JP2545555Y2 - Air intake device - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an air intake device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A conventional air intake device is shown in FIG.
This will be described with reference to FIG.

In the figure, reference numeral 1 denotes an engine room of a vehicle, 2 denotes a fender apron forming a side wall of the engine room 1, 3 denotes a radiator support panel forming a front wall of the engine room 1, and 4 denotes a radiator support panel. Radiators 5 and 5 are headlamps mounted on the radiator support panel 3 with a gap 6 therebetween, and 7 is an engine installed in the engine room 1.

[0004] At the corner between the fender apron 2 and the radiator support panel 3 in the engine room 1, an air intake main body 8 having a cover shape so as to surround the back surface of one of the headlamps 5 is attached. An air suction chamber 9 is formed, and air 10 sucked into the air suction chamber 9 from the gap 6 between the radiator support panel 3 and the headlamp 5 is supplied to the suction duct 11 and the air cleaner 12 connected to the air suction chamber 9. Through the engine 7.

[0005]

However, the above-mentioned conventional air intake device has the following problems.

That is, the air intake chamber 9 is formed by attaching an air intake body 8 to the corner of the fender apron 2 and the radiator support panel 3 in the engine room 1 so as to surround the back surface of one headlamp 5. Therefore, in order to replace the bulb by causing the headlamp 5 to break the bulb, either remove the entire headlamp 5 from the radiator support panel 3 or remove the air intake body 8 from the radiator support panel 3 and the fender apron 2. And replacing the bulb was troublesome.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and has as its object to provide an air intake device capable of easily replacing a light bulb without removing a headlamp or an air intake body from a radiator support panel or the like. It is.

[0008]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to an air intake device formed by mounting a cover-shaped air intake body so as to surround the rear surface of a headlamp inside an engine room. And a slide guide having a U-shaped cross section is provided in the opening.
And an opening / closing body that can be opened and closed in the vertical direction .

[0009]

According to the present invention, by opening the opening provided in the air intake body by the opening / closing body, the bulb of the headlamp can be replaced.

[0010]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

1 to 8 show an embodiment of the present invention.

In the drawing, the same components as those shown in FIG. 9 are denoted by the same reference numerals, and the description thereof will be omitted. Hereinafter, only the configuration unique to the present invention will be described.

At the corner of the fender apron 2 and the radiator support panel 3 in the engine room 1, a cover-shaped air intake body 16 having a vertical wall 13, a ceiling wall 14, and a duct connection 15 is provided with one head. An air suction chamber 17 is formed inside the lamp 5 so as to surround the rear surface of the lamp 5.

An opening 18 is formed from the vertical wall portion 13 of the air intake body 16 to the ceiling wall portion 14 so as to avoid the duct connection portion 15, and the opening portion 18 is slid up and down to open and close the opening portion 18. A possible opening and closing body 19 is mounted.

The opening / closing body 19 includes a vertical portion 20 capable of closing a portion of the vertical wall 13 in the opening 18, and an opening 18.
A ceiling portion 21 capable of closing a portion of the ceiling wall portion 14 at the same time, and the duct connection portion 15 below the vertical portion 20.
A bent portion 22 is provided at a position corresponding to the shape of FIG.

A vertical side of the vertical portion 20 of the opening / closing body 19 on the bent portion 22 side slides up and down along a corresponding vertical side of the vertical wall 13 in the opening 18 of the air intake body 16. A sliding guide 23 having a U-shaped cross section is freely fitted, and a vertical wall portion of the opening 18 of the air intake main body 16 is provided on a vertical side portion of the vertical portion 20 of the opening / closing body 19 on the side opposite to the bent portion 22. 13 is provided with a slide guide 25 which is slidably fitted up and down along a vertical guide portion 24 having a rectangular cross section provided on a corresponding vertical side portion, and the upper half of the slide guide 25 has a U-shaped cross section. To
The lower half has a C-shaped cross section so that the lower half is locked with the vertical guide portion 24.

The C-shaped portion 26 of the slide guide has a range 27 corresponding to the bent portion 22 of the air intake body 16.
Is preferably provided.

Further, on both sides of the ceiling portion 21 of the opening / closing body 19, locking notches 29 which can engage with notches 28 formed in the ceiling wall portion 14 of the air intake main body 16 to be engaged.
Is provided with a plurality of knobs 30 provided vertically.

In FIG. 2, reference numeral 31 denotes a light bulb of the headlamp 5,
32 is a cap of the bulb 31, 33 is a radiator grill,
34 is a clearance lamp.

Next, the operation will be described.

When replacing the bulb 31 of the headlamp 5, first, the operator grips the knobs 30 formed on both sides of the ceiling 21 of the opening / closing body 19 with both hands, and holds the knob 3.
0 by pulling them toward each other,
While releasing the engagement between the notch 29 for locking formed at 0 and the notch 28 formed at the ceiling wall 14 of the air intake main body 16, the knob 30 is lifted up.

Then, the locked state of the locking notch 29 with respect to the notch 28 is released,
Since the opening / closing body 19 can freely move, the slide guides 23 and 25 of the opening / closing body 19 slide with respect to the vertical side of the vertical wall 13 of the air intake main body 16, and the opening / closing body 19 is lifted upward. And the opening 18 of the air intake body 16 is opened.

When the opening 18 is thus opened, the operator inserts his hand into the air suction chamber 17 through the opening 18 and
The cap 32 is removed and the bulb 31 of the headlamp 5 is replaced.

After the replacement of the bulb 31, the opening 18 is closed in the reverse procedure. Thus, the operation can be easily completed without removing the head lamp 5 and the air intake main body 16.

When replacing the bulb 31, a C-shaped portion 26 is formed in the lower half of one slide guide 25,
Vertical guide section 2 having a rectangular cross section provided on a vertical side of vertical wall 13 in opening 18 of air intake body 16.
4 so that the C-shaped portion 26
Can be held in a state where the vertical guide portion 24 does not shake, so that the bulb 31 can be replaced while the opening / closing body 19 is not completely removed from the air intake body 16, and The opening / closing body 19 is lowered to close the opening 18 and the other slide guide 2
When fitting 3 to the corresponding vertical side of the vertical wall portion 13,
Since the alignment of the two becomes easy, the workability is improved.

It should be noted that the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and it goes without saying that various modifications can be made without departing from the spirit of the present invention.

[0027]

As described above, according to the air intake device of the present invention , the opening is formed in the air intake body.
Through a slide guide with a U-shaped cross section
The open / close body is provided so that it can be opened and closed in the vertical direction.
By opening the opening , the bulb can be easily replaced without removing the headlamp or air intake body from the radiator support panel, etc.
The engine can be opened and closed in the downward direction, so the parts are densely packed
Opening and closing operations can be facilitated even in the room,
Furthermore, a slide guide having a U-shaped cross section is interposed.
In may always exert an excellent effect of smooth opening and closing operation can and that Do.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a partial plan view of an engine room in FIG.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the opening and closing body in FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a sectional view taken along line IV-IV of FIG. 3;

FIG. 5 is a sectional view taken along line VV of FIG. 3;

FIG. 6 is an operation diagram when the opening / closing body of FIG. 1 is closed.

FIG. 7 is an operation diagram following FIG. 6;

FIG. 8 is an operation diagram following FIG. 7;

FIG. 9 is a plan view of an engine room for explaining a conventional example.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Engine room 5 Headlamp 16 Air intake main body 17 Air intake chamber 18 Opening 19 Opening / closing body

Claims (1)

(57) [Scope of request for utility model registration] 1. An air intake device formed by attaching a cover-shaped air intake body so as to surround a rear surface of a headlamp inside an engine room.
The air intake body is provided with an opening, and the opening has a cross section.
An air intake device comprising an opening / closing body which can be opened and closed in a vertical direction via a U-shaped slide guide .