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US 10,479,167 B2Granted
Device for regulating cooling air on a motor vehicle
AssigneeDr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft
InventorsTobias Hegedusch, James Horn
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Abstract
A device (10) for regulating cooling air on a motor vehicle has a roller blind (12) that can be moved across an air inlet opening of the motor vehicle. The device (10) has a horizontally aligned sealing frame (18) for guiding the roller blind (12) across the air inlet opening. The device (10) comprises a supporting frame arranged within the sealing frame (18) for supporting the roller blind (12) against the cooling air.
Claims9
A device for regulating cooling air on a motor vehicle, comprising:
- an upper shutter and a lower shutter, the upper and lower shutters being formed respectively with upper and lower sealing frames mounted in an air inlet opening of the motor vehicle, each of the sealing frames having first and second side portions spaced from each other in a first direction and top and bottom portions extending between first and second side portions and spaced from each other in a second direction normal to the first direction, and upper and lower openings formed between the first and second side portions and the top and bottom portions of the respective upper and lower shutters, the upper and lower openings being in communication with the air inlet opening;
- each of the upper and lower shutters having first and second reinforced textile roller blinds mounted in proximity to the first and second side portions of the respective upper and lower sealing frames respectively and movable between a closed position in which the first and second roller blinds meet between the first and second side portions of the respective upper or lower sealing frame to extend across and close the air inlet opening, and an open position in which the first and second roller blinds are retracted from the opening in the respective sealing frame to positions roller blinds and extending in the second direction between upper and lower edges of the first and second roller blinds;
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- upper and lower supporting frames attached respectively to the upper and lower sealing frames and having at least one component aligned in the first direction to intersect the supporting ribs and supporting the respective roller blind against the cooling air.
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