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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 27, 2001
Filed:
Mar. 11, 1999
Hiroki Matsuo, Kariya, JP;
Tetsuji Nobuta, Kariya, JP;
Kazuya Makizono, Kariya, JP;
Toshio Morikawa, Toyota, JP;
Hikaru Sugi, Nagoya, JP;
Shun Kurata, Kariya, JP;
Manabu Miyata, Obu, JP;
Koji Ito, Nagoya, JP;
Denso Corporation, Kariya, JP;
Abstract
An engine cooling apparatus suitable for use in a vehicle shortens engine warm-up time without decreasing the heat-radiation capacity of a radiator. A shroud is disposed between a radiator and a water-cooled engine. A first air passage for blowing air toward the engine and its auxiliaries is formed in the upper side of the shroud, and a second air passage for discharging air having passed through the radiator to outside the engine compartment is formed in the lower side of the shroud. Accordingly, air is prevented from directly striking the engine and from passing around to the upstream side of the radiator through gaps between the walls of the engine compartment and the radiator. Thus the engine warm-up time is shortened without reducing the heat-radiation capacity of the radiator.