Device for influencing an air flow in an engine compartment of a motor vehicle
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsBernd BRINKMANN, Johann Hendrik WEGERS, Thomas NITSCHE, Julian TIETZE
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Abstract
The present disclosure relates to a device for influencing an air flow within an engine compartment of a motor vehicle. The device comprises an adjusting means for adjusting the device between two end positions. The device is allocated to a part region of the engine compartment so that in one of the end positions, an air flow that is provided in the engine compartment is in part or entirely either guided into the part region or guided away from the part region.
Claims19
A vehicle comprising:
- an enclosure defining an engine compartment and an orifice that accesses the engine compartment;
- a shutter configured to direct air flow through the orifice and into a first portion of the engine compartment when in a first position and direct air flow away from the first portion when in a second position;
- and
- an adjustment mechanism configured to adjust the shutter between the first and second positions.
A method of adjusting air flow in a vehicle engine compartment comprising:
- sensing a temperature of a first portion of the engine compartment;
- and
- adjusting a shutter to a first position to direct air flow into the first portion of the engine compartment in response to the temperature being greater than a threshold.
A method of adjusting air flow in a vehicle engine compartment comprising:
- sensing a temperature of a vehicle component that is housed in a first portion of the engine compartment;
- and
- adjusting a shutter to a first position to direct air flow into the first portion of the engine compartment in response to the temperature being greater than a threshold.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.