Patent ID: 9016245
Filing Date: 2015-04-28
Classification: F01M,F01P,F28D,F28F

Abstract:
1. A baffle for engine fluid cooling, comprising: a fluid coolant guide having a pair of side walls, a bottom wall, a coolant fluid inlet end and a coolant fluid outlet end disposed substantially opposite the coolant fluid inlet end; wherein the bottom wall includes a first portion with a first elevation extending from the fluid inlet end, a second portion distal from the fluid inlet end and having a second elevation and a transition portion disposed between the first and second portions; wherein the first elevation is lower than the second elevation, and the transition portion provides a transition from the first elevation to the second elevation; wherein the side walls and bottom wall provide, at least in part, a channel adapted to receive at least a first engine fluid cooling heat exchanger and a second engine fluid cooling heat exchanger therein so that the first heat exchanger is positioned proximate at least a part of the first portion of the bottom wall and so that the second heat exchanger is positioned proximate at least a part of the second portion of the bottom wall; and wherein at least one of the side walls includes at least one coolant fluid outlet opening positioned between the first and second portions of the bottom wall.