JP2578793Y2 - Air cleaner duct mounting structure - 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 cleaner duct mounting structure for a vehicle such as an automobile.

[0002]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION In vehicles such as automobiles, an air cleaner duct (2) is provided below the vehicle (1) as shown in FIG. The rear side of the front tire (3) is supported by an outrigger (7) extending from a front side member (5) to a side sill (6) via a bracket (4).

[0003]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, a bracket (4) of an air cleaner duct (2) is bolted through an insulator (8) made of an elastic material such as rubber.
(9) and the nut (10) are fastened to the bottom of the outrigger (7), but the insulator (8) of the bracket (4) and the notch (4A) for assembling the front tire (3) I was

[0004]

Therefore, when a splash pressure is applied from the tire (3) during running of the vehicle as shown by arrows in FIGS. 4 and 5, the duct (2) is pushed rearward and the insulator (8) is pushed. ) Is the notch (4
There was a risk that the duct (2) would fall out of (A) and fall off.

[0005]

The present invention solves the above-mentioned conventional problems by providing a bracket (14) of an air cleaner duct (2) behind a front tire (3) of a vehicle (1). The body (7) via the insulator (8)
In the configuration of soft mounting on the bracket (14)
The present invention provides an air cleaner duct mounting structure for setting the notch (14A) for mounting of the insulator (8) at a position rotated by 90 ° to 180 ° from a direction directly facing the front tire (3).

[0006]

[Function] When splash pressure is applied from the front tire (3) to the soft mount portion of the body (7) of the bracket (14) of the air cleaner duct (2), the bracket (14)
(8) Notch (14A) for mounting is tire
(3) is set at a position rotated by 90 ° to 180 ° from the direction directly opposite to (3), so that the engagement of the bracket (14) with the insulator (8) causes the insulator (8) to be cut out of the bracket (14). (14A) is prevented from being pulled out.

[0007]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The present invention will be described with reference to an embodiment shown in FIGS. 1 and 2. A bracket (14) of an air cleaner duct (2) is connected to a bolt (9) and a nut (10) via an insulator (8). It is fixed to the bottom of the outrigger (7), which is the vehicle body. The outrigger (7) extends from a front side member (5) of the vehicle (1) to an inner panel (6B) of a side sill (6) composed of an outer panel (6A) and an inner panel (6B).

As shown in FIG. 1, the bracket (14) of the duct (2) is provided with a notch (14A) for assembling the insulator (8). Is set at a position rotated by 90 ° to 180 ° from the direction directly opposite to the tire (3), preferably from 90 ° to an angle range θ such that the insulator (8) can be easily assembled. Such an angle range is, for example, 9 from the direction directly facing the tire (3).
The range is from the position rotated by 0 ° to the position facing in the direction parallel to the axial direction of the duct (2).

In the above configuration, while the vehicle (1) is running, the tires (3)
If the splash pressure from the duct is applied to the duct (2) from the direction of the arrows in FIGS. 1 and 2, the bracket of the duct (2)
(14) engages the insulator (8) to prevent the insulator (8) from being pulled out of the notch (14A) of the bracket (14).

[0010]

According to the present invention, the air cleaner duct is reliably prevented from falling off due to the splash pressure from the front tires while the vehicle is running.

[Brief description of the drawings]

 1 to 3 show one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 1 is a plan view illustrating an air cleaner duct mounting portion.

FIG. 2 is a sectional view taken along line SA-SA in FIG.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory view of a vehicle body front part.

FIG. 4 is a plan view illustrating a conventional air cleaner duct mounting portion.

5 is a sectional view taken along line SA-SA in FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Vehicle 2 Air cleaner duct 3 Front tire 7 Outrigger (body) 8 Insulator 14 Bracket 14A Notch for assembling

Claims (1)

(57) [Scope of request for utility model registration] In a configuration in which a bracket of an air cleaner duct is soft-mounted on a vehicle body via an insulator at a rear side of a front tire of a vehicle, a notch for assembling an insulator of the bracket is 90 degrees from a direction directly facing the front tire. An air cleaner duct mounting structure characterized by being set at a position rotated by 180 ° to 180 °.