Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Cooling system for air-cooled engines
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Application No.: US14970351Application Date: 2015-12-15
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Publication No.: US09945281B2Publication Date: 2018-04-17
- Inventor: Michael Pitcel , David Procknow , Jacob Zuehl
- Applicant: Briggs & Stratton Corporation
- Applicant Address: US WI Wauwatosa
- Assignee: Briggs & Stratton Corporation
- Current Assignee: Briggs & Stratton Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US WI Wauwatosa
- Agency: Foley & Lardner LLP
- Main IPC: F01P7/02
- IPC: F01P7/02 ; F01P1/02 ; F01P1/06 ; F01P5/04 ; F01P5/06 ; F01P11/08 ; F01P7/04 ; F01P7/08 ; F04D29/54 ; F01P5/02 ; F01P11/10

Abstract:
A cooling system for an air-cooled engine includes a plurality of electric fans, a plurality of ducts, each duct configured to receive one of the plurality of electric fans, a housing, the housing configured to be coupled to the engine and to include at least one opening, each opening is configured to be coupled to receive one of the plurality of ducts to direct air from the electric fans to a plurality of target locations, a sensor, the sensor is configured to acquire sensor data regarding the operation of the engine, and a processing circuit, the processing circuit is configured to receive the sensor data from the sensor and to control operation of the plurality of electric fans in accordance with the sensor data.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170167353A1 COOLING SYSTEM FOR AIR-COOLED ENGINES Public/Granted day:2017-06-15
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