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Granted Patent B2
US 11,529,866 · App. 16/274,358 · Granted Dec 20, 2022

Vehicle cooler

Inventors: Kyoshiro Tsuji (Toyota, JP); Ryotaro Takami (Toyota, JP)
Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
B60K11/08B60H1/00328B60K11/06
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Patent No.
US 11,529,866
App. No.
16/274,358
Granted
Dec 20, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A vehicle cooler includes a radiator, a condenser, and an air guide bridging from a top surface of the radiator over a top surface of the condenser. The air guide includes a body part including a first base face placed on the top surface of the condenser, a second base face placed on the top surface of the radiator, and a standing wall extending in a height direction of a vehicle for coupling the first base face and the second base face. The standing wall faces a front surface of the radiator with respect to a forward-rearward direction of the vehicle, and includes air holes for guiding outside air to the radiator.

Claims (17)

1. A vehicle cooler comprising:

a radiator;

a condenser disposed in front of the radiator, the condenser having a top surface located lower than a top surface of the radiator; and

an air guide extending from the top surface of the radiator over the top surface of the condenser, wherein

the air guide includes a body part, the body part comprising:

a first base face placed on the top surface of the condenser;

a second base face placed on the top surface of the radiator; and

a standing wall extending in a height direction of a vehicle to couple the first base face and the second base face, the standing wall facing a front surface of the radiator in a forward-rearward direction of the vehicle, the standing wall including at least one air hole configured to guide outside air to the radiator,

the vehicle cooler further comprises a radiator support disposed above the top surface of the radiator and the top surface of the condenser, the radiator support being spaced from the top surfaces with a gap between the radiator support and the top surfaces,

the air guide further comprises a first sealing member disposed on the second base face and extending in a width direction of the vehicle, the first sealing member comprising an elastic material to fill a first gap between the second base face and the radiator support, and

the air guide further comprises second sealing members extending in the forward-rearward direction of the vehicle in end portions of the body part in the width direction of the vehicle, the second sealing members comprising an elastic material to fill a second gap between the end portions of the body part and the radiator support.

2. The vehicle cooler according to claim 1 , wherein

the at least one air hole comprises a plurality of air holes,

the standing wall comprises the plurality of air holes arranged at intervals in the width direction of the vehicle, and

the standing wall comprises a rib between adjacent air holes, the rib protruding in the forward-rearward direction of the vehicle.

3. The vehicle cooler according to claim 1 , wherein

the standing wall is inclined gradually forward as the standing wall extends downward from a front end of the second base face.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 13, 2019
From: TSUJI, KYOSHIRO; TAKAMI, RYOTARO
To: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 048316/0453 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2018-027684 · Feb 20, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20190255935A1 · Aug 22, 2019
Cited By (1)
US 12,668,118