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US 2008/0073055 A1Published application
Split access fan shroud
AssigneeInternational Truck Intellectual Property Company, LLC
InventorsSteven Inniger, Steven Kuhn, George Brown, Gary Falendysz, Daniel Voisin, James Vaughn
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Abstract
A fan shroud for a mobile vehicle having an opening therein for the easy removal of the cooling fan therethrough. A removable shroud section is provided in various embodiments, exemplifying efficient modes of manufacture for said removable shroud section and its attachment to said fan shroud.
Claims7
(canceled)
A mobile vehicle for operation on the ground, comprising:
- an engine attached to a chassis;
- a heat exchanger attached to said chassis and located forward of said engine relative to said mobile vehicle forward movement;
- a cooling fan driven by said engine, and located between said engine and said heat exchanger;
- a shroud located between said heat exchanger and said engine, enveloping said fan and providing for increased airflow through said heat exchanger;
- an opening in said shroud at a point approximately perpendicular to the axis of rotation of said fan, said opening being sufficiently large for passage of said fan therethrough;
- and
- a removable shroud section affixed to said shroud over said opening;
- said removable shroud section being attached to said shroud by a hinge.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.