Heat exchange – Intermediate fluent heat exchange material receiving and... – Liquid fluent heat exchange material
Patent
1998-07-22
1999-10-26
Flanigan, Allen
Heat exchange
Intermediate fluent heat exchange material receiving and...
Liquid fluent heat exchange material
165 41, 165122, 165132, 123 4154, F01P 1102
Patent
active
059710624
ABSTRACT:
A fan shroud for use with a cooling fan adjacent to the radiator for a water cooled internal combustion engine includes a generally central opening for directing flow of air to or from a radiator. The fan shroud includes at least one integral chamber for storage of other liquids typically used with a vehicle which may be under pressure. To facilitate handling pressure, the storage chamber includes a plurality of individual storage modules which are interconnected by a plurality of fluid flow channels so that the total storage capacity of the chamber is the sum of the storage capacity of the modules and interconnecting fluid flow channels. The modules and channels are made by bringing the front and back walls of a blow molded fan shroud into contact with each other to define there between channels and modules. Advantageously, the shroud comprises several such chambers and may be used to house engine coolant, power steering fluid or other fluids. In addition, the fan shroud can include chambers for storing fluids which are not necessarily under pressure such as windshield washer fluid and the like.
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Chapman Timothy W.
Sadr Changize
Flanigan Allen
Salflex Polymers Ltd.
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