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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 27, 2009
Filed:
Apr. 02, 2004
Ricky Dean Madson, Waterloo, IA (US);
Andy Blaine Appleton, Cedar Falls, IA (US);
Clinton Lane Lafferty, Waterloo, IA (US);
Ronnie Franklin Burk, Cedar Falls, IA (US);
Dennis Aaron Bowman, Cedar Falls, IA (US);
Thomas Frederick Tock, Denver, IA (US);
Paul Thomas Bruss, Cedar Falls, IA (US);
Charles Nicholas Warren, Cedar Falls, IA (US);
Scott Keith Farlow, Cedar Falls, IA (US);
Matthew Robert Oliver, Waterloo, IA (US);
Ricky Dean Madson, Waterloo, IA (US);
Andy Blaine Appleton, Cedar Falls, IA (US);
Clinton Lane Lafferty, Waterloo, IA (US);
Ronnie Franklin Burk, Cedar Falls, IA (US);
Dennis Aaron Bowman, Cedar Falls, IA (US);
Thomas Frederick Tock, Denver, IA (US);
Paul Thomas Bruss, Cedar Falls, IA (US);
Charles Nicholas Warren, Cedar Falls, IA (US);
Scott Keith Farlow, Cedar Falls, IA (US);
Matthew Robert Oliver, Waterloo, IA (US);
Deere & Company, Moline, IL (US);
Abstract
A vehicle cooling package has a fan shroud mounted to a heat exchanger assembly. A diverter plate is mounted adjacent to the shroud and spaced therefrom with a fan interposed therebetween. A diverting surface of the shroud and the diverter plate are angled from the axis of the fan when the shroud and plate are assembled to the vehicle. A vehicle hood has upper and side surfaces each having air discharge apertures corresponding with the space between the diverting surface and the diverter plate when the hood is closed. The diverting surface and the diverter plate both extend fully to the hood assembly when the hood is closed. The angles of the diverting surface and the diverter plate closely match a natural discharge angle of the fan, so that air is discharged from the fan at a high velocity from under the hood through the air discharge apertures.