Apparatus for controlling air flow to engine room of vehicle and air flow control system including the same
AssigneeHyundai Motor Company
InventorsJongwoo Nam, Hyun Cho, Joonho Lee, Hanshin Chung
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Abstract
An apparatus for controlling air flow to an engine room of a vehicle may include vertical support units provided as a pair, a plurality of flaps provided to be unfolded or folded in the vertical support units, a delivery unit configured to selectively fold or unfold the flaps, a rotary unit configured to selectively rotate the flaps, and a controller configured to control operations of the delivery unit and the rotary unit according to operational states of a vehicle.
Claims16
An apparatus for controlling air flow to an engine room of a vehicle, the apparatus comprising:
- vertical support units provided as a pair;
- a plurality of flaps provided to be unfolded or folded in the vertical support units;
- a delivery unit configured to selectively fold or unfold the flaps;
- a rotary unit configured to selectively rotate the flaps;
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- a controller configured to control operations of the delivery unit and the rotary unit according to operational states of a vehicle.
A system for controlling air flow to an engine room of a vehicle, the system comprising:
- a fan shroud in which a cooling fan including a fan motor and a fan blade is installed;
- an apparatus for controlling the air flow to the engine room of the vehicle including vertical support units provided as a pair, a plurality of flaps provided to be unfolded or folded in the vertical support units, a delivery unit configured to selectively fold or unfold the flaps, and a rotary unit configured to selectively rotate the flaps;
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- a controller configured to control operations of the delivery unit, the rotary unit, and the cooling fan according to operational states of the vehicle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.