Device for cooling an internal combustion engine incorporates a cooling fan with a fan wheel running on bearings in a mounting for a fan frame and driven mechanically by the engine via a drive link with a controllable clutch

摘要

A drive link contains a universal-joint propeller shaft (9). A clutch (6) forms a disconnecting clutch fitted on an internal combustion engine (ICE) (4) and controlled by an electronic control unit (7) without relying any technical cooling parameters. The universal-joint propeller shaft has homokinetic joints (10,11). The joint (10) on the side of the ICE is a sliding joint.