CN202806876U - Frame rail serving as air inlet pipeline, air inlet component, air inlet system and vehicle - Google Patents

Frame rail serving as air inlet pipeline, air inlet component, air inlet system and vehicle Download PDF

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CN202806876U
CN202806876U CN 201220338836 CN201220338836U CN202806876U CN 202806876 U CN202806876 U CN 202806876U CN 201220338836 CN201220338836 CN 201220338836 CN 201220338836 U CN201220338836 U CN 201220338836U CN 202806876 U CN202806876 U CN 202806876U
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刘永亮
谢松祥
尹世嘉
田泽平
张燕
王小勇
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The utility model discloses a frame rail serving as an air inlet pipeline. At least one section of the frame rail is of an air inlet delivery section with a closed cavity, and an air delivery inlet and an air delivery outlet are arranged on the air inlet delivery section and communicated with the closed cavity. In addition, the utility model further provides an air inlet component comprising the frame rail serving as the air inlet pipeline, a vehicle engine air inlet system comprising the air inlet component and a vehicle comprising the air inlet system. As one section of the frame rail serves as the air inlet pipeline, components of the air inlet pipeline can be simplified, cost is reduced, and installation is simplified. Besides, owing to simplified installation and reliable connection, vibration noise caused by excessively long components of the air inlet pipeline or unreliable fixation can be avoided, and NVH (noise vibration and harshness) performances of the vehicle are improved.

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Double as chassis side rail, air intake assembly, air system and the vehicle of admission line
Technical field
The utility model relates to a kind of chassis side rail, particularly, relates to a kind of chassis side rail that doubles as admission line, and in addition, the utility model also relates to a kind of air intake assembly, air system and vehicle.
Background technology
As the driving engine of automobile heart, its performance often the most people pay close attention to.And the performance of decision driving engine, except engine parameter, its perimeter systems also becomes the key factor that affects its performance.And as the air system of one of driving engine perimeter systems, what of its suction quantity, whether the quality of institute's air inlet body all can be given full play to its performance to driving engine and play vital effect in the use of vehicle.But often because of a variety of causes such as cost, setting positions, so that air system becomes the negative factor that affects the engine performance performance.For example in the microvan of midship engine, because its admission line is long, complex structure, the admission port setting position is on the low side, so cause the air inlet environment poor, particularly vehicle is when paddling, liquid very easily occuring enter in the driving engine by air system, thereby causes driving engine to damage this serious consequence.
The utility model content
Problem to be solved in the utility model provides a kind of chassis side rail that can double as admission line, and this chassis side rail can also double as admission line to carry air by this chassis side rail except the carrying effect of common chassis side rail.
The further problem to be solved of the utility model provides a kind of air intake assembly of driving engine, and this air intake assembly comprises the above-mentioned chassis side rail that doubles as admission line, thereby can simplify the structure of air system.
The further problem to be solved of the utility model provides a kind of air system of vehicle motor, and this air system not only has the structure of relatively simplifying, and can improve the air inlet quality, avoids the admission port position to cross the low air inlet problem that causes.
The further problem to be solved of the utility model provides a kind of vehicle, and the air system of this vehicle not only has the structure of relatively simplifying, and can improve the air inlet quality, avoids the admission port position to cross the low air inlet problem that causes.
To achieve these goals, the utility model provides a kind of chassis side rail that doubles as admission line, at least one section of this chassis side rail for having the air inlet transportation section of enclosed cavity, be provided with gas transmission import and gas transmission outlet on this air inlet transportation section, this gas transmission import and gas transmission outlet are communicated with described enclosed cavity.
Preferably, this chassis side rail comprises the flute profile girder, and the notch side of described flute profile girder is fixed with brace panel, is fixed with sealing baffle in this flute profile girder, surrounding described enclosed cavity by described flute profile girder, brace panel and sealing baffle, thereby form described air inlet transportation section.
In addition, the utility model provides also a kind of air intake assembly of driving engine, comprise air cleaner assembly and the air inlet pipe with admission port, this air intake assembly also comprises the above-mentioned chassis side rail that doubles as admission line, one end leak tightness of wherein said air inlet pipe is connected in described gas transmission import, so that this gas transmission import is communicated with described admission port, the inlet seal of the airfilter in the described air cleaner assembly is connected in described gas transmission outlet.
Preferably, the gas transmission import on the described air inlet transportation section and gas transmission outlet are formed between the described sealing baffle at described enclosed cavity two ends.
Preferably, described air cleaner assembly is set to be positioned at the top of described chassis side rail.
Preferably, the entrance of the airfilter in the described air cleaner assembly is connected in described gas transmission outlet by the packing seal leak tightness, and an end of described air inlet pipe inserts and is installed in the described gas transmission entrance.
Preferably, described air inlet pipe is installed as so that the other end of this air inlet pipe extends straight up.
Preferably, at least one section of described air inlet pipe is bellows.
In addition, the utility model also provides a kind of air system of vehicle motor, this air system comprises above-mentioned air intake assembly, the outlet of the airfilter in the wherein said air cleaner assembly is connected in the induction maniflod of driving engine via pipeline, and the other end of described air inlet pipe extends and straight up so that described admission port is positioned at the top position of front part of vehicle.
In addition, the utility model also provides a kind of vehicle, and this vehicle is equipped with driving engine, and especially, the air system of this driving engine is above-mentioned air system.
Pass through technique scheme, because the chassis side rail that doubles as admission line of the present utility model can utilize the chassis side rail as the vehicle load bearing component, make at least one section of this chassis side rail for having the air inlet transportation section of enclosed cavity, thereby can save the parts as admission line, so that the structure of admission line is simplified, thereby the reduction cost is simplified and is installed.And owing to the chassis side rail that doubles as admission line is the parts with rigidity, thereby can either make air cleaner assembly and air inlet pipe be fixedly connected on the chassis side rail that this doubles as admission line, and the admission port that makes the entrance of airfilter of air cleaner assembly and air inlet pipe by this captive joint is interconnected via gas transmission import and the gas transmission outlet of chassis side rail.Therefore simplify the installation to airfilter and the air inlet pipe of air cleaner assembly, simplified further installation.Be connected with failure-free just because of the installation of simplifying like this, thereby can avoid long because of admission line or because fixing the unreliable vibrating noise that occurs, thereby improve the NVH performance of vehicle.In addition, because the other end of the air inlet pipe in the air intake assembly of the present utility model extends straight up, thereby be installed on the vehicle and when consisting of air system at this air intake assembly, can be so that the admission port of air inlet pipe be positioned at the top position of front part of vehicle, because the position of admission port is higher, thereby can easily obtain cleaner air, and when having ponding on the road surface, can effectively avoid road surface liquid to enter in the driving engine via admission port, prevent the generation of phenomenons such as flooding cylinder, stop working.And, since admission port be positioned at front part of vehicle from the position of passenger away from, therefore can avoid air intake roar to affect the passenger, thereby can improve further the NVH performance of vehicle.
Other feature and advantage of the present utility model will partly be described in detail in the specific embodiment subsequently.
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Accompanying drawing is to be used to provide further understanding of the present utility model, and consists of the part of specification sheets, is used from explanation the utility model with the following specific embodiment one, but does not consist of restriction of the present utility model.In the accompanying drawings:
Fig. 1 is the front elevational schematic of the air intake assembly of a kind of specific embodiment of the utility model, has wherein shown the chassis side rail of the utility model specific embodiment;
Fig. 2 is the perspective view of air intake assembly shown in Figure 1.
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1 air cleaner assembly, 2 packing seals
3 air inlet pipes, 4 flute profile girders
5 brace panels, 6 sealing baffles
The specific embodiment
Below in conjunction with accompanying drawing the specific embodiment of the present utility model is elaborated.Should be understood that the specific embodiment described herein only is used for description and interpretation the utility model, is not limited to the utility model.
Show the chassis side rail of the utility model specific embodiment among Fig. 1 and Fig. 2, this at least one section of chassis side rail of doubling as admission line is for having the air inlet transportation section of enclosed cavity, be provided with gas transmission import and gas transmission outlet on this air inlet transportation section, this gas transmission import and gas transmission outlet are communicated with described enclosed cavity.
As a kind of preferred specific embodiment of the present utility model, this chassis side rail comprises flute profile girder 4, the notch side of described flute profile girder 4 is fixed with brace panel 5, be fixed with sealing baffle 6 in this flute profile girder 4, surrounding described enclosed cavity by described flute profile girder 4, brace panel 5 and sealing baffle 6, thereby form described air inlet transportation section.
Be used to form the selectable version of enclosed cavity as another kind, grooved girder 4 can be two, it is fixing with the formation tubular to mutually combine between the both sides of its notch, and any one notch side in the described grooved girder 4 is fixed with brace panel 5 to strengthen the loading strength of vehicle frame.Then this moment described sealing baffle 6 is fixed in and is provided with between the described grooved girder 4 and brace panel 5 of gas transmission import and gas transmission outlet.Described sealing baffle 6 is fixed between two grooved girders 4, in the situation that does not have brace panel 5, its gas communication space is larger, perhaps in the situation that brace panel 5 is arranged, the hole is set so that it is communicated with at brace panel, can reaches equally the purpose that makes the gas communication space larger.
Certainly, the flow of gas finally is that the composite factors such as size by the admission port of air system decide, and the chassis side rail that doubles as admission line provided by the utility model can design according to required admission line flow, namely adjusts the width that width (under the prerequisite of the loading strength that satisfies chassis side rail) that brace panel 5 is fixed in the formed tubular of the position of flute profile girder 4 or grooved girder 4 is adjusted admission line.
Even have the same bearer Intensity Design, the vehicle of different engine parameters design also can be by using identical parts, and only the difference by the assembling fixed position just can satisfy the different requirements to the admission line caliber.Only the different and described sealing baffle of the aperture position 6 fixed positions difference by gas transmission import and gas transmission outlet just can adapt to setting position different of airfilter and admission port.
The utility model provides a kind of air intake assembly of as depicted in figs. 1 and 2 driving engine, comprise air cleaner assembly 1 and the air inlet pipe 3 with admission port, especially, described air intake assembly also comprises the above-mentioned chassis side rail that can double as admission line, one end leak tightness of wherein said air inlet pipe 3 is connected in described gas transmission import, so that this gas transmission import is communicated with described admission port, the inlet seal of the airfilter in the described air cleaner assembly 1 is connected in described gas transmission outlet.
It can be to join the common sealing member such as sealing band in the junction to guarantee airfilter and to double as the leak tightness that connects between the chassis side rail of admission line that described leak tightness connects.As a kind of specific embodiment of the present utility model, as shown in Figure 2, air cleaner assembly 1 can utilize bolt a, b, c to be fixed in the described top that doubles as the chassis side rail of admission line, thereby makes easily disassembly, cleaning or change to guarantee air quality of air cleaner assembly 1.Described air inlet pipe 3 can utilize bolt d to be fixed in the described top that doubles as the chassis side rail of admission line.Certainly, if any the parts that need not to dismantle, also can fix this parts by non-removable fixing means in the air cleaner assembly 1, so that air cleaner assembly 1 is fixed.Similarly, air inlet pipe 3 also can be fixed by non-removable method.
In the air intake assembly that comprises the described chassis side rail that doubles as admission line provided by the utility model, because air cleaner assembly 1 can be directly fixed on the described chassis side rail that doubles as admission line, thereby the miscellaneous part that therefore can save as admission line reduces cost, simplifies and installs.Namely both need not other admission line parts, also need not any be used to making the admission line parts be fixed in the installing component of chassis side rail.And can avoid the admission line parts because of the fixing unreliable vibrating noise that occurs, thereby improve the NVH performance of vehicle.
And when air cleaner assembly 1 needs dismounting owing to the needs that clean, in the specific embodiment as shown in Figure 2, only need assembling-disassembling bolt a, b, c just can finish, do not need to carry out again the connection with entrance with relevant admission line etc. of the airfilter in the air cleaner assembly, the user is when the dismounting air cleaner assembly after having solved, the problem that can't guarantee leak tightness that may face, thereby the in-use performance of guarantee driving engine, the service life of prolongation driving engine.
Further, the gas transmission import on the described air inlet transportation section and gas transmission outlet are formed between the described sealing baffle 6 at enclosed cavity two ends.
Further, described air cleaner assembly 1 is set to be positioned at the top of described chassis side rail.Directly be installed on gas transmission outlet set on the upper surface of described grooved girder 4 at air cleaner assembly 1 described in the specific embodiment shown in Figure 2,4 pairs of described air cleaner assemblys 1 of described grooved girder this moment can be fixed and support reliably, thereby can prevent because fix insecurely the noise that may produce etc., thereby improve the NVH performance of vehicle.
Further, the entrance of the airfilter in the described air cleaner assembly 1 is connected in described gas transmission outlet by packing seal 2 leak tightnesss, and an end of described air inlet pipe inserts and is installed in the described gas transmission entrance.Sealing pad 2 can seal gas transmission and export to guarantee air-tightness, and because packing seal 2 mostly is rubber structure, therefore also to a certain extent vibration and the noise isolation to producing between described air cleaner assembly 1 and the described gas transmission outlet is with the further NVH performance of improving vehicle.
Further, described air inlet pipe is installed as so that the other end of this air inlet pipe extends straight up, can make cleaner air enter into driving engine, the liquid that can also avoid simultaneously automobile may occur when paddling arrives driving engine by air intake assembly, thereby causes the serious consequence of driving engine infringement.
Further, at least one section of described air inlet pipe 3 is bellows, this bellows of at least one section because need to being fixed in described gas transmission import and the miscellaneous part (not shown) of described flute profile girder, described air inlet pipe 3 can all can keep the other end to extend straight up at any environment with the assurance air inlet pipe, so can be regulated a larger scope described air inlet pipe 3.
The utility model provides the air system of driving engine, this air system comprises above-mentioned air intake assembly, the outlet of the airfilter in the wherein said air cleaner assembly 1 is connected in the induction maniflod of driving engine via pipeline, and the other end of described air inlet pipe 3 extends and straight up so that described admission port is positioned at the top position of front part of vehicle.
Usually, the difference that installs and fixes the position according to driving engine, usually need to connect the outlet of the airfilter in the described air cleaner assembly and the induction maniflod of driving engine via pipeline, certainly the difference that arranges according to driving engine also can be via more than one miscellaneous part, such as charging turbine set, vacuum booster etc.And because the other end of air inlet pipe 3 extends straight up so that described admission port is positioned at the top position of front part of vehicle, thereby can easily obtain cleaner air, and when having ponding on the road surface, can effectively avoid road surface liquid to enter in the driving engine via admission port, prevent the generation of phenomenons such as flooding cylinder, stop working.And since admission port be positioned at front part of vehicle from the position of passenger away from, therefore can avoid air intake roar to affect the passenger, thereby can improve further the NVH performance of vehicle.
In addition, the utility model provides a kind of as the vehicle of driving engine is installed, and the air system of this driving engine is above-mentioned air system.
By foregoing description as seen, because it is the chassis side rail with air inlet transportation section of enclosed cavity that the chassis side rail that doubles as admission line of the present utility model forms at least one section, thereby thereby can save admission line and reduce cost for the miscellaneous part that this admission line is installed, simplify and install.And owing to the chassis side rail that doubles as admission line is the parts with rigidity, thereby can so that air cleaner assembly 1 captive joint with described chassis side rail with air inlet pipe 3, the admission port that makes the entrance of airfilter of air cleaner assembly 1 and air inlet pipe 3 is interconnected via gas transmission import and the gas transmission outlet of chassis side rail, thereby simplified the installation to airfilter and the air inlet pipe 3 of air cleaner assembly 1, simplified further installation.Just because of above-mentioned simple and reliable connection, thereby avoid long because of the admission line parts or because of the fixing unreliable vibrating noise that occurs, thereby improve the NVH performance of vehicle.In addition, because the other end of the air inlet pipe 3 in the air intake assembly of the present utility model extends straight up, thereby be installed on the vehicle and when consisting of air system at this air intake assembly, can be so that described admission port be positioned at the top position of front part of vehicle, because the position of admission port is higher, thereby always can easily obtain cleaner air, and when having ponding on the road surface, can effectively avoid road surface liquid to enter in the driving engine via admission port, prevent the generation of phenomenons such as flooding cylinder, stop working.And, since admission port be positioned at front part of vehicle from the position of passenger away from, therefore can avoid air intake roar to affect the passenger, thereby can improve further the NVH performance of vehicle.
Below describe by reference to the accompanying drawings preferred implementation of the present utility model in detail; but; the utility model is not limited to the detail in the above-mentioned embodiment; in technical conceive scope of the present utility model; can carry out multiple simple variant to the technical solution of the utility model, these simple variant all belong to protection domain of the present utility model.
Need to prove in addition, each concrete technical characterictic described in the above-mentioned specific embodiment in reconcilable situation, can make up by any suitable mode, for fear of unnecessary repetition, the utility model is to the no longer separately explanation of various possible array modes.
In addition, also can carry out combination in any between the various embodiment of the present utility model, as long as it is without prejudice to thought of the present utility model, it should be considered as content disclosed in the utility model equally.

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1. chassis side rail that doubles as admission line, it is characterized in that, at least one section of this chassis side rail is the air inlet transportation section with enclosed cavity, is provided with gas transmission import and gas transmission outlet on this air inlet transportation section, and this gas transmission import and gas transmission outlet are communicated with described enclosed cavity.
2. chassis side rail according to claim 1, it is characterized in that, this chassis side rail comprises flute profile girder (4), the notch side of described flute profile girder (4) is fixed with brace panel (5), be fixed with sealing baffle (6) in this flute profile girder (4), surrounding described enclosed cavity by described flute profile girder (4), brace panel (5) and sealing baffle (6), thereby form described air inlet transportation section.
3. the air intake assembly of a driving engine, comprise air cleaner assembly (1) and have the air inlet pipe (3) of admission port, it is characterized in that, described air intake assembly also comprises the chassis side rail that doubles as admission line according to claim 1 and 2, one end leak tightness of wherein said air inlet pipe (3) is connected in described gas transmission import, so that this gas transmission import is communicated with described admission port, the inlet seal of the airfilter in the described air cleaner assembly (1) is connected in described gas transmission outlet.
4. air intake assembly according to claim 3 is characterized in that, the gas transmission import on the described air inlet transportation section and gas transmission outlet are formed between the described sealing baffle (6) at described enclosed cavity two ends.
5. air intake assembly according to claim 3 is characterized in that, described air cleaner assembly (1) is set to be positioned at the top of described chassis side rail.
6. air intake assembly according to claim 3, it is characterized in that, the entrance of the airfilter in the described air cleaner assembly (1) is connected in described gas transmission outlet by packing seal (2) leak tightness, and an end of described air inlet pipe inserts and is installed in the described gas transmission entrance.
7. each described air intake assembly in 6 according to claim 3 is characterized in that described air inlet pipe (3) is installed as so that the other end of this air inlet pipe (3) extends straight up.
8. air intake assembly according to claim 7 is characterized in that, at least one section of described air inlet pipe (3) is bellows.
9. the air system of a vehicle motor, it is characterized in that, this air system comprises according to claim 3 each described air intake assembly in 8, the outlet of the airfilter in the wherein said air cleaner assembly (1) is connected in the induction maniflod of driving engine via pipeline, and the other end of described air inlet pipe (3) extends and straight up so that described admission port is positioned at the top position of front part of vehicle.
10. vehicle, this vehicle is equipped with driving engine, it is characterized in that, and the air system of this driving engine is air system according to claim 9.
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