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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 30, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 11, 2012
Applicant:
Audi Ag, Ingolstadt, DE;
Inventors:
Carsten Klinkert, Hitzhofen, DE;
Sebastian Schwartze, Ingolstadt, DE;
Eduard Main, Memmingen, DE;
Siegfried Karmann, Gaimersheim, DE;
Assignee:
Audi AG, Ingolstadt, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01P 7/00 (2006.01); F04F 5/16 (2006.01); F04D 25/08 (2006.01); B60K 11/08 (2006.01); B60H 1/00 (2006.01); F01P 5/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60H 1/00021 (2013.01); F04F 5/16 (2013.01); F04D 25/08 (2013.01); B60K 11/08 (2013.01); F01P 5/02 (2013.01);
Abstract
A vehicle includes a heat exchanger which is disposed in a cooling system, and a fan unit which forms part of a radiator grille and is constructed to generate an air flow through the heat exchanger. The fan unit has at least one fan which is constructed to generate a primary air flow, and a ring element which is constructed to generate from the primary air flow an amplified secondary air flow to the heat exchanger.