Cooling fan device for vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9810135-B2
Application number	US-201314646052-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 19, 2013
Priority date	Nov 22, 2012
Publication date	Nov 7, 2017
Grant date	Nov 7, 2017

Abstract

This cooling fan device for a vehicle comprises: a fan shroud which is shaped as a box accommodating a radiator and/or a condenser, and which has an opening in the front side in the travel direction of the vehicle and a fan coupling surface in the rear side in the travel direction; at least two cooling fans disposed in the fan coupling surface, the cooling fans having center axes vertically separated from each other by a predetermined distance; and a shield rib extending downward from the top of the fan coupling surface, protruding toward the radiator and/or the condenser, and having a top end and a bottom end, the shield rib being provided to the fan coupling surface between the adjacent cooling fans. The top end and/or the bottom end of the shield rib have a cutout section allowing air to pass between the adjacent cooling fans.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A vehicle cooling fan device comprising:
a fan shroud that is box-shaped and accommodates at least one of a radiator and a condenser, wherein the fan shroud includes an opening located at a front side in a traveling direction of a vehicle and a fan coupling surface located at a rear side in the traveling direction;
at least two cooling fans located on the fan coupling surface, wherein the cooling fans have central axes that are separated from each other by a predetermined distance in a vertical direction; and
a shield rib that is located on the fan coupling surface between the adjacent cooling fans, wherein the shield rib extends from an upper side to a lower side of the fan coupling surface and contacts both the upper side and the lower side, projects toward the at least one of the radiator and the condenser, and includes an upper end portion and a lower end portion, wherein
at least one of the upper end portion and the lower end portion of the shield rib includes a cut-out portion that allows air to flow between the adjacent cooling fans.

2. The vehicle cooling fan device according to claim 1 , wherein the lower end portion of the shield rib includes the cut-out portion.

3. The vehicle cooling fan device according to claim 1 , wherein the cut-out portion is a section of the shield rib in which a length of the wall in the traveling direction of the vehicle is shorter than an overall length of the shield rib in the traveling direction of the vehicle.

4. A vehicle cooling fan device comprising:
a fan shroud that includes an opening located at a front side in a traveling direction of a vehicle, wherein the fan shroud guides a flow of air to at least one of a radiator and a condenser;
cooling fans accommodated in the fan shroud, wherein at least two adjacent ones of the cooling fans are arranged in a lateral direction and include central axes that are separated from each other by a predetermined distance in a vertical direction; and
a shield rib located in the fan shroud between the two adjacent cooling fans, wherein the shield rib extends from an upper side of the fan shroud to a lower side of the fan shroud and contacts both the upper side and the lower side, partitions the cooling fans from each other, and includes an upper end portion and a lower end portion, wherein
at least one of the upper end portion and the lower end portion of the shield rib includes a cut-out portion that allows air to flow between the adjacent cooling fans.

5. The vehicle cooling fan device according to claim 4 , wherein the lower end portion of the shield rib includes the cut-out portion.

Assignees

• Ishikawa Eiji
• Seike Tsuyoshi
• Toyota Jidoshokki Kk
• Denso Corp
• Toyota Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Ishikawa Eiji
• Seike Tsuyoshi
• Hoshikawa Yusuke
• Hirota Sunao

Classifications

• F01P5/06 Primary

  Guiding or ducting air to, or from, ducted fans · CPC title

• F04D19/002

  Axial flow fans · CPC title

• F01P5/02

  Pumping cooling-air; Arrangements of cooling-air pumps, e.g. fans or blowers · CPC title

• F04D29/667

  by influencing the flow pattern, e.g. suppression of turbulence · CPC title

• F01P2005/025

  using two or more air pumps · CPC title