CN212499868U - Active air inlet grille, frame front end assembly and vehicle - Google Patents

Abstract

The utility model relates to an initiative air intake grid, frame front end subassembly and vehicle, initiative air intake grid include base, air guide and actuating mechanism. The base has an air inlet and is adapted to be positioned on the grille frame. The air guide piece is rotationally arranged on the base and provided with a guide part, and the guide part is correspondingly arranged at the air inlet. The driving mechanism is used for driving the air guide piece to turn over, so that the guide part is opened to enable air to pass through the air inlet, or the guide part is closed to block the air from passing through the air inlet. The air guide piece is rotatably arranged on the base, and the base is arranged on the grille framework, so that even if the shape of the grille framework is changed, the base can be matched with the grille opening of the grille framework, and the active air inlet grille is high in general adaptability. Moreover, if the shape of the grille frame changes, only the base needs to be changed to be matched with the grille frame, the air guide piece does not need to be changed, and therefore time spent on changing the air guide piece can be saved.

Description

Active air inlet grille, frame front end assembly and vehicle

Technical Field

The utility model relates to a vehicle spare part technical field especially relates to an initiative air-inlet grille, frame front end subassembly and vehicle.

Background

Active air intake grilles are one of the important components of a vehicle, which are the inlets for air to flow into the engine compartment, primarily to provide adequate mixing, cooling, and optimized dynamic response for the vehicle's engine and cooling system. The air inlet blade of the traditional active air inlet grille is directly arranged at the air inlet of the original vehicle grille frame, and the air inlet blade is limited by the shape and the size of the air inlet of the original vehicle grille frame, so that the traditional active air inlet grille is poor in adaptability. If the original grille frame is changed in shape, it takes much time to change the intake blades.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

Accordingly, there is a need for an active grille, a front frame end assembly and a vehicle that is versatile and saves the time it takes to modify the active grille.

An active grille shutter, the active grille shutter comprising:

a base having an air inlet for being disposed on the grill frame;

the air guide piece is rotatably arranged on the base and provided with a guide part, and the guide part is correspondingly arranged at the air inlet;

and the driving mechanism is used for driving the air guide piece to turn over, so that the guide part is opened to enable air to pass through the air inlet, or the guide part is closed to block the air from passing through the air inlet.

In one embodiment, the air guide part comprises a rotating rod and an air inlet blade connected to the rotating rod, the air inlet blade is correspondingly arranged at an air inlet of the base, and the rotating rod is connected to the driving mechanism.

In one embodiment, the base is provided with a first limiting part, a first installation position and a second installation position, and the first installation position and the second installation position are oppositely arranged to form a space matched with the rotating rod; the first limiting piece is inserted into one end, far away from the base, of the first installation position and the second installation position.

In one embodiment, the number of the bases is multiple, the number of the air guides is multiple, the air guides are arranged on the bases in a one-to-one correspondence manner, and the side parts of the bases are connected to form an air inlet grille group; the air inlet grille group also comprises a linkage rod, and the linkage rod is arranged on one side of the air guide piece and is connected with the air guide piece; the linkage rod is connected to the driving mechanism, or the air guide piece close to the driving mechanism is connected to the driving mechanism.

In one embodiment, the driving mechanism is used for being arranged in the middle of the grating frame; the two air inlet grille groups are respectively arranged on two sides of the driving mechanism.

In one embodiment, the base and the air guide are vertically disposed on the grill frame.

In one embodiment, the driving mechanism comprises a driving motor, a main transmission shaft and a transmission arm, wherein the main transmission shaft is connected with a power shaft of the driving motor; one end of the transmission arm is connected with the main transmission shaft, and the other end of the transmission arm is connected with the air guide piece.

In one embodiment, the active grille shutter further includes a second limiting member and a fixing seat for being installed on the grille frame, and the driving motor is installed on the fixing seat through the second limiting member.

The utility model provides a frame front end subassembly, frame front end subassembly includes grid frame and foretell initiative air intake grille, the grid frame is equipped with the grid mouth, the mount pad of initiative air intake grille is located correspondingly grid mouth department.

A vehicle comprises a vehicle body and the active air inlet grille, wherein the active air inlet grille is arranged on a grille framework of the vehicle body.

According to the active air inlet grille, the front end component of the frame and the vehicle, the air guide piece is rotatably arranged on the base, and the base is arranged at the grille opening of the grille frame. In the conventional air intake grille, the air intake blades are directly installed at the grille opening of the grille frame, the structure of the air intake blades is limited by the shape and the structure of the grille frame, and if the shape of the grille frame changes, the structure of the air intake blades needs to be redesigned, for example, how to make the air intake blades meet the aerodynamic parameter requirements, the installation space requirements and the like of a vehicle, so that the time for changing the air intake blades is long. The air guide piece is installed on the grille framework through the base, so that even if the shape of the grille framework changes, the base can be matched with the grille opening of the grille framework, and the active air inlet grille is high in general adaptability. Moreover, if the shape of the grille frame changes, only the base needs to be changed to be matched with the grille frame, the air guide piece does not need to be changed, and therefore time spent on changing the air guide piece can be saved.

Drawings

The accompanying drawings, which are incorporated in and constitute a part of this application, are included to provide a further understanding of the invention, and are incorporated in and constitute a part of this specification.

In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention, the drawings required to be used in the description of the embodiments will be briefly introduced below, and it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present invention, and for those skilled in the art, other drawings can be obtained according to these drawings without creative efforts.

Fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of an active grille shutter according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is an exploded view of the active grille shutter shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is an enlarged partial schematic view of the active grille shutter shown in FIG. 2 at A;

fig. 4 is a schematic structural view of a driving mechanism of the active grille shutter shown in fig. 2.

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10. the air inlet structure comprises a base, 11, an air inlet, 12, a first limiting part, 13, a first installation position, 14, a second installation position, 20, an air guide part, 21, a rotating rod, 22, an air inlet blade, 221, a guide part, 30, a driving mechanism, 31, a main transmission shaft, 32, a transmission arm, 33, a second limiting part, 34, a spherical positioning pin, 35, a fixed seat, 40 and a linkage rod.

Detailed Description

In order to make the above objects, features and advantages of the present invention more comprehensible, embodiments of the present invention are described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings. In the following description, numerous specific details are set forth in order to provide a thorough understanding of the present invention. The present invention may, however, be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as limited to the embodiments set forth herein, as those skilled in the art will be able to make similar modifications without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention.

Referring to fig. 1 and 2, fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of an active grille shutter according to an embodiment of the present invention, and fig. 2 is an exploded structural diagram of the active grille shutter shown in fig. 1. The utility model discloses an initiative air-inlet grille, including base 10, air guide 20 and actuating mechanism 30. The base 10 has an air inlet 11 and the base 10 is adapted to be placed on a grill frame. The air guide 20 is rotatably disposed on the base 10, and the air guide 20 has a guide portion 221, and the guide portion 221 is correspondingly disposed at the air inlet 11. The driving mechanism 30 is used to drive the air guide 20 to turn over, open the guide portion 221 to allow air to pass through the air inlet 11, or close the guide portion 221 to block air from passing through the air inlet 11.

In the active grille shutter, the air guide 20 is rotatably mounted to the base 10, and the base 10 is mounted to a grille opening of a grille frame. In the conventional air intake grille, the air intake blade 22 is directly installed at the grille opening of the grille frame, the structure of the air intake blade 22 is limited by the shape and structure of the grille frame, and if the shape of the grille frame changes, the structure of the air intake blade 22 needs to be redesigned, for example, how to make the air intake blade 22 meet the aerodynamic parameter requirements, installation space requirements, and the like of a vehicle, so that it takes a long time to change the air intake blade 22. In the scheme, the air guide 20 is arranged on the grille frame through the base 10, so that even if the shape of the grille frame changes, the base 10 only needs to be matched with the grille opening of the grille frame, and the active air inlet grille has strong general adaptability. Moreover, if the shape of the grill frame is changed, only the base 10 needs to be changed to fit the grill frame, and the air guide 20 does not need to be changed, so that the time taken to change the air guide 20 can be saved.

When the active grille is installed, the base 10 is fixedly installed to the grille frame. Alternatively, the base 10 is welded to the grill frame, or the base 10 is detachably mounted to the grill frame by fasteners such as screws.

In one embodiment, referring to fig. 1 and 2, the air guide 20 includes a rotating shaft 21 and an air inlet vane 22 connected to the rotating shaft 21, the air inlet vane 22 is correspondingly disposed on the air inlet 11 of the base 10, and the rotating shaft 21 is connected to the driving mechanism 30. The drive mechanism 30 is operated under the control of a vehicle control unit, and the vehicle control unit sends a control command according to the operating temperature of the engine. When the working temperature of the engine is higher, the vehicle control unit sends an instruction to the driving mechanism 30, the driving mechanism 30 drives the rotating rod 21 to turn over, and then the air inlet blade 22 is opened, so that outside air can enter the engine through the air inlet 11, and the requirement of cooling the air inlet of the engine is met. When the working temperature of the engine is low, the vehicle control unit sends an instruction to the driving mechanism 30, the driving mechanism 30 drives the rotating rod 21 to reversely turn over, and then the air inlet blade 22 is closed, so that the wind resistance coefficient can be reduced, the heating time of the engine is shortened, the oil consumption is reduced, the low-temperature abrasion of the engine is reduced, and the like.

Further, the end portion of the base frame 10 is provided with a fitting hole adapted to the shape and size of the rotating lever 21, so that the rotating lever 21 is rotatably mounted to the base frame 10.

In one embodiment, with reference to fig. 2 and 3, fig. 2 shows an exploded view of the active grille shutter shown in fig. 1, and fig. 3 is a partially enlarged view of the active grille shutter shown in fig. 2 at a. The base 10 is provided with a first limiting member 12, a first installation position 13 and a second installation position 14, and the first installation position 13 and the second installation position 14 are oppositely arranged to form a space adapted to the rotating rod 21. The first limiting member 12 is disposed at one end of the first installation site 13 and the second installation site 14 away from the base 10. When the active air inlet grille is installed, the rotating rod 21 is arranged in a space formed by the first installation position 13 and the second installation position 14; the two ends of the first limiting member 12 are respectively disposed at the first mounting position 13 and the second mounting position 14, so that the air guide 20 is rotatably mounted on the base 10.

Furthermore, a first mounting hole is formed in one end, away from the base 10, of the first mounting position 13, a second mounting hole is correspondingly formed in the second mounting position 14, and the first limiting member 12 is disposed in the first mounting hole and the second mounting hole. Optionally, the first limiting member 12 is a limiting bolt.

In one embodiment, referring to fig. 1 and 2, the base 10 is provided in plurality, the air guides 20 are correspondingly provided in plurality, and the air guides 20 are correspondingly provided in the base 10. The side parts of a plurality of bases 10 are connected to form an air inlet grille group; the air inlet grille group further comprises a linkage rod 40, wherein the linkage rod 40 is arranged on one side of the air guide piece 20 and is connected with the plurality of air guide pieces 20. The air guide 20 adjacent to the drive mechanism 30 is attached to the drive mechanism 30 or the linkage 40 is attached to the drive mechanism 30. It should be noted that a plurality of bases 10 are arranged side by side, and the side portions of two adjacent bases 10 are connected. If the driving mechanism 30 is connected to an air guide 20 close to the driving mechanism 30, the driving mechanism 30 drives the air guide 20 to turn over, and further drives the linkage rod 40 to move; since the other air guides 20 are connected to the linkage rod 40, the linkage rod 40 can drive the other air guides 20 to turn over synchronously during movement, so as to open or close the air inlet blade 22. If the driving mechanism 30 is connected to the linkage rod 40, the driving mechanism 30 drives the linkage rod 40 to move, and in the process, the linkage rod 40 drives all the air guides 20 on the linkage rod to turn synchronously, so that the air inlet blades 22 are opened or closed.

Further, referring to fig. 1 and 2, two air inlet grille groups are provided, the driving mechanism 30 is arranged at the middle part of the grille frame, and the two air inlet grille groups are respectively arranged at two sides of the driving mechanism 30. It should be noted that the driving mechanism 30 can drive the air guides 20 of the two air inlet grille groups to turn over. By arranging the driving mechanism 30 in the middle of the grill frame and arranging the two intake grill sets on both sides of the driving mechanism 30, it is possible to prevent the weight of one side of the grill from being biased.

In one embodiment, referring to fig. 1 and 2, the base 10 and the air guide 20 are vertically provided on the grill frame. It should be noted that, the vertical arrangement of the base 10 and the air guide 20 means that one end of the base 10 is installed at one end of the grille frame close to the ground, and the other end of the base 10 is connected to one end of the grille frame far from the ground, so as to turn the air guide 20 towards two sides of the grille frame. Most of the traditional air inlet grilles are transverse air inlet grilles, and the base 10 and the air guide piece 20 in the embodiment are vertically arranged, so that the requirement of cooling the air inlet of the engine can be met; on the other hand, the arrangement can be suitable for more vehicle types, and the air inlet grille is more diversified.

In one embodiment, referring to fig. 1 and 4, fig. 1 shows a schematic structural diagram of an active grille shutter according to an embodiment of the present invention, and fig. 4 shows a schematic structural diagram of a driving mechanism of the active grille shutter shown in fig. 2. The driving mechanism 30 includes a driving motor, a main transmission shaft 31 and a transmission arm 32. The main drive shaft 31 is connected to a power shaft of a drive motor. The driving arm 32 has one end connected to the main driving shaft 31 and the other end connected to the air guide 20. When the working temperature of the engine is higher or lower, the vehicle control unit sends an instruction to the driving motor, the driving motor is started and drives the main transmission shaft 31 to rotate, the main transmission shaft 31 drives the transmission arm 32 to move in the rotating process, and then the air guide piece 20 is driven to turn over, so that the air inlet blade 22 is opened or closed.

Further, referring to fig. 1 and 4, the end of the driving arm 321 away from the main driving shaft 31 has a U-shaped groove, and the wall of the U-shaped groove is provided with a mounting hole. The active grille shutter further comprises a spherical positioning pin 34, and the positioning pin penetrates through the air guide 20 and the mounting hole of the U-shaped groove to realize connection between the air guide 20 and the driving mechanism 30.

Specifically, referring to fig. 1 and 4, two transmission arms 32 are provided, one end of each of the two transmission arms 32 is connected to the two ends of the main transmission shaft 31 through a spherical positioning pin 34, and the other end is connected to the air guides 20 of the air inlet grille on the two sides of the driving mechanism 30. When the working temperature of the engine is higher or lower, the vehicle control unit sends an instruction to the driving motor, the driving motor is started and drives the main transmission shaft 31 to rotate, the main transmission shaft 31 drives the transmission arms 32 at the two ends of the main transmission shaft to move in the rotating process, and then the air guide pieces 20 at the two sides of the driving mechanism 30 are driven to turn over, so that the air inlet blades 22 are opened or closed.

In one embodiment, referring to fig. 4, the active intake grille further includes a second limiting member 33 and a fixing seat 35 for being installed on the grille frame, and the driving motor is installed on the fixing seat 35 through the second limiting member 33. Specifically, the fixing base 35 has a space for accommodating the driving motor, and the driving motor is mounted in the space of the fixing base 35 through the second limiting member 33. Through setting up fixing base 35, install driving motor in grid frame steadily.

Optionally, the second limiting member 33 is a limiting bolt. Of course, in other embodiments, the second limiting member 33 may be other limiting members, but not limited thereto.

Referring to fig. 1 and 2, fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of an active grille shutter according to an embodiment of the present invention, and fig. 2 is an exploded structural diagram of the active grille shutter shown in fig. 1. The utility model relates to a frame front end subassembly of embodiment, the initiative air-inlet grille of including grid frame and above-mentioned arbitrary embodiment. The grille framework is provided with a grille opening, and the mounting seat of the active air inlet grille is correspondingly arranged at the grille opening.

In the front end module of the vehicle frame, the air guide 20 is rotatably mounted on the base 10, and the base 10 is mounted on the grill frame. In the conventional air intake grille, the air intake blade 22 is directly installed at the grille opening of the grille frame, the structure of the air intake blade 22 is limited by the shape and structure of the grille frame, and if the shape of the grille frame changes, the structure of the air intake blade 22 needs to be redesigned, for example, how to make the air intake blade 22 meet the aerodynamic parameter requirements, installation space requirements, and the like of a vehicle, so that it takes a long time to change the air intake blade 22. In the scheme, the air guide 20 is arranged on the grille frame through the base 10, so that even if the shape of the grille frame changes, the base 10 only needs to be matched with the grille opening of the grille frame, and the active air inlet grille has strong general adaptability. Moreover, if the shape of the grill frame is changed, only the base 10 needs to be changed to fit the grill frame, and the air guide 20 does not need to be changed, so that the time taken to change the air guide 20 can be saved.

Referring to fig. 1 and 2, fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of an active grille shutter according to an embodiment of the present invention, and fig. 2 is an exploded structural diagram of the active grille shutter shown in fig. 1. The utility model relates to a vehicle, including the initiative air-inlet grille of automobile body main part and the arbitrary embodiment of the aforesaid, the grille frame of automobile body main part is located to the initiative air-inlet grille.

In the vehicle, the air guide 20 is rotatably mounted on the base 10, and the base 10 is mounted on the grille frame. In the conventional air intake grille, the air intake blade 22 is directly installed at the grille opening of the grille frame, the structure of the air intake blade 22 is limited by the shape and structure of the grille frame, and if the shape of the grille frame changes, the structure of the air intake blade 22 needs to be redesigned, for example, how to make the air intake blade 22 meet the aerodynamic parameter requirements, installation space requirements, and the like of a vehicle, so that it takes a long time to change the air intake blade 22. In the scheme, the air guide 20 is arranged on the grille frame through the base 10, so that even if the shape of the grille frame changes, the base 10 only needs to be matched with the grille opening of the grille frame, and the active air inlet grille has strong general adaptability. Moreover, if the shape of the grill frame is changed, only the base 10 needs to be changed to fit the grill frame, and the air guide 20 does not need to be changed, so that the time taken to change the air guide 20 can be saved.

In the description of the present invention, it is to be understood that the terms "center", "longitudinal", "lateral", "length", "width", "thickness", "upper", "lower", "front", "rear", "left", "right", "vertical", "horizontal", "top", "bottom", "inner", "outer", "clockwise", "counterclockwise", "axial", "radial", "circumferential", and the like, indicate the orientation or positional relationship based on the orientation or positional relationship shown in the drawings, and are only for convenience of description and simplicity of description, and do not indicate or imply that the device or element referred to must have a particular orientation, be constructed and operated in a particular orientation, and therefore, should not be construed as limiting the present invention.

Furthermore, the terms "first", "second" and "first" are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of technical features indicated. Thus, a feature defined as "first" or "second" may explicitly or implicitly include at least one such feature. In the description of the present invention, "a plurality" means at least two, e.g., two, three, etc., unless specifically limited otherwise.

In the present invention, unless otherwise expressly stated or limited, the terms "mounted," "connected," and "fixed" are to be construed broadly and may, for example, be fixedly connected, detachably connected, or integrally formed; can be mechanically or electrically connected; they may be directly connected or indirectly connected through intervening media, or they may be connected internally or in any other suitable relationship, unless expressly stated otherwise. The specific meaning of the above terms in the present invention can be understood according to specific situations by those skilled in the art.

In the present application, unless expressly stated or limited otherwise, the first feature may be directly on or directly under the second feature or indirectly via intermediate members. Also, a first feature "on," "over," and "above" a second feature may be directly or diagonally above the second feature, or may simply indicate that the first feature is at a higher level than the second feature. A first feature being "under," "below," and "beneath" a second feature may be directly under or obliquely under the first feature, or may simply mean that the first feature is at a lesser elevation than the second feature.

It will be understood that when an element is referred to as being "secured to" or "disposed on" another element, it can be directly on the other element or intervening elements may also be present. When an element is referred to as being "connected" to another element, it can be directly connected to the other element or intervening elements may also be present. The terms "vertical," "horizontal," "upper," "lower," "left," "right," and the like as used herein are for illustrative purposes only and do not denote a unique embodiment.

The technical features of the embodiments described above may be arbitrarily combined, and for the sake of brevity, all possible combinations of the technical features in the embodiments described above are not described, but should be considered as being within the scope of the present specification as long as there is no contradiction between the combinations of the technical features.

The above-mentioned embodiments only represent some embodiments of the present invention, and the description thereof is specific and detailed, but not to be construed as limiting the scope of the present invention. It should be noted that, for those skilled in the art, without departing from the spirit of the present invention, several variations and modifications can be made, which are within the scope of the present invention. Therefore, the protection scope of the present invention should be subject to the appended claims.

Claims (10)

1. An active grille shutter, comprising:

a base having an air inlet for being disposed on the grill frame;

the air guide piece is rotatably arranged on the base and provided with a guide part, and the guide part is correspondingly arranged at the air inlet;

and the driving mechanism is used for driving the air guide piece to turn over, so that the guide part is opened to enable air to pass through the air inlet, or the guide part is closed to block the air from passing through the air inlet.

2. The active grille shutter as claimed in claim 1, wherein the air guide member comprises a rotating rod and an air inlet blade connected to the rotating rod, the air inlet blade is correspondingly disposed at the air inlet of the base, and the rotating rod is connected to the driving mechanism.

3. The active grille shutter as claimed in claim 2 wherein the base has a first stop, a first mounting location and a second mounting location, the first mounting location and the second mounting location being disposed opposite to each other to form a space adapted to the rotating rod; the first limiting piece is inserted into one end, far away from the base, of the first installation position and the second installation position.

4. The active grille shutter as claimed in claim 1 wherein there are a plurality of the bases, there are a plurality of the air guides, there are a one-to-one correspondence of the air guides on the bases, and the sides of the bases are connected to form a grille shutter set; the air inlet grille group also comprises a linkage rod, and the linkage rod is arranged on one side of the air guide piece and is connected with the air guide piece; the linkage rod is connected to the driving mechanism, or the air guide piece close to the driving mechanism is connected to the driving mechanism.

5. The active grille shutter as claimed in claim 4 wherein the drive mechanism is adapted to be disposed in a central portion of the grille frame; the two air inlet grille groups are respectively arranged on two sides of the driving mechanism.

6. The active grille shutter of claim 1, wherein the base and air guide are vertically disposed on the grille frame.

7. The active grille shutter as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 6 wherein the drive mechanism includes a drive motor, a main drive shaft and a drive arm, the main drive shaft being connected to a power shaft of the drive motor; one end of the transmission arm is connected with the main transmission shaft, and the other end of the transmission arm is connected with the air guide piece.

8. The active grille shutter as claimed in claim 7, further comprising a second stopper and a fixing seat for mounting to the grille frame, wherein the driving motor is mounted to the fixing seat through the second stopper.

9. A front end assembly for a vehicle frame, the front end assembly comprising a grill frame and the active grille of any one of claims 1 to 8, the grill frame having grill openings, the mounting sockets of the active grille being correspondingly located at the grill openings.

10. A vehicle characterized by comprising a vehicle body and an active grille according to any one of claims 1 to 8 provided to a grille frame of the vehicle body.

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