Patent ID: 8312949

Claim:
A cooling system for a vehicle, said cooling system comprising: a hood configured to cover a front portion of the vehicle; a radiator arranged below the hood; an air-intake port arranged below a front portion of the hood and configured to introduce cooling wind into a first portion of the radiator; a cooling fan arranged behind the radiator for drawing wind past a second portion of the radiator; and a fan shroud extending from an area behind cooling fins of the radiator to an area proximate the cooling fan, said fan shroud defining an air-intake channel for routing wind therethrough, wherein a front end of the hood is formed to extend forwardly beyond an upper portion of the radiator in side view, and to be partly vertically aligned with the cooling fins of the radiator, wherein the fan shroud covers part of the cooling fins at a portion of the radiator in an area where the hood and the cooling fins are vertically aligned with each other, and exposes another part of the cooling fins at another portion of the radiator; and wherein the fan shroud has a substantially rectangular shape in front view, includes an inner wall surface having a substantially arcuate shape broadened gradually toward the front of the vehicle, and is formed to open toward the front of the vehicle.