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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 24, 2001
Filed:
Jun. 04, 1998
Koji Kawasaki, Tsuchiura, JP;
Shigehisa Funabashi, Ibaraki-ken, JP;
Zenji Kaneko, Tsukuba, JP;
Masaki Kanahara, Ibaraki-ken, JP;
Koji Tahara, Shimodate, JP;
Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
In an engine cooling system which includes an intercooler for precooling combustion air supplied to an engine, an oil cooler for cooling a hydraulic working fluid for use in a hydraulic excavator, a radiator for cooling cooling water supplied to the engine, a cooling fan in the form of a centrifugal fan, and a suction duct for introducing the cooling air to the suction side of the cooling fan, an opening diameter of a suction duct downstream end is smaller than an opening diameter of a rotary shroud suction-side end, and the suction duct downstream end is positioned inside the rotary shroud suction-side end in overlapped relation.