Fan shroud, mounting bracket, and pin mount
AssigneeModine Manufacturing Company
InventorsDaniel R. Baldwin, Shaun M. McKanry, Michael J. Kis
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Abstract
A shroud assembly mounts a radiator to a vehicle frame. The shroud assembly includes a shroud, a first frame bracket for mounting the shroud to the vehicle frame, and a second frame bracket for mounting the shroud to the vehicle frame. The shroud includes a first shroud portion and a second shroud portion. The shroud assembly has a plurality of openings, each opening receiving a fan. The first mounting bracket connects the first shroud portion to the second shroud portion, and the second mounting bracket also connects the first shroud portion to the second shroud portion.
Claims20
A cooling module comprising:
- a shroud assembly, the shroud assembly comprising:
- a shroud including:
- a first shroud portion having a first opening,
- a second shroud portion having a second opening,
- a first mounting bracket configured to mechanically join the first shroud portion and the second shroud portion, and
- a second mounting bracket configured to mechanically join the first shroud portion and the second shroud portion;
- a radiator mounted between the first shroud portion and the second shroud portion such that the first and second mounting brackets, in mechanically joining the first shroud portion and the second shroud portion, also retain the radiator between the first shroud portion and the second shroud portion;
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- a fan mounted to at least one of the first shroud portion and the second shroud portion, the fan being configured to pass air through the shroud and over the radiator,
- wherein the first and second mounting brackets are configured to attach the shroud assembly, the radiator, and the fan to a vehicle frame.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.