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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 05, 1991
Filed:
Jan. 26, 1990
Applicant:
Inventors:
Bertram Obermayer, Graz, AT;
Wolfgang Kling, Graz, AT;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01P / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
123 4166 ; 123 417 ; 123563 ;
Abstract
In an air-cooled internal combustion engine with one or more cylinder banks, a cooling-air blower and an intercooler for the air charge, the intercooler--as seen in the flow direction of the cooling-air--is placed directly in front of the cylinder bank, i.e. preferably over its entire length. The intercooler is subject to the full stream of cooling-air passing through the cylinder bank. A comparison of conventional designs and the arrangement described by the invention shows that the power requirements of the blower are reduced by as much as 15% in conventional assemblies, and by even 20% in special-purpose vehicles as described below.