US 12,215,713 B2
Electric-motor radiator fan of a motor vehicle
Bernd Maurer, Bad Zwischenahn (DE)
Assigned to BROSE Fahrzeugteile SE & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft, Wuerzburg, Wuerzburg (DE)
Appl. No. 17/631,942
Filed by Brose Fahrzeugteile SE & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft, Wuerzburg, Wuerzburg (DE)
PCT Filed Jul. 29, 2020, PCT No. PCT/EP2020/071423
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 16, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/018976, PCT Pub. Date Feb. 4, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2019 211 507.1 (DE), filed on Aug. 1, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0275812 A1, Sep. 1, 2022
Int. Cl. F04D 29/58 (2006.01); F04D 25/06 (2006.01); F04D 29/54 (2006.01); F04D 29/64 (2006.01)
CPC F04D 29/5853 (2013.01) [F04D 25/06 (2013.01); F04D 29/541 (2013.01); F04D 29/644 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electric-motor radiator fan of a motor vehicle, the radiator fan comprising:
a fan shroud with a motor holder, said motor holder being formed with at least one holding contour and with an axially protruding projection;
an electric motor inserted in said motor holder; and
a heat protection plate arranged on an end side of said electric motor;
said heat protection plate being formed with a cutout for placement on said axially protruding projection of said motor holder; and
said heat protection plate, with said axially protruding projection in said cutout, being pivotable about an axis of rotation defined by said axially protruding projection and said axis of rotation being parallel to an axis of rotation of the electric-motor, to rotate said heat protection plate, at least in certain portions thereof, into said at least one holding contour of said motor holder with at least one of a form-fit or a force-fit.