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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 11, 2004
Filed:
Feb. 19, 2003
Applicant:
Inventor:
Melvin A. Hendricks, Sr., Fort Wayne, IN (US);
Assignee:
International Truck Intellectual Property Company, LLC, Warrenville, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01P 7/10 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F01P 7/10 ;
Abstract
A modular cooling plant for an internal combustion engine and accessory equipment installed on a motor vehicle provides a joint external frame supporting several heat exchangers and a centrally positioned centrifugal blower. The centrally positioned centrifugal blower is driven by a hydraulic motor through an impeller drive shaft, clutch and impeller. The hydraulic motor and dependent drive assembly are also mounted to the joint external frame to avoid risk of damage to the heat exchangers from the impeller should the vehicle engine shift.