Cooling air circulation system in the front end of a motor vehicle

• US 4,938,303 A
• Filed: 07/21/1989
• Issued: 07/03/1990
• Est. Priority Date: 07/23/1988
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Daimler-Benz AG (Mercedes-Benz Group AG)
• Original Assignee: Daimler-Benz AG (Mercedes-Benz Group AG)
• Inventors: Kleineberg, Wolfgang, Attinger, Thomas, Schaal, Hans
• Primary Examiner(s): Mitchell, David M.
• Application Number:
  US07/383,211
• Time in Patent Office: 347 Days
• Field of Search: 180/68.1, 180/68.2, 180/68.4, 180/903, 123/41.48, 123/41.33, 123/41.31, 123/41.51, 123/41.06
• US Class Current: 180/68.1
• CPC Class Codes: B60H 1/3227 characterised by the arrangement or the type of heat exchanger, e.g. condenser, evaporator condensed liquid drainage means B60H1/3233
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 11/02 with liquid cooling
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 11/08 Air inlets for cooling; Shutters or blinds therefor radiator or grille guards B60R19/52
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 8/006 Converting flow of air into electric energy, e.g. by using wind turbines
• CPC Class Codes: F01P 11/10 Guiding or ducting cooling-air, to, or from, liquid-to-air heat exchangers
• CPC Class Codes: F01P 2060/02 Intercooler
• CPC Class Codes: F01P 2060/04 Lubricant cooler
• CPC Class Codes: F01P 2060/08 Cabin heater
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 10/7072 Electromobility specific charging systems or methods for batteries, ultracapacitors, supercapacitors or double-layer capacitors
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 180/903 Airstream reactive vehicle or vehicle structure

Abstract

The cooling air circulation system at the front end of a motor vehicle has several separate air ducts which are arranged one on top of the other and in which a water cooler and a supplementary cooler are position. Improved cooling is achieved by the cooling air of an upper and central air duct being conveyed to the water cooler, in front of which are mounted in the upper air duct only a condenser of an air-conditioning system and an electric fan, and by a lower air duct, in which the supplementary cooler is arranged, leading into an opening in front of the water cooler on the underside of the front end.

Claims

1. A cooling air circulation system at a front end of a motor vehicle having a water cooled internal combustion engine, a water cooler, and a supplemental cooler comprising:

an upper duct sealed at its sides and extending from upper inlet openings at a wall of the front end to an upper section of the water cooler;

a condenser of an air conditioning system positioned in front of the upper section of the water cooler and an electric fan positioned in front of the condensor arranged in the upper duct;

a fan cowl of the fan extending to the water cooler and tightly enclosing the fan and condenser;

a central duct sealed at its sides and extending from central inlet opening at the wall of the front end to a lower section of the water cooler, cooling air of the central duct flowing exclusively through the lower section of the water cooler;

and a lower duct sealed at its sides and extending from lower inlet opening to an outlet opening which lies in front of the water cooler at an underside of the front end, the supplemental cooler being arranged in the lower duct.

2. A cooling air system according to claim 1, wherein the supplemental cooler is at least one of a motor oil cooler and a charge cooler.

3. A cooling air circulation system according to claim 1, wherein a fan is arranged downstream of the water cooler, which is driven by the internal combustion engine and which acts upon the entire water cooler.

4. A cooling air circulation system according to claim 1, wherein the upper inlet openings of the upper air duct lie above a bumper and the central and lower inlet openings of the central and lower air ducts lie below a bumper.

5. A cooling air circulation system according to claim 1, wherein a front edge of the outlet opening of the lower air duct is a spoiler.