AIR-COOLED HEAT EXCHANGER AND BLOWER ASSEMBLY AND METHOD

摘要

A heat exchange system for cooling a fluid to be supplied to a component of a power-train system of a vehicle is provided. The vehicle defines a plurality of surfaces upon which air impinges by forward movement of the vehicle. In some embodiments, the heat exchange system including a housing, a fan coupled to the housing and having an axis of rotation, and a heat exchanger within the housing and located outside of a flow of air generated by forward movement of the vehicle. The heat exchanger can include a number of tubes through which the fluid flows, and a number of fins between the tubes and through which air moved by the fan flows. The tubes and fins can lie substantially in a common plane oriented at an oblique angle with respect to the axis of rotation of the fan.