Patent ID: 6196169
Filing Date: 2001-03-06
Classification: F01P,F04D

Abstract:
Cooling apparatus for the internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle, comprising a cooling-air fan (10), a radiator assembly (2) and a fan shroud which extends from a fan ring (9), enclosing the cooling-air fan, as far as the radiator assembly, the radiator assembly projecting laterally beyond the projection of the cooling-air fan, and the projection of the cooling-air fan projecting upward and/or downward beyond the radiator assembly, wherein the fan shroud (18; 28) forms, in the part (12) which projects laterally beyond the projection of the cooling-air fan (10), a vertical flow duct (23; 33) and, in the part (11) which projects beyond the radiator assembly (2), a collecting chamber (22; 32, 35) which is in flow connection with the vertical flow duct (23; 33) and is open toward the cooling-air fan (10).