Patent ID: 7399157

Claim:
A cooling module arrangement for a motor vehicle including an engine with an axial-flow fan ( 16 ), which is connected to the engine and enclosed by a fan housing ( 18 ), both the axial-flow fan and the fan housing ( 18 ) being fixed to the engine; a radiator ( 12 ) mounted to the vehicle and being provided at a side thereof facing the axial-flow fan with a fan cowl ( 14 ); and a sealing element ( 20 ) composed of an elastic material disposed between, and extending around, the fan housing ( 18 ) and the fan cowl ( 14 ) for sealing any gap therebetween, the sealing element ( 20 ) being fixed to one of two structural components comprising the fan housing ( 18 ) and the fan cowl ( 14 ) and engaging the other, said sealing element ( 20 ) having a pre-installation position in which it is folded back onto the one structural component, but from which the sealing element ( 20 ) can be extended by swinging it over to its operating position, in which it bridges the gap between the two structural components ( 14 , 18 ), the sealing element ( 20 ) being provided in the area of its free end with a circumferential bead ( 26 ) for increasing the force with which the sealing element ( 20 ) is retained in the folded position and, in its operative position, the engagement pressure with the other component.