JP3051828B2 - Cowl louver 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 a cowl louver mounting structure disposed in a vehicle width direction between a windshield and a hood covering an upper part of an engine room, on the upper surface side of the cowl provided below the windshield. .

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Recently, automobiles having a design in which the front and rear length of a hood covering an engine room is shortened as much as possible have been developed. For this reason, for example, as shown in Japanese Utility Model Application Laid-Open No. 62-11051, the rear end of the hood is positioned as forward as possible, and the cowl louver is overlapped with the rear end of the hood. The cowl louver is extended forward, and a hood seal is provided at the front end of the cowl louver to seal between the cowl louver and the hood and to prevent rainwater or the like from entering the engine room.

[0003]

However, as described above, when the cowl louver is extended in front of the cowl and a hood seal is attached to the extension tip side of the cowl louver,
The stiffness of the hood seal portion is weakened.

An object of the present invention is to increase the rigidity of a hood seal portion while effectively utilizing a rain guide portion provided on a cowl louver for discharging rainwater or the like to the outside.

[0005]

In order to achieve the above object, the invention according to claim 1 is provided between a windshield 1 and a hood 3 that covers an upper part of an engine room, and a louver main body 5 includes: A rain guide portion 6 provided at a front end portion of the louver main body 5, wherein the rain guide portion 6 is provided with a bottom wall 6.
1 and a front side wall 62 rising from the front end of the bottom wall 61
And a rear wall 63 rising from the rear end of the bottom wall 61 to face the front wall 62 and continuing to the front end of the louver body 5.
In the mounting structure of the cowl louver 4 that covers the upper surface of the cowl 2, the rain guide portion 6 is formed in a curved shape in plan view so that both sides are located rearward with respect to the center portion in the vehicle width direction. The bottom wall 61 of the rain guide portion 6 is mounted on the upper surface of the cowl 2 at the end on the hood 3 side.
At the same time, a projecting piece 64 extending forward so as to overlap with the hood 3 is attached to the front wall 62 rising from the front end of the bottom wall 61.
And a hood seal 7 is attached to the tip of the protruding piece 64.

[0006]

According to the first aspect of the present invention,
In order to minimize the front-rear length of the hood 3 covering the engine room due to the design and to provide a seal between the hood 3 and the cowl louver 4, the cowl louver 4 is provided with a protruding piece 64 projecting forward. In spite of attaching the hood seal 7 to the protruding piece 64, the mounting strength of the protruding piece 64 to the cowl louver 4 can be enhanced, and the rigidity of the hood seal 7 can be increased. That is, the cowl louver 4 is provided with a rain guide portion 6 for discharging rainwater or the like to the outside, and the rain guide 6 is formed in an arc shape in a plan view so that both side portions are located rearward with respect to the center portion in the vehicle width direction. are curved are rigidity, moreover, full bottom wall 61 of the rain guide portion 6 which is the rigidity is the cowl 2
The projecting piece 64 is mounted on the upper surface of the end of the blade 3 on the side thereof, and protrudes forward from the front wall 62 of the rain guide portion 6 rising from the front end of the bottom wall 61 so as to overlap the hood 3. Since the hood seal 7 is attached to the tip of the protruding piece 64, the mounting strength of the protruding piece 64 can be enhanced, and the rigidity of the hood seal 7 can be increased.

[0007]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The automobile shown in FIG. 1 is provided with a cowl 2 extending in a vehicle width direction below a windshield 1, and a hood 3 covering an upper side of the windshield 1 and an engine room on an upper surface side of the cowl 2. Between them, the cowl louver 4 is arranged in the vehicle width direction. As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the cowl 2 includes an upper member 21 and a lower member 22. The inside of the cowl 2 communicates with the interior of the vehicle and communicates with the outside air inlet provided in the cowl louver 4. The outside air introduction passage 23 is formed.

In the above configuration, the cowl louver 4
Is configured as follows. That is, the cowl louver 4 is shown in FIG.
4, a plurality of wing-shaped ribs 51 extending in the front-rear direction are provided side by side on the surface, and an outside air introduction port (see FIG. 4) communicating with the outside air introduction passage 23 of the cowl 2 at a part between the ribs 51. A louver main body 5 provided with a louver main body 5 (not shown) is provided, and a rain guide portion 6 for discharging rainwater or the like to the outside is integrally formed on the front end side of the louver main body 5.

The rain guide section 6 includes a bottom wall 61 placed on the upper surface of the upper member 21 of the cowl 2 on the side of the hood 3, a front wall 62 rising from the front end of the bottom wall 61, The louver main body 5 is formed in a substantially U-shaped vertical cross-section including a rear wall 63 that rises from the rear end of the wall 61 so as to face the front wall 62 and is continuous with the front end of the louver body 5.
Further, these walls 61 to 63, that is, the rain guide portions 6
In order to reinforce the rigidity, the whole is curved in an arc shape in a plan view so that both side portions are located rearward with respect to the center portion in the vehicle width direction and is displaced in the front-rear direction. The guide portion 6 has a gentle gradient so that the center portion in the vehicle width direction is high and both side portions are low in order to enhance the overall rigidity and reliably and satisfactorily discharge the rainwater or the like to the outside. Displaced up and down.

As described above, the protruding piece extending forward so as to overlap with the hood 3 is provided on the front wall 62 of the rain guide portion 6 which is rigidized by being displaced in the front-rear and up-down directions. The hood seal 64 is formed integrally over substantially the entire length, and a hood seal 7 that abuts on the lower surface side of the hood 3 to prevent rainwater or the like from entering the engine room is attached to the distal end side of the projecting piece 64. The hood seal 7 includes a support member 71 that is press-fitted and supported at the tip of the protruding piece 64, and a lip portion 72 that is provided integrally with the support member 71 and that comes into close contact with the hood 3 while being elastically deformed. I have.

The projecting piece 64 is connected to the rain guide section 6.
As described above, the rain guide portion 6 is formed such that the central portion in the vehicle width direction is high and the both side portions are low, as described above. In FIG. 3 showing a cross section of one side portion in the vehicle width direction, the protruding piece 64 is located at an intermediate portion in the vertical direction of the front side wall 62,
Further, in FIG. 4 showing a cross section of the central portion in the vehicle width direction, the protruding piece 64 is located on the lower side of the front side wall 62.

As described above, on one side in the vehicle width direction of the rain guide portion 6, the projecting piece 64 is located at the middle part in the vertical direction of the front side wall 62, and between the projecting piece 64 and the bottom wall 61. In the embodiment of FIG. 3, a plurality of substantially triangular reinforcing ribs 65 are provided between the projecting piece 64 and the bottom wall 61 by utilizing the fact that a space is formed. FIG.
In this embodiment, the louver body 5 is attached to the cowl 2 by providing a stopper 24 on the upper member 21 of the cowl 2 and allowing the fastener 24 to pass through the stopper 24 from outside the louver body 5. Like that. In the figure, reference numeral 53 denotes a sealing member interposed around the fixing member 52 between the cowl 2 and the louver main body 5.

Next, the operation of the above configuration will be described. Since the louver main body 5 of the cowl louver 4 is provided with a substantially U-shaped rain guide portion 6 having a bottom wall 61 and front and rear side walls 62 and 63, rain water and the like falling on the windshield 1 and the louver main body 5 are prevented. Through the rain guide part 6, it is possible to discharge to the outside reliably and favorably.

In addition, the front and rear lengths of the hood 3 are shortened as much as possible due to the design, and a seal is provided between the hood 3 and the cowl louver 4. Despite the projecting projection 64 for attaching the seal 7, the rain guide 6
, The bottom wall 61 of the upper member 21 of the cowl 2
The rain guide 6 is placed on the upper surface of the end on the side of the hood 3 , and the rain guide 6 is curved in an arc shape in plan view so that both sides are located rearward with respect to the center in the vehicle width direction, and is displaced in the front-rear direction. By doing so, the overall rigidity is increased. Further, the overall rigidity of the rain guide portion 6 is also increased by displacing the rain guide portion 6 in the vertical direction such that the central portion in the vehicle width direction is high and both side portions are low. Is raised,
A protruding piece 64 protruding from the front wall 62 having the increased rigidity.
Are provided on the both sides in the vehicle width direction of the front side wall 62 at the middle part in the vertical direction of the front side wall 62,
The rigidity of the hood seal portion can be enhanced by increasing the mounting strength of the projecting piece 64, and in particular, by providing a plurality of reinforcing ribs 65 between the projecting piece 64 and the bottom wall 61,
The mounting strength of the protruding piece 64 can be further enhanced, and the rigidity of the hood seal portion can be further increased.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a front portion of an automobile to which the present invention is applied.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a cowl louver with a part omitted.

FIG. 3 is an enlarged cross-sectional view as viewed from a direction XX in FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is an enlarged cross-sectional view as seen from the direction of the line YY.

[Explanation of symbols]

 2 ... cowl 4 ... cowl louver 5 ... louver body 6 ... rain guide part 61 ... bottom wall 62 ... front side wall 63 ... rear side wall 64 ... projecting piece 7 ... food seal

──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continued on the front page (58) Field surveyed (Int.Cl. ⁷ , DB name) B60R 13/06 B62D 25/08

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. A louver body (5) disposed between a windshield (1) and a hood (3) covering an upper part of an engine room, and a rain guide part provided at a front end of the louver body (5). (6), wherein the rain guide portion (6) includes a bottom wall (61), a front side wall (62) rising from a front end of the bottom wall (61), and a rear end of the bottom wall (61). A cowl louver (4) for covering the upper surface of the cowl (2), comprising a rear side wall (63) standing up from the front side wall (62) and facing the front end of the louver body (5). The rain guide portion (6) is formed in a curved shape in an arc shape in plan view so that both side portions are located rearward with respect to a center portion in the vehicle width direction, and the bottom wall (61) of the rain guide portion (6) is formed. upper surface of the hood (3) side end portion of the cowl (2) Mounting
A projection piece (64) extending forward so as to overlap the hood (3) is provided on the front wall (62) rising from the front end of the bottom wall (61). The cowl louver (4) mounting structure, wherein the hood seal (7) is mounted on the tip of the protruding piece (64) at the middle part in the vertical direction in (1).