Abstract: A shutter device includes a frame member, a plurality of blades, an actuator device, and an auxiliary member. The frame member is formed in a casing shape, and air introduced from a front opening of the vehicle flows through an inside passage of the frame member. The blades are supported by the frame member in a rotatable manner, and open and close space within a casing of the frame member. The actuator device opens and closes the blades. Auxiliary member is assembled to the frame member to assist a blades supporting function of the frame member.

Abstract: A utility vehicle such as an agricultural tractor includes an engine, a heat exchanger, and a fan located under a hood. The hood is pivotable between a closed position and an open position. The fan is mounted to the hood such that, when in the closed position, the hood covers the engine and heat exchanger and the fan is positioned in an operable position to generate a cooling airstream through the heat exchanger. When the hood is in the open position, the fan is displaced from the operable position.

Abstract: A transmission element for a controllable air inlet of a motor vehicle and configured to produce a pivoting movement to pivotably mounted closing elements. Each closing element is connected by a link part which is arranged outside the pivot axis, to a corresponding link element of the transmission element (Ü).

Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer-readable medium to perform operations including: determining, in real-time, values of drilling parameters of a drilling system drilling a wellbore; calculating, based on the values of the drilling parameters, a cuttings concentration in an annulus of the wellbore (CCA); calculating, based on the calculated CCA and a mud weight (MW) of a drilling fluid, an effective mud weight (MWeff) of the drilling fluid; and controlling, based on the effective mud weight, a component of the drilling system to adjust at least one of the drilling parameters.

Abstract: A system for managing the air of a front-end air inlet of a motor vehicle may include at least one flap and a holding frame for holding the at least one flap. The flap may include a pivot pin for pivoting the flap. A support with at least one bearing may receive the pivot pin and a closing element for closing the bearing. A control device may control the movement of the flap between a sealed position in which the air inlet is sealed and at least one open position in which the air inlet is open by pivoting the pivot pin in a region of the bearing. The flap may include an actuating finger for actuating the flap, integral in movement with a rod controlled by the control device. The closing element forms a guide for the rod.

Abstract: An air-cooled heat exchanger is provided. A reinforcement beam is laterally attached to an upper surface of a guide housing which is formed to have a dome shape having an area gradually increasing in a downward direction from the stack to guide air discharged to the stack. In another aspect, an air-cooled heat exchanger may further include an enclosure surrounding a power transmission part configured to transmit a rotation force of a motor to the fan to rotate the fan.

Abstract: A vehicular cooling device includes an opening, a discharge port, an air channel, and a fan. The opening is formed in a surface parallel to a travelling direction of a vehicle. The discharge port is formed in a surface of the housing and connected to the opening via the air channel. The fan is provided inside the air channel. First blockers are spaced apart in the travelling direction in the opening. Each first blocker extends in a direction perpendicular to both the travelling direction and an inflow direction of the outside air, and includes first and second members. The first member is a plate-like member having a main surface intersecting the travelling direction. The first member and the second member are symmetric with respect to a plane perpendicular to the travelling direction, and have a travelling-direction spacing therebetween that increases along the inflow direction of the outside air.

Abstract: A heat exchanger is disclosed. The heat exchanger includes a protective device, mutually parallel tubes through which a first fluid circulates, and perpendicular fins connecting two successive flat tubes, a second fluid circulating between said flat tubes by passing through said fins, the protective device being apertured so as to allow the circulation of the second fluid through the fins. The protective device includes fixing spikes which are inserted forcibly between the fins.

Abstract: A grille shutter unit which is provided with plural shutters extending in a vehicle width direction is attached to a frame-shaped shroud, a center stay is provided to extend in a vertical direction and connect a central portion, in a width direction, of a shroud upper and a central portion, in the width direction, of a shroud lower, the grille shutter unit is attached to a back-face side of the shroud, and an actuator (driving actuator) for opening/closing the shutters is arranged at a back-face side of the center stay.

Abstract: An active grille shutter system for use in a moving vehicle is provided herein and includes at least one vane angularly displaceable between an open position and a closed position, a motor having a hold current applied thereto for maintaining the at least one vane in a vane position, and a controller for adjusting the amount of hold current being applied to the motor based on vehicle speed.

Abstract: An exemplary flow control assembly includes, among other things, a grille member and a flow control device having a plurality of bowed shutters adjacent the grille member. The bowed shutters are configured to move back and forth between a flow permitting position and a flow restricting position. An exemplary flow control method includes, among other things, moving a plurality of bowed shutters back and forth between a flow permitting position and a flow restricting position. The flow permitting position permitting more flow through apertures in a grille member than the flow restricting position.

Abstract: A gas-cooled heat exchanger, in particular a direct intercooler, for cooling of a fluid which flows through the heat exchanger, with a heat transfer block featuring a plurality of flow channels, with a first collection chamber and a second collection chamber. The collection chambers are fluidically connected with one another via the flow channels and the outside of the heat transfer block can be perfused by gas. In the direction of the perfusion, a screen is arranged in front of the heat transfer block for the prevention of flow in certain areas around the flow channels of the screen. One of the collection chambers features a vent for discharge of condensate of the fluid which can be sealed from or released into the surrounding area of the heat exchanger.

Abstract: A method for operating a radiator grill arrangement of a vehicle is disclosed. The radiator grill arrangement has at least one closure flap mounted for rotation between a closed position and an open position, where the at least one closure flap is positioned by a drive unit. The at least one closure flap is positioned by the drive unit into the closed position, should at least one trigger criterion occur, or the at least one closure flap is positioned by the drive unit from the closed position into the open position and back to the closed position should at least one trigger criterion occur.

Abstract: A method of initializing operation of a shutter arranged relative to a grille opening in a vehicle having a power-plant includes detecting a start-up of the power-plant. The method also includes sensing a temperature of ambient air. The method also includes commanding the shutter to achieve a fully-opened position when the temperature of ambient air is above a predetermined value such that a flow of ambient air to the power-plant through the grille opening is substantially unrestricted. The method additionally includes commanding the shutter to achieve a fully-closed position when a temperature of the power-plant is maintained below a threshold value such that the flow of ambient air through the grille opening to the power-plant is substantially blocked. A vehicle using a controller configured to perform the above method is also provided.

Abstract: Rock guards can be used to protect parts, such as a radiator, in the engine compartment of highway vehicles. The present disclosure relates to a rock guard that includes a body with self-supporting frameless structure that has a hem and a plurality of mounting points mountable to a structure of the vehicle. The hem comprises a folded section of the material of the body and circumferentially surrounds the body, providing the guard with rigidity.

Abstract: A grille shutter includes a housing, a blocking plate and an actuator. The housing comprises a grille defining a plurality of airflow openings and defining at least one guide slot. The blocking plate includes a plurality of spaced gates movable between a blocking position covering the airflow openings and an open position uncovering the airflow openings. The actuator includes a motor driving a gear set along a guide slot to move the blocking plate between the blocking and open positions.

Abstract: A motor vehicle may include a radiator arrangement. The radiator arrangement may include a radiator grill having a cooling air inlet and a radiator arranged behind the cooling air inlet with respect to a forward traveling direction. A flow-directing device may be arranged to direct a cooling air flow from the cooling air inlet to the radiator. The flow-directing device may include at least one baffle element disposed on a radiator-grill side of the radiator arrangement and at least one other baffle element disposed on a radiator side. Additionally or alternatively, the flow-directing device may include a bellows arranged on the radiator-grill side or on the radiator side. Additionally or alternatively, the flow-directing device may include at least one rail including a groove and at least one rail baffle element guided in the at least one guide groove.

Abstract: A device for cooling a radiator, including an air guide attached to structural portions of a vehicle and a device having movable air-blocking flaps, the air guide includes at least two separate portions: a front portion and a rear portion, respectively, which include a mechanism for mutual attachment, the rear portion being attached to the structural portions and including a receiving area configured to receive the device having blocking flaps, the entire assembly being held in place by an attachment mechanism of the front portion onto the rear portion.

Abstract: A carrier for an automobile with integrated active ducting, and a method of making a louver therefor. The carrier includes at least one aperture, and at least one louver rotatably mounted in the aperture. Also attached to the carrier is an actuator, and the actuator is connected to the louver. The actuator is operable for moving the louver between an open position and a closed position such that when the louver is in the open position, air flow passes through the aperture.

Abstract: A vehicle grille apparatus includes: a first cover member that includes a plurality of fixed fins which are disposed to be lined up in an opening portion of a front grille; a second cover member that includes a plurality of movable fins which are connected to each other in such a manner as to be able to integrally move, and configured such that the movable fins are disposed in a line to alternate with the fixed fins; and a drive mechanism that changes the degree of opening of the front grille by driving the second cover member such that the movable fins retract behind the respective fixed fins.

Abstract: A datacenter may use heat collected from a heat exchanger at the exhaust portion of a cooling system to heat inlet louvers for an atmospheric intake. The louvers may have fluid passages through which heated fluid may pass and cause the louvers to heat up. The heated louvers may operate during periods of snow, rain, high humidity, or other conditions to eliminate condensation, snow and ice buildup, or other problems. In some embodiments, a liquid may be passed through the louvers, while in other embodiments, heated air or other gas may be passed through conductive paths in the louvers. In a heated air system, holes in the louvers may allow the heated air to enter the incoming airstream to regulate the incoming temperature to the datacenter.

Abstract: An air duct includes a first frame and a guiding panel. The first frame includes a top wall and two sidewalls connected substantially perpendicularly to opposite sides of the top wall. Each sidewall defines a fixing hole adjacent to an end of the sidewall. The guiding panel includes a plate and two connecting pieces extending from a side of the plate. A pin protrudes from each connecting piece to be engaged in one of the fixing holes, thereby fixing the plate to the first frame. The plate is slanted relative to the top wall.

Abstract: A movable grille shutter for a vehicle includes a fin adapted to be provided at a grille opening portion and being operated so as to freely open or close the grille opening portion through which ambient air is taken in, a drive source for driving the fin, a driving force transmitting mechanism for transmitting a driving force from the drive source to the fin and a flexible member being linked to the driving force transmitting mechanism and being deformed for operating the fin to open the grille opening portion in a case where a load that is equal to or more than a predetermined value is acted thereon.

Abstract: A heat exchanger door system includes a heat exchanger and a first rotatable member, proximate to the heat exchanger, that rotates about an axis of rotation. The system includes a first door member rolled around the rotatable member and movable from a rolled position to an unrolled position in which the first door member covers more of the heat exchanger than when the door member is in the rolled position.

Abstract: A vehicle front portion structure is provided which can lengthen a wheel base without increasing the size of a vehicle body. A vehicle front portion structure is provided with a bumper reinforcement of a front bumper, a power unit that drives a front wheel arranged to a vehicle rear of the bumper reinforcement, and a cooling unit which is arranged at a vehicle front of a dash panel, and is arranged at a vehicle rear of the power unit.

Abstract: The radiator shutter provided for the frontal arrangement at a motor vehicle shows two groups of lamellae (2-4, 5-7), which are pivotally supported at opposite sides of a drive unit (68), each parallel in reference to a shutter frame (9). For a joint pivoting of the lamellae (2-7) an entrainer tappet (99-104) provided here at a distance from its bearing axis (109) in the direction perpendicular in reference to the longitudinal direction of the lamellae, engages a common coupling element (98). For a simple production of the engagement of the bearing tappets of the lamellae in the shutter frame (9) and its entrainer tappets (99-104) in the coupling element (98) they are latched in bearing recesses (32-37) open perpendicular in reference to the bearing axis.

Abstract: A device for cooling a radiator, including an air guide attached to structural portions of a vehicle and a device having movable air-blocking flaps, the air guide includes at least two separate portions: a front portion and a rear portion, respectively, which include a mechanism for mutual attachment, the rear portion being attached to the structural portions and including a receiving area configured to receive the device having blocking flaps, the entire assembly being held in place by an attachment mechanism of the front portion onto the rear portion.

Abstract: A cooling system is disclosed for use with an engine. The cooling system may have a heat exchanger fluidly connectable to the engine, and a fan situated adjacent the heat exchanger and configured to generate a flow of air through the heat exchanger. The cooling system may also include an anti-recirculation feature located adjacent the fan and configured to block the flow of air at a center of the fan and allow air to flow at a periphery of the fan.

Abstract: A louver for a vehicle includes a panel having a central portion and a first outer edge portion. A hinge interconnects the central portion and the first outer edge portion. The louver rotates about a rotation axis in a first direction from an open position to a closed position. The hinge bends to allow the first outer edge portion to move relative to the central portion to reduce an effective moment arm resisting rotational movement of the louver when the louver is bound.

Abstract: A cooler device for a motor vehicle includes a radiator liquid cooler with a first cooler element for cooling radiator liquid for the motor vehicle's combustion engine, a charge air cooler with a second cooler element for cooling of charge air for the combustion engine, the first and the second cooler elements extending substantially parallel and side by side, with a narrow space between the cooler elements. A screening device in the space between the cooler elements regulates the air flow through the elements. A control mechanism switches the screening device to and fro between an open position in which the screening device does not, or at least does not appreciably, limit the air flow through the cooler elements, and a closed position in which the screening device limits the air flow through the cooler elements.

Abstract: A shutter system for controlling an airstream through a grille opening in a vehicle includes a plurality of louvers. Each louver has a pivot axis, and a louver face offset from the pivot axis. The shutter system also includes a mechanism configured to select a position for the shutter system by rotating each of the plurality of louvers about its respective pivot axis. Each of the plurality of louvers rotates in tandem with every other of the plurality of louvers during the selection of the position for the shutter system. The louver face of each of the plurality of louvers is rotated to a position parallel to the airstream when the shutter system is fully opened, is positioned to restrict the airstream through the grille opening when the shutter system is partially closed, and is positioned immediately adjacent to the grille opening when the shutter system is fully closed.

Abstract: A shutter control system comprises a shutter closing module and a regenerative braking control module. The shutter closing module selectively closes a shutter to decrease aerodynamic drag on the vehicle based on at least one of a brake pedal position, a state of charge of an energy storage device, and a throttle position. The shutter blocks airflow into an engine compartment of the vehicle when closed. The regenerative braking control module controls a motor generator to perform regenerative braking when the shutter is closed.

Abstract: An image heating apparatus including: an image heating member for heating an image formed on a sheet at a nip portion; a temperature detector for detecting temperature of a predetermined region of the image heating member; a cooler for cooling the predetermined region; and an activating device for activating the cooler to perform a cooling operation in accordance with an output of the temperature detector, wherein the apparatus has a first mode of stopping a cooling operation in accordance with an output of the temperature detector; and a second mode of stopping the cooling operation in accordance with an end of image heating processing irrespective of the output of the temperature detecting device. The image heating apparatus is capable of suppressing unnecessary energy consumption, and of eliminating uneven glossiness due to a reduced temperature region at a boundary between a sheet passing portion and a non-sheet passing portion.

Abstract: A cooling device is provided for a motor vehicle with a first heat exchanger and with a second heat exchanger that is arranged in vehicle longitudinal direction offset from the first heat exchanger. In the intermediate space between first and second heat exchanger a flow regulating device with a cross-sectional area through which cooling air can flow is arranged, whose permeability to cooling air is variable.

Abstract: A heat exchanger system is provided including a first and second heat exchanger each configured to pass air therethrough. The second heat exchanger is mounted upstream of the first heat exchanger. The second heat exchanger may be selectively movable between a first position and a second position such that an amount of the air is diverted from the second heat exchanger to the first heat exchanger when the second heat exchanger is in the first position. Alternately, the second heat exchanger may be spaced from the first heat exchanger, with at least one selectively openable shutter mounted adjacent to the first and second heat exchangers. The at least one shutter is movable between a first position and a second position such that an amount of the air is diverted from the second heat exchanger to the first heat exchanger when the at least one shutter is in the first position.

Abstract: A device for regulating an air flow for engine cooling, is disclosed herein with a fan element arranged over part of a heat exchanger face which can be traversed by air, and a covering element over a further part of the exchanger face, the covering element extending from the fan element up to an end of the exchanger face, and able to be at least partially selectively opened to allow air to flow through. A device providing an improved efficiency of the heat exchanger in at least one operating state of a motor vehicle is provided that is possible for a first opening section, which, in order to avoid excessive recirculation, is at a minimum distance from the fan element, the covering element is selectively opened and it is possible for at least one second opening section which substantially adjoins the fan element to be selectively opened.

Abstract: A heat dissipating device includes a heat sink, and an adjusting member. The heat sink includes a base, and a plurality of fins formed on a top surface of the base. The adjusting member includes a mounting portion mounted to a side surface facing an airflow-generating source of the base, a first air-blocking portion connected to an upper portion of the mounting part, and a second air-blocking portion connected to a lower portion of the mounting part. Positions of the first air-blocking portion and the second air-blocking portion relative to the base are adjustable for adjusting distribution of an airflow on top and bottom sides of the base when the airflow flows through the heat dissipating device.

Abstract: A class of lightweight structural members, characterized by lighter weight and greater resistance to buckling under axial compressive loading, as compared to conventional structural members, is described. The lightweight structural members typically comprise a thin tubular member filled with a metallic foam material. The foam material preferably comprises particulate matter comprised of agglomerated fly ash material, and, preferably, gaseous material in pores within the foam material. In an alternate configuration, the lightweight structural member comprises two tubular members, one nested inside the other, wherein the annular volume between the tubular members is filled with metallic foam material. A method for manufacturing the structural members is also described.

Abstract: Mechanisms are described for selectively closing grille and/or bumper openings. These mechanisms may be operated in response to one or more vehicle parameters. Closure mechanism control signals may be delivered to such mechanisms along a vehicle databus. In addition, vehicle parameters used in determining the control of such mechanisms may be sensed and provided along the databus to a controller which then processes the parameter information for determining whether to open or close the vehicle grille closing mechanism and/or the vehicle bumper opening closing mechanism.

Abstract: A heat exchanger system is provided including a first and second heat exchanger each configured to pass air therethrough. The second heat exchanger is mounted upstream of the first heat exchanger. The second heat exchanger may be selectively movable between a first position and a second position such that an amount of the air is diverted from the second heat exchanger to the first heat exchanger when the second heat exchanger is in the first position. Alternately, the second heat exchanger may be spaced from the first heat exchanger, with at least one selectively openable shutter mounted adjacent to the first and second heat exchangers. The at least one shutter is movable between a first position and a second position such that an amount of the air is diverted from the second heat exchanger to the first heat exchanger when the at least one shutter is in the first position.

Abstract: A heat dissipating device includes a heat sink, and an adjusting member. The heat sink includes a base, and a plurality of fins formed on a top surface of the base. The adjusting member includes a mounting portion mounted to a side surface facing an airflow-generating source of the base, a first air-blocking portion connected to an upper portion of the mounting part, and a second air-blocking portion connected to a lower portion of the mounting part. Positions of the first air-blocking portion and the second air-blocking portion relative to the base are adjustable for adjusting distribution of an airflow on top and bottom sides of the base when the airflow flows through the heat dissipating device.

Abstract: A temperature control device includes a first heat source, a second heat source configured to heat a controlled object subjected to temperature control, a first temperature detector configured to detect a temperature of heat from the first heat source, a second temperature detector configured to detect a temperature of the controlled object, a heat transfer member configured to transfer heat produced by the first heat source to the controlled object, a heat-transfer-amount changing unit configured to change the amount of heat transferred to the controlled object by the heat transfer member, and a controller configured to control a transfer state of the heat-transfer-amount changing unit on the basis of an output from the first temperature detector and an output from the second temperature detector.

Abstract: The invention relates to a front part of a motor vehicle having a fender unit which comprises a front fender which is covered on the outside by a fender covering, and which is connected in its lower region to a bottom supporting structure of the motor vehicle, an air guiding part being arranged underneath the fender. According to the invention, in the event of a head-on impact the air guiding part interacts with the fender covering and stiffens it in a region which is positioned in front of the fender, the air guiding part being supported on the bottom supporting structure.

Abstract: In a snowmobile or other vehicle, ventilation of ambient air to the engine compartment is necessary. However, from time to time when encountering deep snow or extremely cold temperatures, it may be necessary to restrict the inflow of ambient air into the engine compartment. An adjustable air vent having a sliding ventilation grill adjusts the air flow. The air vent has actuators for adjusting the air flow that are simple and easily manually operable by an operator even when wearing gloves or mittens without the need of any tools.

Abstract: An easily removable protective radiator cover assembly having easily replaceable filtering material for protecting an air-cooled radiator. To attain this, a frame hanging on an air-intake radiator side receives a slidably mounted, filtering material accommodating screen case. In an embodiment, a hanging frame having a horizontal bottom section extending across the radiator and a pair of vertical, side sections extending from each end of the bottom section; a filtering-material-accommodating screen case, slidably mounted within the frame and resting upon the bottom section; and a pair of frame extensions affixed to and extending from the frame to the radiator top.

Abstract: A temperature control system includes an enclosure having a plurality of adjoining walls. At least one inlet is disposed within at least one of the walls. The at least one inlet has an electrically controlled inlet fan associated with it. A plurality of outlet louver assemblies are disposed within at least an other wall and include a plurality of moveable louvers. An actuator is coupled with each outlet louver assembly to move the plurality of moveable louvers. An ambient air sensor is disposed within the enclosure for sensing the ambient temperature within the enclosure and providing an output signal which is conducted to an electrical processing circuit. Alternatively, the ambient air sensor may be located without the enclosure. Temperature sensors are also coupled with the engine, charge air and transmission cooler for sensing their respective temperatures and providing output signals which are conducted to the electrical processing circuit.

Abstract: A temperature control system includes an enclosure having a plurality of adjoining walls. At least one inlet is disposed within at least one of the walls. The at least one inlet has an electrically controlled inlet fan associated with it. A plurality of outlet louver assemblies are disposed within at least an other wall and include a plurality of moveable louvers. An actuator is coupled with each outlet louver assembly to move the plurality of moveable louvers. An ambient air sensor is disposed within the enclosure for sensing the ambient temperature within the enclosure and providing an output signal which is conducted to an electrical processing circuit. Alternatively, the ambient air sensor may be located without the enclosure. Temperature sensors are also coupled with the engine, charge air and transmission cooler for sensing their respective temperatures and providing output signals which are conducted to the electrical processing circuit.

Abstract: In a snowmobile or other vehicle, ventilation of ambient air to the engine compartment is necessary. However, from time to time when encountering deep snow or extremely cold temperatures, it may be necessary to restrict the inflow of ambient air into the engine compartment. An adjustable air vent having a sliding ventilation grill adjusts the air flow. The air vent has actuators for adjusting the air flow that are simple and easily manually operable by an operator even when wearing gloves or mittens without the need of any tools.

Abstract: The invention provides a passive cooler for a detector on board a satellite; the cooler comprises a sunshade, a sunshade radiator forming the end of the sunshade, an infrared deflector at the end of the sunshade, and a radiator forming the end of the deflector. According to the invention, the sunshade has an elliptical base and forms a constant angle relative to the axis of the cooler. The deflector also presents a base that is elliptical. The invention makes it possible to improve the thermal performance of the cooler by making use of all of the volume available for the cooler.

Abstract: A cooling apparatus comprising an air-cooled heat exchanger, a plurality of louvres to control a cooling air flow passing the heat exchanger, a mechanism for operating the louvres and means for actuating the operating mechanism according to temperature of the heat exchanger. The actuating means comprises a bar having a first end and a second end and being of a material having a considerably lower thermal expansion coefficient than that of the heat exchanger, said bar being attached by its first end substantially at a first end of the heat exchanger, and means for controlling the position of the operating mechanism in dependence on a difference in displacements of the second end.