SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL
The utility model provides a simple structure, be convenient for maintain, better air cleaner and vehicle of filter effect.
In a first aspect, the utility model provides an air filter, this air filter is through setting up an air inlet and two gas outlets for air filter is shared to the air intake system of hydrogen cell stack booster and the air intake system of braking system air compressor machine, has practiced thrift the dismouting and the maintenance of the rear deck space spare part of being convenient for later stage.
In order to achieve the above purpose, the utility model provides the following technical scheme:
the present application provides in a first aspect an air cleaner comprising: a housing and a filter element;
the shell is provided with an air inlet and at least two air outlets, and the air inlet is communicated with the at least two air outlets;
the shell is a hollow cylindrical structure, the air inlet is positioned on the peripheral surface of the shell, and the air outlet is positioned at least one end of the shell;
the filter element is cylindrical and is arranged by being attached to the inner wall of the shell;
wherein the filter element separates the air inlet and the at least two air outlets.
Optionally, the filter element comprises multiple layers of filter screens, and the multiple layers of filter screens are stacked in the radial direction of the casing.
Optionally, the inner wall of the housing has oppositely disposed first and second end faces.
Optionally, the first end face has a first inner spigot, and one end of the filter element is inserted into the first inner spigot;
the second end face is provided with a second inner spigot, and the other end of the filter element is inserted into the second inner spigot.
Optionally, the housing comprises a first housing and a second housing;
the first shell is detachably connected with the second shell.
Optionally, the air cleaner further comprises a dust exhaust bag, the dust exhaust bag is detachably connected with the housing, and the dust exhaust bag is communicated with the filter element.
Optionally, the air cleaner further comprises a sensor disposed within the housing for monitoring cleanliness of the filter element.
Optionally, the air cleaner further comprises a fixing frame, and the fixing frame is connected with the shell.
In a second aspect, the present application provides a vehicle comprising: a hydrogen cell stack supercharger, a brake system air compressor, and an air cleaner as in the first aspect;
the hydrogen cell stack supercharger is provided with a first air inlet, and the air compressor of the braking system is provided with a second air inlet;
the first air inlet is in butt joint with one air outlet of the air filter, and the second air inlet is in butt joint with the other air outlet of the air filter.
The technical scheme in the application has the following beneficial effects: set up an air inlet and two gas outlets on air cleaner, be connected two gas outlets with hydrogen cell stack booster and braking system air compressor machine respectively, structurally reduced an air cleaner, nevertheless satisfy the effect of using air cleaner to filter the inlet air to hydrogen cell stack booster, braking system air compressor machine or other air intake system, can practice thrift more spaces for the vehicle rear deck, the dismouting and the maintenance of other electrical parts in the rear deck are also more convenient in the later stage.
Detailed Description
In order to make the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the present application more apparent, the present application will be described in further detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. The particular methods of operation in the method embodiments may also be applied to apparatus embodiments or system embodiments. It should be noted that "a plurality" is understood as "at least two" in the description of the present application. "and/or" describes the association relationship of the associated objects, meaning that there may be three relationships, e.g., a and/or B, which may mean: a exists alone, A and B exist simultaneously, and B exists alone. A is connected with B and can represent: a and B are directly connected and A and B are connected through C. In addition, in the description of the present application, the terms "first," "second," and the like are used for descriptive purposes only and are not intended to indicate or imply relative importance nor order to be construed.
The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be described clearly and completely with reference to the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are only some embodiments of the present invention, not all embodiments. Based on the embodiments in the present invention, all other embodiments obtained by a person skilled in the art without creative work belong to the protection scope of the present invention.
As a basic configuration in a vehicle, an air cleaner is required to filter contaminants such as dust and liquid particles in air and then provide clean air for the contaminants, both in an air intake system of an engine of a conventional fuel-powered vehicle and in an air compressor of a brake system of a pure electric vehicle.
At present, a new energy hydrogen fuel cell vehicle generally comprises a hydrogen electric pile supercharger and an air compressor of a whole vehicle braking system, wherein the hydrogen electric pile supercharger is used for improving the overall efficiency of a fuel cell engine, and the air compressor of the whole vehicle braking system is used for providing compressed air for a braking system. Accordingly, two air filters are generally installed in the current new energy hydrogen fuel cell vehicle, one air filter is used for filtering air entering a hydrogen cell supercharger, and the other air filter is used for filtering air entering an air compressor of a whole vehicle braking system.
However, the structure usually needs to occupy more cabin space, so that the air filters are difficult to arrange, the later-stage parts are difficult to disassemble, assemble and overhaul, and the whole manufacturing cost of the structure adopting the two air filters is higher.
In view of this, the embodiment of the present invention provides an air cleaner, which can solve the above problems.
As shown in fig. 1 to 3, in an example provided by the embodiment of the present invention, the air cleaner may include a housing 1 and a filter element (not shown in the drawings) disposed in the housing 1. Specifically, the housing 1 has one air inlet 3 and two air outlets, wherein the two air outlets are an air outlet 4 and an air outlet 5, respectively. The air inlet 3 is communicated with the air outlet 4 and the air outlet 5, and the filter element is positioned in a passage between the air inlet 3 and the two air outlets and is used for filtering air. For example, after entering the housing 1 from the air inlet 3, the air passes through the filter element, so that the filter element 2 filters the air; the filtered air can be discharged from the air outlet 4 and the air outlet 5, respectively. The utility model provides an among the air cleaner, through setting up a plurality of gas outlets, can provide filtration to the air intake system of difference respectively, reduce the air cleaner quantity in the vehicle, provide more sufficient space for the rear deck of vehicle.
In addition, as shown in fig. 1, in the air cleaner provided by the present application, the air inlet 3 is located on the outer peripheral surface of the housing 1, the air outlet 4 is located at one end (e.g., the upper end in fig. 1) of the housing 1, and the air outlet 5 is located at the other end (e.g., the lower end in fig. 1) of the housing 1.
As shown in fig. 5, the housing 1 is a hollow cylindrical structure, the filter element 2 is also cylindrical, and the filter element 2 is attached to the inner wall of the housing 1. In practical application, the filter element 2 can have a larger filtering area, so that a better filtering effect can be realized.
In addition, two or three air outlets are formed in one air filter, so that a plurality of air filters are avoided, the space of a rear cabin is saved, and later-stage disassembly and maintenance are facilitated.
Note that, in the example shown in fig. 1 to 3, the number of the air outlets 4 is 1. In the examples shown in fig. 4 and 5, the number of the air outlets 4 is two.
Or it can be understood that, in practical application, the number of the air outlets of the air filter can be two, three or more, and the utility model discloses set up quantity not the restriction to the air outlet. In addition, as shown in fig. 1, in the example provided by the present invention, the cross-sectional shape of the intake port 3 may be circular. Of course, in other examples, the cross-sectional shape of the intake port 3 may be other shapes such as a square shape and a rectangular shape, which is not limited by the present invention.
In some embodiments, the housing 1 may include a first housing 6 and a second housing 7, and the first housing 6 and the second housing 7 may be detachably connected to facilitate replacement of the filter cartridge 2.
For example, as shown in fig. 1, in an example provided by the present invention, an annular clamp 8 is provided at a joint of the first housing 6 and the second housing 7, and the first housing 6 and the second housing 7 are fastened and fixed by using the annular clamp 8 when connected, thereby forming the housing 1 of the air cleaner. In practical applications, the number of the annular bands 8 may be two or more, which is not limited by the present invention.
In other examples, the first housing 6 and the second housing 7 may be detachably connected by a bolt or a snap connection structure, and the present invention is not limited to the connection structure between the first housing 6 and the second housing 7.
As shown in fig. 5, in the example provided by the present invention, the filter element 2 in the air cleaner is cylindrical and is attached to the inner wall of the housing 1. The filter element 2 may comprise a plurality of layers of filter screens, and the plurality of layers of filter screens are stacked in a radial direction of the housing 1, and in the embodiment of the present application, the housing 1 and the filter element 2 are cylindrical, so that the plurality of layers of filter screens of the filter element 2 are reduced in diameter toward the center layer by layer along the outer circumferential surface of the housing 1. Of course, in other examples, the housing 1 and the filter element 2 may be in the shape of an elliptical cylinder or the like. That is, the cross-sectional shapes of the housing 1 and the filter element 2 may be circular, elliptical, polygonal, etc., and will not be described herein.
In practical applications, the filter element 2 and the housing 1 may be assembled in a transition fit manner to fix the filter element 2 in the housing 1.
Specifically, as shown in fig. 5, in an example provided by the present invention, a first end surface 11 and a second end surface 12 are included in an inner wall of the housing 1, the first end surface 11 has a first inner spigot 13, one end of the filter element 2 is inserted into the first inner spigot 13, the second end surface 12 has a second inner spigot 14, the other end of the filter element 2 is inserted into the second inner spigot 14, the first inner spigot 13 and the second inner spigot 14 are annular grooves formed on the first end surface 11 and the second end surface 12, the diameters of the first inner spigot 13 and the second inner spigot 14 are slightly larger than the outer diameter of the filter element 2, and both ends of the filter element 2 are fixed in the annular grooves formed by the first inner spigot 13 and the second inner spigot 14; the filter cartridge 2 can be fixed in the housing 1 by the annular groove formed by the first female end 13 and the second female end 14.
In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 3, a dust exhaust bag 15 is mounted at each of edges of the first housing 6 and the second housing 7 of the air cleaner housing 1, the dust exhaust bag 15 is connected to a space inside the housing 1 through an opening, the dust exhaust bag 15 and the housing 1 may be detachably connected, an annular clamp is provided at a connection between the dust exhaust bag 15 and the housing 1, and dust overflowing from the filter element 2 can be collected in the dust exhaust bag 15 when the air cleaner sucks in outside air and filters the air.
In addition, a sensor 16 is mounted on the air cleaner, and the sensor 16 is mounted on the second end face 12 of the second housing 4 for detecting the cleanliness of the filter element.
As shown in fig. 1, the fixing frame 17 is mounted on the edge of the first casing 6 and the second casing 7 of the air cleaner, and the fixing frame 17 is fixedly connected to the casing 1.
The working principle of the air filter provided by the utility model is as shown in figure 7:
specifically, when the air filter starts to work, external air enters the air filter from the air inlet channel, the air is filtered by the filter element 2 in the shell 1, the filtered air is discharged to the hydrogen cell stack supercharger from the air outlet 4 through a pipeline or is discharged to the brake system air compressor from the air outlet 5 through a pipeline, and the hydrogen cell stack supercharger and the brake system air compressor cannot simultaneously use the air filter for air filtration under most conditions; when the pressure of a braking system is less than 0.75Mpa, the air compressor of the braking system can use an air filter to filter air, or when the electric quantity of a power battery of the whole vehicle is less than or equal to 20%, a hydrogen cell supercharger can start to work, and the air filter is used for filtering air, so that under most working conditions, the hydrogen cell supercharger and the air compressor of the braking system can independently use the air filter to filter air, the hydrogen cell supercharger and the air intake system of the air compressor of the braking system work simultaneously, one air filter can meet the air intake of the hydrogen cell supercharger of a main system, and can also meet the air intake demand flow and efficiency of the air compressor of the braking system; of course in other examples, the utility model provides an air cleaner can contain a plurality of gas outlets, can be used for providing filtration for other air intake systems except hydrogen cell stack booster and braking system air compressor machine, promptly the utility model provides an air cleaner's the quantity of gas outlet can be two, three or more, the utility model provides a set up quantity to the gas outlet and do not do the restriction.
The utility model also provides a vehicle, as shown in fig. 6, the utility model provides an air cleaner can be used for hydrogen electric pile booster compressor and the braking system air compressor machine of new forms of energy hydrogen fuel cell vehicle, be provided with first air inlet 9 on the hydrogen electric pile booster compressor machine during concrete implementation, be provided with second air inlet 10 on the braking system air compressor machine, gas outlet 4 passes through the pipeline and docks with first air inlet 9, it is fixed with the one end of pipeline with gas outlet 4 to use the bolt, and it is fixed with first air inlet 9 to use the bolt with the other end of pipeline, gas outlet 5 passes through the pipeline butt joint with second air inlet 10, it is fixed with the one end of pipeline with second gas outlet 5 to use the bolt, and it is fixed with second air inlet 10 with the other end of pipeline with the bolt, external air gets into air cleaner from air inlet 3, after the filtration through filter core 2, the air gets into the hydrogen electric pile booster and gets into from the pipeline that gas outlet 4 and first air inlet 9 are connected in the braking system air compressor machine from gas outlet 5.
It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various changes and modifications may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. Thus, if such modifications and variations of the present invention fall within the scope of the claims and their equivalents, the present invention is also intended to include such modifications and variations.