Patent ID: 6662892
Filing Date: 2003-12-16
Classification: B60K,B60Y

Abstract:
Air intake for a motorized vehicle, for obtaining a low radar and infrared signature of a ballistically protected air intake (10) of the vehicle, in which a heat-emitting source (24) in the vehicle is placed in immediate proximity to the air intake (10), comprising:a perforated armour plate (12) lying level with an outer bodywork plate (14) of the vehicle, and a fresh-air duct (18) which adjoins the inside of the perforated armour plate (12) and which has a fan (20) for drawing the fresh air for running the vehicle into the duct (18) via air intake openings (16) in the armour plate (12), wherein the fresh-air duct (18) has an airflow-deflecting wall section (22) situated between the air intake openings (16) in the armour plate (12) and the heat-emitting source (24), which wall section (22) is provided with at least one air bypass duct (26) for cooling the wall section (22).