Invention Grant
- Patent Title: System for controlling air flow rate into vehicle engine room and control method thereof
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Application No.: US14553457Application Date: 2014-11-25
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Publication No.: US09610835B2Publication Date: 2017-04-04
- Inventor: Jongwoo Nam , Hyun Cho , Joonho Lee , Hanshin Chung , Dong Guk Lee
- Applicant: Hyundai Motor Company
- Applicant Address: KR Seoul
- Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company
- Current Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company
- Current Assignee Address: KR Seoul
- Agency: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
- Priority: KR10-2014-0060459 20140520
- Main IPC: F01P11/20
- IPC: F01P11/20 ; B60K11/08 ; F01P7/12 ; F16H19/02 ; F01P9/00 ; F01P11/02 ; F01P3/22 ; F01P7/08

Abstract:
A system for controlling an air flow rate into a vehicle engine room may include a fan shroud in which a cooling fan including a fan motor and a fan blade is mounted, a radial portion which is provided in the fan shroud while corresponding to an operation area of the fan blade, including a shutter hub positioned to a center thereof and a plurality of radial units disposed to the shutter hub and including a plurality of radial shutters selectively unfolded from the shutter hub to external circumference directions or selectively folded to the shutter hub direction, and a radial unit operating portion unfolding the plurality of radial units from the shutter hub to the external circumference directions or folding the plurality of radial units to the shutter hub direction.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150336455A1 SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING AIR FLOW RATE INTO VEHICLE ENGINE ROOM AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF Public/Granted day:2015-11-26
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