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US 12,687,352 B2Granted
Stone guard
AssigneeValeo Electrification
InventorsYoussef Beddadi, Roy Riski, Jesus Leyja, Catalino Loredo, Pedro Francisco Valero, Ricardo Sanchez, Bruno Demory, Mohamed Alaoui, Dominik Sporna
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Abstract
A stone guard including: a guard member configured to allow a flow of air to pass through the guard member and block stones from passing through the guard member; and a first guide member extending from the guard member, configured to divide the flow of air passing through the guard member into a first stream of air and a second stream of air.
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A stone guard comprising:
- a guard member configured to allow airflow through the guard member and block stones from passing through the guard member;
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- a first guide member extending from the guard member, configured to divide the airflow through the guard member into a first stream of air and a second stream of air;
- the first guide member supported by at least one support member connected to the guard member and the first guide member;
- wherein the guard member includes a plurality of first members and second members, the plurality of second members connected to the plurality of first members at an oblique angle to form a plurality of openings to allow airflow through the guard member.
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An inclined heat exchanger module comprising:
- a first heat exchanger configured to exchange heat with an airflow;
- a second heat exchanger configured to exchange heat with the airflow, arranged downstream of the first heat exchanger;
- a stone guard including:
- a guard member configured to allow the airflow to pass through the guard member and block stones from passing through the guard member;
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- a first guide member extending from the guard member, configured to divide the airflow passing through the guard member into a first stream of air and a second stream of air;
- wherein the stone guard is arranged upstream of the first heat exchanger,
- wherein the first heat exchanger, the second heat exchanger and the stone guard are stacked together and extend along a height axis so that the first heat exchanger, second heat exchanger and the stone guard are each defined by a respective height dimension, and along a depth axis so that the first heat exchanger, second heat exchanger and the stone guard are each defined by a respective depth dimension,
- wherein a portion of the second heat exchanger extends beyond the first heat exchanger so that the airflow is enabled to reach the second heat exchanger without flowing through the first heat exchanger,
- wherein the guard member at least partially covers the first heat exchanger and partially covers the second heat exchanger, with the first guide member extending along the depth axis adjacent to the first heat exchanger so that the first stream is directed through the first heat exchanger and the second stream is directed through the second heat exchanger.
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A stone guard comprising:
- a guard member configured to allow airflow through the guard member and block stones from passing through the guard member;
- a first guide member extending obliquely and transversely from the guard member, configured to divide airflow through the guard member into a first stream of air and a second stream of air;
- the first guide member supported by at least one support member connected to the guard member and the first guide member;
- wherein the guard member includes a plurality of first members and second members, the plurality of second members connected to the plurality of first members at an oblique angle to form a plurality of openings to allow airflow through the guard member.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.