CN219969616U - Cover plate, front bumper assembly, white car body and car - Google Patents
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The utility model relates to a cover plate, a front bumper assembly, a white car body and a vehicle, and relates to the field of structural design of automotive exterior trim parts, wherein the cover plate comprises a cover plate body and a flow guide piece, and the front side of the cover plate body is provided with a mounting surface perpendicular to the length direction of the vehicle; the guide piece is connected with the cover plate body and is arranged adjacent to the side face of the vehicle, the guide piece is positioned on the front side of the cover plate body and covers the mounting face, a first guide face is arranged on one side, far away from the mounting face, of the guide piece, and the distance between the first guide face and the mounting face is gradually reduced along the direction adjacent to the side face of the vehicle. Therefore, the technical problem that in the prior art, in order to reduce wind resistance, the opening of the cover plate needs to be machined is solved, the wind resistance is reduced, the appearance of the automobile is guaranteed, the cost is reduced, the structure is simple, and the installation is convenient.
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Technical Field
The utility model relates to the field of automobile manufacturing, in particular to the field of automobile exterior trim structural design, and specifically relates to a cover plate, a front bumper assembly, a white automobile body and a vehicle.
Background
In the running process of the automobile, the air in front of the automobile is impacted, although the air is very light, the speed of the automobile is high, so that the resistance formed by the air flow impacting the front of the automobile is not ignored, a certain pit is usually formed in a headlight installation area by most automobile front safety cover assemblies, when the automobile runs at a high speed, the air flow is accumulated at the pit, the smooth flow of the air flow is not facilitated to the rear of the automobile, and the air flow needs to be guided out of the automobile in a perforating or guiding mode, so that the effect of reducing the air resistance is achieved.
For the problems, a side air curtain flow guiding structure is mainly adopted at present to reduce wind resistance, the side air curtain opening frequently collides with the perspective, and the perspective after the side air curtain opening of part of automobiles does not meet the requirement; however, after the perspective is met, the opening area of the side air curtain is smaller, the flow conductivity is insufficient, the resistance reducing effect is weakened, and the side air curtain flow guiding structure is used for processing an air flow channel on the cover plate, so that the assembly difficulty, weight and cost are increased.
Disclosure of Invention
The utility model provides a cover plate, a front bumper assembly, a white car body and a vehicle, which at least solve the technical problem that in the related art, an opening of the cover plate needs to be machined in order to reduce wind resistance. The technical scheme of the utility model is as follows:
according to a first aspect of the present utility model, there is provided a cover plate including a cover plate body and a deflector, the front side of the cover plate body having a mounting surface perpendicular to a vehicle length direction; the guide piece is connected with the cover plate body and is arranged adjacent to the side face of the vehicle, the guide piece is positioned on the front side of the cover plate body and covers the mounting face, a first guide face is arranged on one side, far away from the mounting face, of the guide piece, and the distance between the first guide face and the mounting face is gradually reduced along the direction adjacent to the side face of the vehicle.
According to the technical means, the first guide surface of the guide piece can guide wind vertical to the mounting surface to the side wall of the vehicle body along the first guide surface, the distance between the first guide surface and the mounting surface is gradually reduced along the direction adjacent to the side surface of the vehicle, a certain radian is shown, the contact area between the first guide surface and the air flow is increased, so that the guide effect of the guide piece is better, the air flow is guided by the guide piece to change the flowing direction, the effect of reducing wind resistance is achieved, the cover plate is not required to be subjected to secondary processing, the assembly difficulty and the cost are reduced, and the shielding performance is ensured while the simple structure and the low cost are ensured.
In one possible embodiment, the method further comprises: the middle part of the flow guiding piece protrudes towards the front side of the vehicle and forms an edge extending along the height direction of the vehicle, and the first flow guiding surface is positioned on one side of the edge adjacent to the side surface of the vehicle.
According to the technical means, the middle part of the guide piece protrudes towards the front side of the vehicle, has fixed top surface width and angle, forms an arc-shaped surface with the cover plate, and guides air flow vertical to the installation surface of the vehicle head to the side wall of the vehicle body along the first guide surface.
In one possible embodiment, the side of the deflector facing away from the mounting surface is further provided with a second deflector surface, which is located on the side of the edge facing away from the vehicle side surface and which increases in distance from the mounting surface in the direction of the adjacent vehicle side surface.
According to the technical means, the air flow perpendicular to the mounting surface is guided to the two sides of the edge along the first guide surface and the second guide surface at the edge, so that the angle between the air flow and the cover plate is gradually reduced, and the resistance of the air flow to the cover plate is greatly reduced.
In one possible embodiment, the cover plate body includes a first mounting plate and a second mounting plate, the second mounting plate is connected with the first mounting plate and located on the front side of the first mounting plate, the mounting surface is located on the front side of the second mounting plate, and the flow guiding member is connected with the second mounting plate.
According to the technical means, the resistance of the second mounting plate in the running process of the automobile is reduced by changing the flowing direction of the airflow perpendicular to the mounting surface through the flow guide piece, and the first mounting plate and the second mounting plate are detachably connected, so that the inner parts of the first mounting plate are convenient to overhaul.
In one possible embodiment, the flow guide is integrally formed with the second mounting plate; or,
the second mounting plate is provided with a first mounting hole, the guide piece is positioned on one side, adjacent to the side face of the vehicle body, of the first mounting hole, and the first mounting hole is used for mounting the headlamp.
According to the technical means, the air flow guide piece is arranged on one side, adjacent to the side surface of the vehicle body, of the first mounting hole, so that air flows away towards the rear of the vehicle body along the side surface of the vehicle body, the effect of reducing wind resistance is achieved, and the perspective of the first mounting hole is not influenced.
In one possible embodiment, the first mounting plate is provided with a third flow guiding surface, which is located on the side of the flow guiding element adjacent to the vehicle side.
According to the technical means, the third diversion surface and the first diversion surface form a smooth cambered surface, and the air flow is smoothly transited between the third diversion surface and the first diversion surface, so that the wind resistance generated in the running process of the automobile is further reduced.
In one possible embodiment, the third flow guiding surface extends to the vehicle side.
According to the technical means, the third flow guide surface guides the air flow guided by the flow guide piece to one side of the automobile body, so that the resistance of the air to the automobile is reduced, and the air flow flows backwards along the side wall of the automobile body.
According to a second aspect of the present utility model, there is provided a front bumper assembly for mounting to a front side of a vehicle, the vehicle comprising two oppositely disposed vehicle sides, the front bumper assembly comprising a bumper and two cover plates according to any one of the above, the two cover plates being provided on a side of the bumper remote from a bottom end of the vehicle, one cover plate corresponding to and being provided adjacent to one of the vehicle sides, the other cover plate corresponding to and being provided adjacent to the other vehicle side.
According to the technical means, the two sides of the front bumper assembly of the vehicle are provided with the two cover plates, so that the flow guide parts can guide air flow at the two sides of the vehicle, and the air flow perpendicular to the mounting surface at the two sides of the vehicle can be guided to the side wall of the vehicle body through the flow guide parts, thereby reducing wind resistance, simultaneously ensuring the appearance of the vehicle, reducing the cost, and being simple in structure and convenient to install.
According to a third aspect of the present utility model there is provided a body in white comprising the front bumper assembly described above.
According to a fourth aspect of the present utility model there is provided a vehicle comprising a body in white as described above.
Therefore, the technical characteristics of the utility model have the following beneficial effects:
(1) Through setting up the water conservancy diversion piece on the second mounting panel, with the air current that is perpendicular to the installation face through water conservancy diversion strip direction automobile body side wall to after the car is flowed towards the automobile in the automobile body side wall, greatly reduced whole car windage coefficient.
(2) The vehicle is not required to be machined, and the assembly difficulty is reduced.
(3) The whole weight of the flow guiding piece is lighter, and the whole weight of the vehicle can not be influenced while the cost is reduced.
It should be noted that, the technical effects caused by any implementation manner of the second aspect to the fourth aspect may refer to the technical effects caused by the corresponding implementation manner in the first aspect, which are not described herein.
It is to be understood that both the foregoing general description and the following detailed description are exemplary and explanatory only and are not restrictive of the utility model as claimed.
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FIG. 1 is one of the structural schematic diagrams of a cover plate shown according to an exemplary embodiment;
FIG. 2 is a schematic view of an installation cross-section of a baffle shown according to an exemplary embodiment;
FIG. 3 is a second schematic diagram of a cover plate structure according to an exemplary embodiment;
fig. 4 is a schematic structural view of a third mounting plate according to an exemplary embodiment.
Wherein, 1-cover plate; 11-mounting surface; 12-a first mounting plate; 121-a third flow guiding surface; 13-a second mounting plate; 131-a first mounting hole; 132-a second mounting hole; 133-a first connector; 134-a third mounting hole; 14-a third mounting plate; 141-a third connector; 2-a flow guide; 21-a first flow guiding surface; 22-a second flow guiding surface; 23-edge; 3-bumper.
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In order to enable a person skilled in the art to better understand the technical solutions of the present utility model, the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present utility model will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the accompanying drawings.
It should be noted that the terms "first," "second," and the like in the description and the claims of the present utility model and the above figures are used for distinguishing between similar objects and not necessarily for describing a particular sequential or chronological order. It is to be understood that the data so used may be interchanged where appropriate such that the embodiments of the utility model described herein may be implemented in sequences other than those illustrated or otherwise described herein. The implementations described in the following exemplary examples do not represent all implementations consistent with the utility model. Rather, they are merely examples of apparatus and methods consistent with aspects of the utility model as detailed in the accompanying claims.
For ease of understanding, the following description will be given of a cover plate, a front bumper assembly, a body-in-white, and a vehicle according to the present utility model with reference to the accompanying drawings.
Fig. 1 is one of schematic structural views of a cover plate according to an exemplary embodiment, as shown in fig. 1, a cover plate 1 is disposed on a front side of a vehicle, the cover plate 1 includes a cover plate body and a deflector 2, and the front side of the cover plate body has a mounting surface 11 perpendicular to a length direction of the vehicle; the air guide piece 2 is connected with the cover plate body and is arranged adjacent to the side face of the vehicle, the air guide piece 2 is positioned on the front side of the cover plate body and covers the mounting face 11, a first air guide face 21 is arranged on one side, far away from the mounting face 11, of the air guide piece 2, and the distance between the first air guide face 21 and the mounting face 11 is gradually reduced along the direction adjacent to the side face of the vehicle.
On the basis, fig. 2 is a schematic view of an installation section of the flow guiding member at the position A-A shown in fig. 1, wind perpendicular to the installation surface 11 is installed at the second installation position to flow to the side surface of the vehicle along the first flow guiding surface 21, the distance between the first flow guiding surface 21 and the installation surface 11 is gradually reduced along the direction adjacent to the side surface of the vehicle, the first flow guiding surface 21 presents a certain radian relative to the cover plate 1, the contact area with air flow is increased, so that a good flow guiding effect is achieved, the flow direction of the air flow can be guided through the arrangement of the flow guiding member 2, the processing of the vehicle body is avoided, and the assembly difficulty and cost are reduced.
In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 2, the middle of the deflector 2 protrudes toward the front side of the vehicle and forms an edge 23 extending in the vehicle height direction, and the first deflector surface 21 is located on the side of the edge 23 adjacent to the vehicle side.
On the basis, during the running process of the automobile, the edge 23 guides the air flow to the first guide surface 21, the air flow flows to the side surface of the automobile along the first guide surface 21, and the resistance of the air flow to the automobile is reduced through the guiding effect of the first guide surface 21.
In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 2, a second guiding surface 22 is further provided on the side of the guiding element 2 away from the mounting surface 11, where the second guiding surface 22 is located on the side of the edge 23 away from the vehicle side, and the distance from the mounting surface 11 increases gradually in the direction of the adjacent vehicle side.
On the basis of this, the air flow flows partly along the first guide surface 21 to the vehicle side and partly along the second guide surface 22 at the edge 23, and in the process the angle formed by the air flow direction and the vehicle surface is smaller and smaller, so that the resistance to the vehicle is smaller and smaller.
In some embodiments, referring to fig. 1, the cover body includes a first mounting plate 12 and a second mounting plate 13, the second mounting plate 13 is connected to the first mounting plate 12 and located on a front side of the first mounting plate 12, the mounting surface 11 is located on a front side of the second mounting plate 13, and the flow guide 2 is connected to the second mounting plate 13.
On this basis, referring to fig. 2, the air guiding member 2 guides the air flow direction to two sides of the vehicle, and is no longer perpendicular to the mounting surface 11, a plurality of second connecting members are arranged on one side of the first mounting plate 12, which is close to the second mounting plate 13, a plurality of first connecting members 133 are arranged on one side of the second mounting plate 13, which is close to the first mounting plate, and one first connecting member 133 is correspondingly and cooperatively connected with one second connecting member (not shown in the figure).
Wherein, the first connecting piece 133 may be provided as an elastic buckle, and the second connecting piece may be provided as a clamping groove, and the connection between the first mounting board 12 and the second mounting board 13 is realized by embedding the elastic buckle into the clamping groove.
In some embodiments, referring to fig. 1 in combination with fig. 3, the baffle 2 is integrally formed with the second mounting plate 13; or,
the second mounting plate 13 is formed with a first mounting hole 131, the deflector 2 is located on a side of the first mounting hole 131 adjacent to the vehicle body side, and the first mounting hole 131 is used for mounting a headlamp.
On this basis, water conservancy diversion piece 2 and second mounting panel 13 integrated into one piece can reduce the processing flow, improve production efficiency, and inside the first mounting hole 131 was installed to the head-light, water conservancy diversion piece 2 was guided the air current in the automobile driving process, made the air flow to one side of automobile body side to reach the effect of reducing the windage.
In some embodiments, referring to fig. 2, the first mounting plate 12 is provided with a third deflector surface 121, the third deflector surface 121 being located on a side of the deflector 2 adjacent to the vehicle side.
On the basis, the third diversion surface 121 further plays a role in diversion of the air flow guided by the first diversion surface 21, and the third diversion surface 121 and the first diversion surface 21 form a smooth cambered surface, so that the air flow can be smoothly transited, and the resistance to the vehicle in the air flow process is further reduced.
In some embodiments, the third flow directing surface 121 extends to the vehicle side.
On this basis, the third diversion surface 121 guides the air flow to the side wall of the vehicle, reduces the resistance of the air to the vehicle, and enables the air flow to flow backwards against the side wall of the vehicle body.
In an exemplary embodiment, there is also provided a front bumper assembly for mounting to a front side of a vehicle, the vehicle including two oppositely disposed vehicle sides, the front bumper assembly including a bumper 3 and two of the above-described cover plates 1, the two cover plates 1 being provided on a side of the bumper 3 remote from a vehicle bottom end, one of the cover plates 1 corresponding to and disposed adjacent to one of the vehicle sides, and the other cover plate 1 corresponding to and disposed adjacent to the other of the vehicle sides.
In addition, referring to fig. 4 in combination with fig. 3, the second mounting plate 13 is formed with a second mounting hole 132 and a third mounting hole 134, the second mounting hole 132 is used for mounting an automotive radar, a plurality of limiting components are provided at the edge of the second mounting hole 132, the third mounting hole 134 is used for mounting the third mounting plate 14, a plurality of third connecting pieces 141 are provided at the edge of one side of the third mounting plate 14, a plurality of limiting pieces are provided at the edge of the third mounting hole 134, and one third connecting piece is connected with one limiting piece in a matching manner.
On the basis, the third mounting plate 14 can be selected to be matched with the decorative strip according to different vehicle types, the third connecting piece 141 arranged at the edge of the third mounting plate 14 can be an elastic piece, and the mounting of the third mounting plate 14 is completed by embedding the elastic piece into the limiting piece.
The air flow guiding piece 2 can guide the air flow at the two ends of the front side of the vehicle, so that the air flow is guided to the side wall of the vehicle body along the air flow guiding piece, the resistance of the air flow to the vehicle in the running process of the vehicle is reduced, the wind resistance is reduced, the appearance of the vehicle is ensured, the cost is reduced, and the air flow guiding device is simple in structure and convenient to install.
In an exemplary embodiment, a body-in-white is also provided, including the front bumper assembly described above.
On this basis, the front bumper assembly does not need to carry out the trompil to apron 1 when carrying out the water conservancy diversion, only need install water conservancy diversion piece 2 can accomplish wind direction water conservancy diversion, improved production efficiency, the cost is reduced.
In an exemplary embodiment, a vehicle is also provided, comprising the body-in-white described above.
It should be noted that, the vehicle includes any one of the above-mentioned cover plate, front bumper assembly and body-in-white, and can achieve the same technical effects as the above-mentioned method, and for avoiding repetition, the description is omitted here.
The utility model provides a cover plate, a front bumper assembly, a white car body and a car, which solve the technical problem that in the prior art, an opening of the cover plate needs to be machined in order to reduce wind resistance, ensure the appearance of the car, reduce the cost and have simple structure and convenient installation while reducing the wind resistance.
The present utility model is not limited to the above embodiments, and any changes or substitutions within the technical scope of the present utility model should be covered by the scope of the present utility model. Therefore, the protection scope of the utility model is subject to the protection scope of the claims.
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1. A cover plate (1) provided on a vehicle front side, characterized in that the cover plate (1) includes:
the front side of the cover plate body is provided with a mounting surface (11) perpendicular to the length direction of the vehicle;
the guide piece (2), guide piece (2) with apron body coupling, and the adjacent vehicle side sets up, guide piece (2) are located the front side of apron body, and cover install face (11), guide piece (2) are kept away from one side of installing face (11) is equipped with first guide face (21), first guide face (21) with the distance of installing face (11) is followed and is adjacent the direction of vehicle side reduces gradually.
2. The cover plate according to claim 1, characterized in that the middle part of the deflector (2) protrudes towards the front side of the vehicle and forms an edge (23) extending in the vehicle height direction, the first deflector surface (21) being located on the side of the edge (23) adjacent to the vehicle side.
3. Cover plate according to claim 2, characterized in that the side of the deflector (2) facing away from the mounting surface (11) is further provided with a second deflector surface (22), the second deflector surface (22) being located on the side of the edge (23) facing away from the vehicle side surface and being at a progressively increasing distance from the mounting surface (11) in the direction of the adjacent vehicle side surface.
4. A cover plate according to any one of claims 1-3, wherein the cover plate body comprises:
a first mounting plate (12);
the second mounting plate (13), second mounting plate (13) with first mounting plate (12) are connected, and are located the front side of first mounting plate (12), mounting face (11) are located the front side of second mounting plate (13), water conservancy diversion piece (2) with second mounting plate (13) are connected.
5. The cover plate of claim 4, wherein,
the flow guide piece (2) and the second mounting plate (13) are integrally formed; or,
the second mounting plate (13) is provided with a first mounting hole (131), the flow guide piece (2) is positioned on one side, adjacent to the side face of the vehicle, of the first mounting hole (131), and the first mounting hole (131) is used for mounting a head lamp.
6. The cover plate according to claim 4, characterized in that the first mounting plate (12) is provided with a third guide surface (121), which third guide surface (121) is located on the side of the guide element (2) adjacent to the vehicle side.
7. The cover plate according to claim 6, characterized in that the third flow guiding surface (121) extends to the vehicle side.
8. A front bumper assembly for mounting to a front side of a vehicle, said vehicle including two oppositely disposed vehicle sides, comprising:
a bumper (3);
the two cover plates (1) according to any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein two cover plates (1) are arranged on the side of the bumper (3) away from the vehicle bottom end, one cover plate (1) corresponds to one vehicle side face and is arranged adjacent to the one vehicle side face, and the other cover plate (1) corresponds to the other vehicle side face and is arranged adjacent to the other vehicle side face.
9. A body in white comprising the front bumper assembly recited in claim 8.
10. A vehicle comprising a body-in-white as claimed in claim 9.
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