Fan shroud and air intake arrangement

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EP 0 995 895 A3

(12)	EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88)	Date of publication A3:
	09.08.2000 Bulletin 2000/32

(43)	Date of publication A2:
	26.04.2000 Bulletin 2000/17

(21)	Application number: 99308188.4

(22)	Date of filing: 18.10.1999

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: F02M 35/10

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE
	Designated Extension States:
	AL LT LV MK RO SI

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Priority:

22.10.1998 US 177458

(71)	Applicant: McCORD WINN TEXTRON INC.
	Manchester, NH 03103 (US)

(72)	Inventor:
	Plant, William David Anderson, South Carolina 29621 (US)

(74)	Representative: Beck, Simon Antony et al
	Withers & Rogers, Goldings House, 2 Hays Lane London SE1 2HW London SE1 2HW (GB)

(54)	Fan shroud and air intake arrangement

(57) A far shroud and air intake arrangement for use adjacent a vehicle radiator and around an engine cooling far has a rectangularly shaped hollow body of a predetermined depth and a front face, a rear face, a top wall, a bottom wall, oppositely disposed side walls, at least one opening formed through the body with a cylindrical wall therearound defining a primary air flow passage for directing cooling air across the vehicle radiator and an engine air conduit formed within the hollow body between the front and rear faces to direct air from the atmosphere to an air induction system for the engine.

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