Radiator assembly

Claim 1

An annular radiator assembly for use in cooling different types of vehicle fluids with one of said fluids being the coolant of an engine supported on a vehicle frame and another of said fluids being primarily an oil fluid, a pair of tanks in diametrically opposite positions with each tank having a pair of radially spaced axially extending walls, each tank having axially spaced radial walls between the respective pair of said radially spaced walls to define a plurality of sections for each tank with each section in each tank corresponding to a respective one of said fluids, a series of axially spaced side bars for each tank section extending between the respective pair of radially spaced walls, a plurality of pairs of semicircular cores connected to each tank section between the respective side bars for communicating fluid between the corresponding sections of said diametrically opposite tanks with the space between said cores defining radially extending air passageways, means for communicating said fluids to and from selected corresponding tank sections, a fan adjacent one axial end of said diametrically opposite tanks, a drive shaft located coaxially of said semicircular core elements, primary support means mounting said drive shaft on said engine for rotation by said engine to rotate said fan, a back plate extending from said primary support means radially of said drive shaft to a radial position spaced adjacent the opposite axial end of said tanks from said fan, an annular shroud adjacent said one axial end of said tanks closely encircling said fan for cooperating with said backplate to direct air moved by said fan in a radial direction through said air passageways, means for supporting said tanks on said vehicle frame, respective secondary resilient support means connected between said shroud and the adjacent axial end of said tanks and between said backplate and said opposite axial end of said tanks for resiliently supporting said cores and tanks relative said shroud, backplate, fan and engine, and a plurality of circumferentially spaced axially extending arcuate struts fixed at opposite axial strut ends to said shroud and backplate respectively for connecting said shroud to said backplate and having opposite radial edges offset in a circumferential direction for deflecting said air moved in a radial direction.