Car provided with a ventilation channel
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1. A car comprising:
- at least one radiator;
a ventilation channel, which houses on an inside the radiator and extends between an inlet opening, thorough which fresh air flows in, and an outlet opening, through which hot air flows out;
a first aerodynamic duct, which extends between an inlet opening, which is arranged next to the inlet opening of the ventilation channel, and an outlet opening, which is obtained inside the ventilation channel between the inlet opening of the ventilation channel and the radiator; and
a first shutter, which is arranged in correspondence to the inlet opening of the first aerodynamic duct and is mobile between an engagement position, in which the first shutter completely closes the inlet opening of the first aerodynamic duct, and a disengagement position, in which the first shutter leaves the inlet opening of the first aerodynamic duct free;
wherein an end part of the first aerodynamic duct in correspondence to the outlet opening of the first aerodynamic duct itself is oriented transversely to the ventilation channel so that the flow of air that flows out of the outlet opening of the first aerodynamic duct is directed transversally to the ventilation channel and is therefore directed transversally to the flow of air that normally flows through the ventilation channel to create an aerodynamic plug inside the ventilation channel for reducing the flow rate of the air flowing through the ventilation channel.
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Car provided with: at least one radiator; a ventilation channel which houses on the inside the radiator; an aerodynamic duct, which extends between an inlet opening and an outlet opening obtained inside the ventilation channel between the inlet opening of the ventilation channel and the radiator; and a shutter, which is arranged in the area of the inlet opening of the aerodynamic duct and is mounted mobile between an engagement position, in which the shutter closes the inlet opening of the aerodynamic duct, and a disengagement position, in which the shutter leaves the inlet opening of the aerodynamic duct free.
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22 Claims
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1. A car comprising:
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at least one radiator; a ventilation channel, which houses on an inside the radiator and extends between an inlet opening, thorough which fresh air flows in, and an outlet opening, through which hot air flows out; a first aerodynamic duct, which extends between an inlet opening, which is arranged next to the inlet opening of the ventilation channel, and an outlet opening, which is obtained inside the ventilation channel between the inlet opening of the ventilation channel and the radiator; and a first shutter, which is arranged in correspondence to the inlet opening of the first aerodynamic duct and is mobile between an engagement position, in which the first shutter completely closes the inlet opening of the first aerodynamic duct, and a disengagement position, in which the first shutter leaves the inlet opening of the first aerodynamic duct free; wherein an end part of the first aerodynamic duct in correspondence to the outlet opening of the first aerodynamic duct itself is oriented transversely to the ventilation channel so that the flow of air that flows out of the outlet opening of the first aerodynamic duct is directed transversally to the ventilation channel and is therefore directed transversally to the flow of air that normally flows through the ventilation channel to create an aerodynamic plug inside the ventilation channel for reducing the flow rate of the air flowing through the ventilation channel. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A car comprising:
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at least one radiator; a ventilation channel, which houses on the an inside the radiator and extends between an inlet opening, thorough which fresh air flows in, and an outlet opening, through which hot air flows out; an aerodynamic duct, which extends between an inlet opening, which is arranged next to the inlet opening of the ventilation channel, and an outlet opening, which is obtained inside the ventilation channel between the inlet opening of the ventilation channel and the radiator; and a shutter, which is arranged in correspondence to the inlet opening of the aerodynamic duct and is mobile between an engagement position, in which the shutter completely closes the inlet opening of the aerodynamic duct, and a disengagement position, in which the shutter leaves the inlet opening of the aerodynamic duct free; wherein the shutter is mounted so as to rotate between the engagement position and the disengagement position around a rotation axis arranged vertically.
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16. A car comprising:
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at least one radiator; a ventilation channel, which houses on the an inside the radiator and extends between an inlet opening, thorough which fresh air flows in, and an outlet opening, through which hot air flows out; an aerodynamic duct, which extends between an inlet opening, which is arranged next to the inlet opening of the ventilation channel, and an outlet opening, which is obtained inside the ventilation channel between the inlet opening of the ventilation channel and the radiator; a shutter, which is arranged in correspondence to the inlet opening of the aerodynamic duct and is mobile between an engagement position, in which the shutter completely closes the inlet opening of the aerodynamic duct, and a disengagement position, in which the shutter leaves the inlet opening of the aerodynamic duct free; and an elastic element, which pushes the shutter towards the engagement position with a calibrated elastic force. - View Dependent Claims (17)
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18. A car comprising:
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a car body having a front bumper at least one radiator; a ventilation channel, which houses on the an inside the radiator and extends between an inlet opening, thorough which fresh air flows in, and an outlet opening, through which hot air flows out; an aerodynamic duct, which extends between an inlet opening, which is arranged next to the inlet opening of the ventilation channel, and an outlet opening, which is obtained inside the ventilation channel between the inlet opening of the ventilation channel and the radiator; and a shutter, which is arranged in correspondence to the inlet opening of the aerodynamic duct and is mobile between an engagement position, in which the shutter completely closes the inlet opening of the aerodynamic duct, and a disengagement position, in which the shutter leaves the inlet opening of the aerodynamic duct free; wherein the inlet opening of the ventilation channel and the inlet opening of the aerodynamic duct are obtained one next to the other through the front bumper. - View Dependent Claims (19)
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20. A car comprising:
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a car body having a front bumper two radiators; two twin ventilation channels, which are arranged on opposite sides of the car and each of, which houses on the an inside a respective radiator and extends between an inlet opening, thorough which fresh air flows in, and an outlet opening, through which hot air flows out; two aerodynamic ducts, each of which extends between an inlet opening, which is arranged next to the inlet opening of a respective ventilation channels, and an outlet opening, which is obtained inside the respective ventilation channel between the inlet opening of the respective channel and the radiator; and two shutters, each which is arranged in correspondence to the inlet opening of a respective aerodynamic duct and is mobile between an engagement position, in which the shutter completely closes the inlet opening of the respective aerodynamic duct, and a disengagement position, in which the shutter leaves the inlet opening of the respective aerodynamic duct free. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22)
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