# US 2019/0315224 A1 · Air inlet management system for the front panel of a motor vehicle and structure of such a system > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2019/0315224 A1 - Document ID: US20190315224A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 16/313,647 - Filed: 2017-05-24 - Published: 2019-10-17 - Earliest claimed: 2016-06-28 - Assignees: Valeo Systemes Thermiques - Applicants: Valeo Systemes Thermiques - Inventors: Enzo Mitidieri; Frédéric Vacca; Thomas Nore - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20190315224A1 ## CPC - B60K 11/04: Arrangement or mounting of radiators, radiator shutters, or radiator blinds - B60K 11/085: {with adjustable shutters or blinds} - B60K 11/06: with air cooling - F28F 9/0268: {in the form of multiple deflectors for channeling the heat exchange medium} - F28F 27/02: for controlling the distribution of heat-exchange media between different channels ({static flow control means in header boxes F28F9/026}; arrangements of guide plates or guide vanes F28F9/22, F28F25/12) - Y02T 10/88: Optimized components or subsystems, e.g. lighting, actively controlled glasses - B60K: ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PROPULSION UNITS OR OF TRANSMISSIONS IN VEHICLES; ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PLURAL DIVERSE PRIME-MOVERS IN VEHICLES; AUXILIARY DRIVES FOR VEHICLES; INSTRUMENTATION OR DASHBOARDS FOR VEHICLES; ARRANGEMENTS IN CONNECTION WITH COOLING, AIR INTAKE, GAS EXHAUST OR FUEL SUPPLY OF PROPULSION UNITS IN VEHICLES - F28F: DETAILS OF HEAT-EXCHANGE AND HEAT-TRANSFER APPARATUS, OF GENERAL APPLICATION (water and air traps, air venting F16) - Y02T: CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO TRANSPORTATION ## Abstract The invention concerns a structure (2) of a system (1) for managing the air of an air inlet for the front panel of a motor vehicle, said structure (2) comprising:—a frame (3) intended to be positioned facing a heat exchanger (Ra),—one or more deflectors (7) that are secured to said frame (3) and are arranged in such a way as to intercept a flow of air and deflect it through said frame (3). The invention also concerns a system (1) for managing the air of an air inlet for the front panel of a motor vehicle having such a structure (2). ## Claims ### Claim 1 A structure of an air inlet air management system for the front panel of a motor vehicle, said structure comprising: a frame positioned in facing contact with a heat exchanger; and one or more deflectors, which are rigidly connected to said frame and are arranged so as to intercept an air flow and divert the air flow through said frame. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The structure as claimed in claim 1, having several deflectors distributed along said frame and spaced apart from each other along the direction of the duct. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The structure as claimed in claim 2, wherein the spacing between two consecutive deflectors increases the further away from said air inlet the consecutive deflectors are. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The structure as claimed in claim 1, further comprising: a first element defining said frame, a second, removable, element forming a cowling covering said frame, a duct being at least partially defined by the inter-space formed the first element and the second element, means of assembly between the first element and the second element, and wherein said deflector or deflectors are elements integral with the body of the first element. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The structure as claimed in claim 4, wherein said first element is a molded part, said deflector or deflectors being obtained during the molding of the part. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The structure as claimed in claim 1, wherein each deflector has a curved cross section so as to intercept and adjust the air flow directed through said frame. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) An air inlet air management system for the front panel of a motor vehicle, comprising a structure as claimed in claim 1, and a mouth defining said air inlet, wherein said air management system has at least one flap, arranged at the mouth, which, in at least one open position, is arranged so as to direct the incoming air flow towards said frame, and wherein said deflector or deflectors are arranged so that, in said open position of the at least one flap, said deflector or deflectors intercept the air flow directed by said at least one flap and divert air flow through said frame. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The system as claimed in claim 7, wherein said deflector or deflectors are each in the form of a fin projecting from said frame heightwise in the internal space of the duct, and extending longitudinally along the direction of the longitudinal axis of said at least one flap. ### Claim 9 (depends on 7) The system as claimed in claim 7, wherein said at least one flap is a flap mounted pivoting on a support of the structure, and wherein the hinge axis of the flap is centered on the width of the effective area of said at least one flap. ### Claim 10 (depends on 7) The system as claimed in claim 7, having several flaps, which at least in their open position are arranged so as to direct the incoming air flow towards said frame. ### Claim 11 (depends on 7) A method for cooling a heat exchanger of a motor vehicle, such as a radiator implemented by an air management system as claimed in claim 7, and wherein said at least one flap is oriented, in said at least one open position, so as to direct the incoming flow towards the deflector or deflectors and evenly distribute the flow over the different zones of the frame that are delimited by said deflector or deflectors.