snorkel connected to the air cleaner body to introduce the outside air into the air cleaner body. The snorkel extends forward of the vehicle past a side ...
01/30/2007
7013951Front part of a motor vehicle having a fender unit
The invention relates to a front part of a motor vehicle having a fender unit which comprises a front fender which is covered on the outside by a fender covering, and which is connected in its lower region to a bottom supporting structure of the motor vehicle, an ai...
03/21/2006
6988574One-way air duct for engine compartment cooling
The present invention describes an opening for engine compartment cooling. The opening includes a one-way valve that permits airflow only at speed. The valve allows cooling air to circulate past the engine without impeding the efficiency of the radiator. The size, s...
01/24/2006
6968906Electric tilling machine
An electric tilling machine has a motor mounted on a machine body for rotationally driving a tilling shaft provided with tilling claws. A housing/cleaning box has an upper opening and is configured to receive therein the tilling shaft and tilling claws with the mach...
11/29/2005
6848524Adjustable air vent for a vehicle
In a snowmobile or other vehicle, ventilation of ambient air to the engine compartment is necessary. However, from time to time when encountering deep snow or extremely cold temperatures, it may be necessary to restrict the inflow of ambient air into the engine comp...
02/01/2005
6666176Engine cooling system
A flow control valve is located in a coolant circuit that extends through an engine. The flow control valve is operated in accordance with a control mode selected from a full closing control mode, a full opening control mode, and a feedback control mode. ...
12/23/2003
6439328Adjustable air vent for a vehicle
In a snowmobile or other vehicle, ventilation of ambient air to the engine compartment is necessary. However, from time to time when encountering deep snow or extremely cold temperatures, it may be necessary to restrict the inflow of ambient air into the ...
08/27/2002
6216809Snowmobile induction system
A snowmobile is provided including an internal combustion engine, an induction system communicating with the engine, and a body defining an engine compartment in which the engine is at least in part contained. The body of the snowmobile includes at least ...
04/17/2001
6155335Vehicle fan shroud and component cooling module
A vehicle fan shroud and component cooling module (24) includes a fan (44) mounted within a fan ring (32) between the radiator (26) and condenser (28). Pressurized air, either positively pressurized (downstream of fan (44)), negatively pressurized (upstre...
12/05/2000
6026768Heat deflection system for a lawn tractor
A heat deflection system is provided for a lawn tractor which has an engine mounted on a chassis and enclosed within an engine enclosure. The engine enclosure has a top, sides and a front grille. The engine also includes a carburetor, an exhaust header an...
02/22/2000
5121715Compact power supply
A number of embodiments of air cooled compact power supplies having air inlet and air outlet openings in the lower portion of the housing of the power supply. The interior of the power supply is baffled so that the air flowing through it must follow a ser...
06/16/1992
5070686Vertical engine for walk behind lawn mower
Several embodiments of air cooled rotary lawn mowers wherein the mower is provided with a cooling shroud for directing cooling air downwardly across the engine. The cooling shroud defines an air inlet that is spaced from the discharge chute so that grass ...
12/10/1991
4946482Dust removing apparatus for air cleaner
A dust removing apparatus for an intake air cleaner in which the air cleaner is disposed in the vicinity of a passage of a high speed air flow and an opening in a wall of the air passage confronting high speed air flow within the passage. As a result dust...
08/07/1990
4932366Portable handheld motor-driven tool
The invention is directed to handheld portable tools. An air temperature dependent cooling throttle flap controls the amount of cooling air passing over an air cooled engine. The arrangement of the throttle flap in an annular extension expels air in a man...
06/12/1990
4753288Polymeric 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
4726326Drag reducing cooling system for a vehicle
A cooling system for a vehicle engine includes a shroud directing air flow to a heat exchanger or radiator in a direction horizontally transverse to the forward direction of movement for the vehicle. The shroud leads to an opening on a side portion of the...
02/23/1988
4716860Arrangement for inlet of cooling and combustion air
The air inlet of the cooling fan is positioned substantially on top of a motor saw body so that the air is drawn from a region above the saw where the concentration of pollutants is considerably lower than at the usually known inlet through the fan cover....
01/05/1988
4632070Device for cooling engine power unit
A device for cooling both a belt casing of an engine and the engine itself, in which both the inside and the outside of the belt casing are cooled by exterior air which is sucked in by respective fans. The air which cools the outside of the belt casing al...
12/30/1986
4589379Cooling apparatus for water-cooled engines
This disclosure relates to cooling apparatus for a water-cooled internal combustion engine. The apparatus comprises a centrifugal fan driven by the engine when running, said fan having an intake air port and a discharge air opening. A rotary screen is als...
05/20/1986
4537160Air cleaner for an air-cooled engine
This disclosure relates to an air cleaner for use in an air-cooled engine including a cooling fan within a fan housing. The cleaner is connected to draw air from the housing, and includes a casing having a side wall, an air inlet opening in the fan housin...
08/27/1985
4452185Engine housing
An engine housing assembly (1) has a cover (2) and a body (4). Longitudinal baffles (10, 12 and 17) on cover (2) cooperate with baffles (13, 14, 60 and 61) on body (4) to seal against engine (8), to provide a first chamber (16) adjacent the intake side of...
06/05/1984
4410032Radiator grille structure
Herein disclosed is a radiator grille structure for attachment to the front end of an automotive vehicle having a fore-and-aft direction, comprising a stationary grille to be secured to the vehicle body of the automotive vehicle and comprising a plurality...
10/18/1983
4186694Temperature control system of an engine exhaust gas component sensor
A jacket conduit which surrounds the exhaust gas at a portion equipped with an engine exhaust gas component sensor and is spaced from the exhaust gas conduit to define an air chamber on same and is formed with an air inlet opening which opens from the atm...
02/05/1980
4186817Air inlet for armored car
A radiator air inlet for an armored car providing unobstructed flow of cooling air to the radiator and armored plate protection for the radiator's relatively fragile structure. The air inlet system comprises a baffle disposed in front of the radiator and ...
02/05/1980
4124066Radiator 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
3987766Engine enclosure and heat deflector arrangement
A lawn and garden tractor includes an air cooled engine which is enclosed by structure including a hood and opposite side panels. The engine is of a type including a heat shroud for directing cooling air about cooling fins of the engine head, the shroud h...
10/26/1976
3961605Engine cooling arrangement
In a vehicle having an internal combustion engine enclosed in an engine housing, two vertically spaced openings in the housing permit the passage of cooling air around the engine. The lower opening has a movable cover which is normally closed when the veh...
06/08/1976
3937192Ejector fan shroud arrangement
An engine cooling arrangement embodying a single fan and various embodiments of dual concentric shrouds associated therewith for producing an ejector action for substantially diminishing recirculation of the air flow....
02/10/1976
3933136Cooling apparatus for passenger motor vehicle
Cooling apparatus for cooling an engine on a motor vehicle including at least one heat exchanging cooler extending transversely of the motor vehicle and arranged below a storage compartment at one end of the vehicle. To enhance the flow of cooling air thr...
01/20/1976
 
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