Vehicle cooling system with radial or mixed air flow
AssigneeHonda Motor Co., Ltd.
InventorPirooz Moradnia
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Abstract
A cooling system for a vehicle includes a fan rotor having a conical shape and a plurality of fan blades and a heat exchanger having a conical shape. The fan rotor is configured to discharge air in a predetermined direction which includes an axial direction component and a radial direction component. In a further aspect, a vehicle cooling system includes a fan rotor including a plurality of fan blades; and a heat exchanger having a cylindrical shape. The fan rotor is configured to discharge air in only a radial direction.
Claims18
A cooling system for a vehicle comprising:
- a fan rotor having a leading side and a trailing side, a surface between the leading side and the trailing side defining a fan conical shape, the fan rotor including a plurality of fan blades;
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- a heat exchanger having a conical shape;
- wherein the fan rotor is configured to discharge air in a predetermined direction including an axial component and a radial component.
A vehicle cooling system comprising:
- a fan rotor including a plurality of fan blades;
- and
- a heat exchanger having a cylindrical shape;
- wherein the fan rotor is configured to discharge air in only a radial direction;
- wherein the fan rotor defines a plurality of air inlets between adjacent said fan blades on a front surface of the fan rotor and a plurality of air outlets between adjacent said fan blades on a rear surface of the fan rotor;
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- wherein the plurality of air outlets define an annular surface, the cylindrical shape of the heat exchanger generally corresponding to a configuration of the annular surface of the plurality of air outlets.
A cooling system for a vehicle configured to cool a plurality of systems in a vehicle, the cooling system comprising:
- a conical shaped heat exchanger including a plurality of annular cooling tubes;
- wherein the plurality of annular cooling tubes includes at least one first cooling tube having a first annulus diameter and at least one second cooling tube having a second annulus diameter, the first annulus diameter being larger than the second annulus diameter;
- wherein the at least one first cooling tube is configured for cooling a first system of the vehicle and the at least one second cooling tube is configured for cooling a second system of the vehicle, the first vehicle system being different from the second vehicle system.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.