Patent ID: 8474512

Claim:
A cooler device for a motor vehicle comprising a radiator liquid cooler with a first cooler element operable for cooling of radiator liquid for a combustion engine of the motor vehicle; a charge air cooler with a second cooler element operable for cooling of charge air for the combustion engine; the radiator liquid cooler and the charge air cooler being assembled to one another and the cooler elements extending substantially parallel with one another, side by side, and with a narrow space between the cooler elements, a screening device arranged in the narrow space between the cooler elements and operable to regulate an air flow past the screening device and through the cooler elements, the screening device comprising pivotable louvers, and a control mechanism to switch the screening device to and fro between an open position in which the screening device does not, or at least does not appreciably, limit the air flow through the cooler elements, and a closed position in which the screening device limits the air flow between the cooler elements, wherein the screening device is clamped firmly between the radiator liquid cooler and the charge air cooler or is fastened to either of them.