Patent ID: 8181727

Claim:
An apparatus for feeding cooling air to a vehicle radiator of a motor vehicle, the motor vehicle having a frontal region formed with an inlet opening and the vehicle radiator to be exposed to a cooling air flow, the apparatus comprising: transversely oriented, actuable, pivoting lamellae disposed behind the inlet opening in the frontal region of the vehicle, said pivoting lamellae being configured to guide an air flow to the vehicle radiator in a targeted manner; an actuating device connected to said pivoting lamellae, said actuating device including control linkages articulated to one another via deflection levers for an upper lamella unit and a lower lamella unit; said pivoting lamellae of said upper lamella unit having a different alignment angle with respect to the vehicle radiator, at least in an open position thereof, than said pivoting lamellae of said lower lamella unit; said pivoting lamellae of said upper and lower lamella units being mounted for actuation between an open position and a closed position; a stationary frame carrier holding said pivoting lamellae; said pivoting lamellae including laterally projecting bearing limbs with first and second rotary journals, said pivoting lamellae being rotatably mounted to said stationary frame carrier via said first rotary journals and said pivoting lamellae are rotatably connected to said control linkages via said second rotary journals.