Valeo Thermique Moteur

Eduardo Santander

Michel Potier

In an assembly consisting of a heat exchanger, such as a cooling radiator for the internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle, together with a motorized fan unit mounted on the finned body of the heat exchanger for providing a forced draught through the latter, the motorized fan unit comprises an electric motor fixed on the heat exchanger body and driving a fan rotor which lies facing a major face of the heat exchanger body. A bundle of electric cables extending from the motor extends along at least part of that major face. The assembly includes an electrical connecting means including the bundle of cables and fastening means which holds the bundle of cables flat against the heat exchanger body and out of any contact with the fan rotor.

Electrical connecting device for a motorized fan unit mounted on a

The electrical supply cable for the motorized fan unit of a fan assisted heat exchanger, for example the cooling radiator for a motor vehicle internal combustion engine in which the radiator comprises a matrix consisting of tubes with cooling fins, extends through the matrix via a bore through the latter in which the cable is guided by an insulating member disposed within the matrix. The cable therefore does not pass along the face of the matrix on which the motorized fan unit is attached, so that damage to the cable is avoided. The cable may be replaced by conductive elements which are encapsulated in the insulating member itself, these conductive elements cooperating with contacts of the motorized fan unit and of an external connector.

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Vitry-sur-Seine, France

Eduardo Santander