Patent ID: 8616859
Filing Date: 2013-12-31
Classification: F04D

Abstract:
1. A fan, capable of being used for cooling an internal combustion engine of a vehicle, comprising: an attachment unit; an electric drive motor; and a fan wheel rotating about fan axis, wherein the attachment unit has a frame, from which bars protrude that cross through an air opening, said bars carrying an attachment element serving to attach the drive motor; wherein each of the bars has a cross-sectional contour in the direction of the fan axis and across the length of the bar, the cross-sectional contour comprising a plurality of end regions extending in the direction of the fan axis and at least one cross bar extending laterally to the direction of the fan axis and to the length of the bar wherein the end regions of the bar define a bar width, the cross bar connecting the end regions and being located in an approximately central region of the bar with respect to the bar width; wherein the cross bar and the end regions each continuously extend from the attachment element to the frame; and wherein the frame is capable of being attached to a radiator of the internal combustion engine.