초록 ▼

A specially designed deflector is mounted to the radiator cooling fan assembly, so as to catch and redirect some of the air that has been pulled through the radiator, up and over the engine, between the top of the engine and the underside of the hood. On the underside of the hood, an elongated, holl

A specially designed deflector is mounted to the radiator cooling fan assembly, so as to catch and redirect some of the air that has been pulled through the radiator, up and over the engine, between the top of the engine and the underside of the hood. On the underside of the hood, an elongated, hollow curb divides up the space between the underside of the hood and the top of the engine. The curb has a front end located above and to the outside of the deflector, and runs diagonally across the hood underside to a back end that is located to the outside of the alternator. The air is directed along the side of the curb and ultimately over the alternator, thereby cooling it.

대표청구항 ▼

[ We claim:] [1.] In a vehicle having an engine contained in an engine compartment enclosed by a hood located above said engine, a radiator located-in said in front of said engine, and having a cooling fan assembly mounted behind said radiator that pulls outside air into said compartment and through

[ We claim:] [1.] In a vehicle having an engine contained in an engine compartment enclosed by a hood located above said engine, a radiator located-in said in front of said engine, and having a cooling fan assembly mounted behind said radiator that pulls outside air into said compartment and through said radiator and which normally exhausts said cooling air in a stream generally toward and beneath said engine, and in which a component that runs hotter than said exhausted air is located generally above said engine and out of the normal path of said exhausted air, a system for redirecting a portion of said exhausted air toward and over said component, comprising,a deflector mounted behind said fan assembly and adapted to catch and redirect at least a portion of said exhausted air stream up and over said engine, beneath said hood, and,an elongated curb mounted beneath said hood and above said engine and extending continuously from a front end located above and to the side of said deflector to a back end located to the same side of said component,whereby exhausted air redirected by said deflector from said fan assembly and above said engine is thereafter directed by said curb along the outside of said curb toward and generally over said component, thereby cooling it.