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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 05, 1980
Filed:
Jul. 21, 1977
Applicant:
Inventors:
Gerhard Thien, Graz, AT;
Heinz Fachbach, Graz, AT;
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01P / ; F01P / ; F01P / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
123 4112 ; 123 4151 ; 165 41 ; 180 / ; 180 / ; 181225 ;
Abstract
A water-cooled internal combustion engine for motor vehicles, particularly a diesel engine, with a cooling system comprising two separate cooling units, each of them consisting of a radiator and a fan, the first cooling unit being arranged forwardly of the engine receiving drive from the engine by mechanical transmission means, the fan of the second cooling unit receiving drive from the engine itself via transmission means, the first cooling unit dissipating at least 60% of maximum heat output and the second unit coming into action additionally to the first by means of temperature control.