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US 9,790,839 B2Granted
Motor vehicle comprising an internal combustion engine and a fan arranged in a lower housing closing the engine compartment
AssigneeRENAULT s.a.s.
InventorsLudovic Masset, Vincent Desfeux, Christophe Casen
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Abstract
A combustion or hybrid powered motor vehicle including at least one internal combustion engine arranged in an engine compartment, a lower housing configured to enclose a lower portion of the engine compartment, a fan including a vertical axis and an electric motor supplying the fan with electrical energy, the fan arranged substantially horizontally in the lower housing under the internal combustion engine compartment.
Claims12
A motor vehicle with combustion-engine or hybrid propulsion comprising:
- at least one internal combustion engine arranged in an engine compartment;
- a lower fairing configured to close off a lower part of the engine compartment;
- a fan located in the lower fairing and angled upwards such that the fan rotates around a vertical axis to blow air in a vertical direction towards the internal combustion engine;
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- an electric motor supplying the fan with electrical energy, the fan being arranged substantially horizontally in the lower fairing under the internal combustion engine compartment.
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