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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. 15, 1983
Filed:
Feb. 02, 1981
Edward J Goscenski, Jr, Battle Creek, MI (US);
Eaton Corporation, Cleveland, OH (US);
Abstract
A flexible shaft (42) driven by a transversely mounted engine (18) of an automobile (10) and extending rearwardly of the axis (48--48) of the crankshaft of the engine a distance transverse to the longitudinal axis of the vehicle and then curving and extending longitudinally forwardly to the cooling fan (32) used to draw air through the radiator (28) of the vehicle. The engine (18) is mounted in a front wheel drive vehicle (10) and has a pulley (36) mounted on the forward end of the engine driven via a belt (38) from a pulley (40) on the crankshaft of the engine. The pulley (36) in turn rotates the core (54) of the flexible shaft (42) which in turn rotates a shaft (64) used to drive the cooling fan (32) mounted juxtaposition the radiator (28). Means (58,60) secure the shaft at each end respectively to the rear end of the pulley (36) and the cooling fan (32). A gentle sweeping curve is provided from the transverse extending portion of shaft (42) to the longitudinally extending portion. One end of shaft (42) may be driven via an accessory of engine (18), such as the alternator (178), while the other end may drive fan (132) through a gear box (180).
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