JP6040142B2 - Intake intake structure - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to an intake intake structure for an intake intake that takes in intake air into an engine or the like of a vehicle.

  For example, in Patent Document 1, as shown in FIG. 9, the intake duct 4 is connected to the upper frame portion 3 of the shroud panel 2 that is integrally disposed on the front side of the vehicle body on the back side of the front grill 1 of the vehicle. The structure which provides the intake intake 5 of this is disclosed. The intake duct 5 of the intake duct 4 is located in front of the vehicle with respect to the radiator 6.

  In general, an intake duct 5 of an intake duct 4 that takes in intake air into an engine or the like of a vehicle is connected to the vehicle body in a state of facing the front of the vehicle body or the side surface of the vehicle body in order to prevent taking in hot air in the engine room. Has been.

JP 2006-1337 A

  By the way, when the intake port of the intake duct is attached to the vehicle body by fastening means such as a bolt or a clip, the maintainability of the parts arranged below the intake port is deteriorated.

  For example, when a relay box containing a plurality of relay switches or the like is disposed below the intake duct of the intake duct, the relay box lid is used to maintain the parts accommodated in the relay box. Although it is necessary to open it, it becomes difficult to open the lid because the intake port of the intake duct located above the relay box becomes a hindrance member.

  For this reason, it is necessary to remove the attachment part of the intake duct of the intake duct that covers the upper side of the relay box from the vehicle body, remove the obstacle in the upper space of the relay box, and then remove the lid of the relay box to start the maintenance work. is there.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and an object of the present invention is to provide an intake intake structure capable of improving the maintainability of components located below the intake intake.

  In order to achieve the above object, the present invention is fixed to a vehicle body component constituting an engine room, has an intake portion having an intake port, and is fitted into the intake portion and sucked from the intake port. An intake duct having an intake duct for introducing air into the engine, wherein the suction part is formed of a soft member, and the suction part is bent in a state of being fixed to the vehicle body component. An allowable groove is provided.

  According to the present invention, in a state where a part of the suction part is fixed to the vehicle body component, the worker can remove the suction part from the suction duct by manual operation, so that the suction is performed using the groove part as a base point without using any tools. The part can be easily bent to the vehicle body component side. By folding the suction part toward the vehicle body component side, obstacles in the space above the part located below the intake port are removed. For this reason, it is possible to easily perform maintenance work for parts located below the intake port.

  Furthermore, the present invention is characterized in that the groove portion is provided on a valley side of a portion where the suction portion is bent.

  According to the present invention, the suction portion is held in a state of being bent toward the vehicle body component side by being provided on the valley side of the portion where the groove portion is bent. For this reason, it is possible to more easily perform the maintenance work for the parts located below the intake port.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to obtain an intake intake structure that can improve the maintainability of components located below the intake intake.

1 is a plan view of a front portion of a vehicle body to which an intake air intake structure according to an embodiment of the present invention is applied. It is a perspective view of the inhalation part which constitutes the inhalation intake structure concerning the embodiment of the present invention. It is a side view which shows the up-and-down relationship of a suction part and a relay box. (A) is an enlarged side view of an attachment part, (b) is an enlarged side view which shows the state bent along the groove part from the state of (a). It is an enlarged side view which shows the modification of a groove part. (A)-(c) is a top view which shows the procedure of the maintenance work of a relay box. It is a top view of the vehicle body front part to which the intake intake structure which concerns on other embodiment of this invention was applied. It is a side view which shows the up-and-down relationship of a suction part and a battery. It is a longitudinal cross-sectional view of the vehicle body front part which shows the intake intake structure which concerns on a prior art.

  Next, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings as appropriate. In each figure, “front and rear” and “up and down” indicate the vehicle longitudinal direction and the vehicle vertical direction (vertical vertical direction), respectively, and “left and right” indicate the left and right direction (vehicle width direction) viewed from the driver's seat, respectively. Show.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the engine E is mounted horizontally in the engine room 12 of the vehicle body front portion 10. On the upper left side of the engine E, an air cleaner 14 in which an air filter (not shown) is accommodated is disposed. A suction portion 16 is connected to the upstream side of the air cleaner 14, and the suction portion 16 is fixed to a left side vehicle body side member (vehicle body component) 18 constituting the engine room 12.

  The intake portion 16 has an intake intake 20 (see FIG. 2) that opens toward the vehicle body side member 18. On the downstream side of the air cleaner 14, there is an end of an air duct 22 that extends along the vehicle width direction and introduces air (see the broken line in FIG. 1) sucked from the suction portion 16 (intake intake 20) into the engine E. It is connected. The other end of the air duct 22 is connected to an intake manifold (not shown) of the engine E via the throttle body 24. Note that the air cleaner 14 and the air duct 22 together function as an intake duct.

  A rectangular parallelepiped battery 30 is disposed between the vehicle body front member 28 constituting the engine room 12 and the suction portion 16. As shown in FIG. 3, a relay box 32 is disposed below the suction part 16. As shown in FIG. 6C, the relay box 32 includes a box body 36 having a bottomed rectangular tube shape and a substantially rectangular opening 34 at the top, and a lid member 38 that closes the opening 34 of the box body 36. And have. A plurality of relay switches and the like are accommodated in the relay box 32.

  In the present embodiment, the relay box 32 is described as an example of a component located below the intake air intake 20, but is not limited to the relay box 32 as shown in other embodiments described later. Absent.

  The entire suction part 16 is integrally formed of a soft member. As the soft member, for example, EPDM (ethylene propylene diene monomer copolymer) is preferable. It is because it is excellent in weather resistance and cold resistance.

  As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the suction portion 16 has an annular connection portion 40 connected to the cylindrical portion 14 a (see FIG. 6B) of the air cleaner 14, and the opening area gradually increases from the annular connection portion 40. A main body 42 formed in an increasing funnel shape, an annular opening 44 having an intake intake 20 provided at an end of the main body 42 opposite to the annular connection 40, and a vehicle body from the lower end of the intake intake 20 An intermediate portion 46 that protrudes by a predetermined length toward the side member 18 side and extends in a belt shape along the vehicle front-rear direction and a vehicle rear side of the intermediate portion 46 are provided continuously, and the vehicle body side member 18 And an attachment portion 48 that is attached and fixed to the upper portion.

  The attaching part 48 is comprised from the fixing | fixed part 48a and the bending part 48b. The fixing portion 48a is provided on the vehicle rear side of the intermediate portion 46, and extends toward the vehicle body side member 18 side. A pair of penetrating bolt insertion holes is formed in the fixing portion 48a. The suction part 16 including the attachment part 48 is fixed to the vehicle body side member 18 by fastening the bolt 54 inserted through the bolt insertion hole to the screw hole of the vehicle body side member 18.

  The bent portion 48b is provided so as to be bent by connecting the intermediate portion 46 and the fixed portion 48a. The bent portion 48b is formed to be bent in a substantially L shape when viewed from the side. A groove portion 50 that allows the suction portion 16 to bend in a state where the suction portion 16 is fixed to the vehicle body side member (vehicle body component) 18 is provided in an inner portion that is bent in a substantially L shape.

  The groove 50 is formed to extend linearly along the inner ridge line of the vehicle body side member 18. The groove portion 50 is formed of a concave portion that is recessed in a substantially U shape when viewed from the side, and is provided on the valley side (upper side) where the suction portion 16 is bent. Further, as shown in FIG. 4A, the groove portion 50 is formed such that the central axis A1 passing through the center of the groove portion 50 and the axis A2 of the bent portion 48b are parallel or substantially parallel. As shown in the modification of FIG. 5, the central axis A1 of the groove 50 and the axis A2 of the bent part may be set to intersect at a predetermined angle (for example, 45 degrees).

  As shown in FIG. 2, a support pin 56 that supports the ceiling surface of the annular opening 44 is erected substantially at the center in the vicinity of the inlet of the intake port 20. The support pins 56 prevent deformation of the intake air intake 20 due to negative pressure when air is sucked from the intake air intake 20.

  The intermediate portion 46 is provided with a plurality of protrusions 58 that protrude upward from the upper surface of the intermediate portion 46 and extend from the attachment portion 48 side toward the intake intake 20 side. The ridge portion 58 serves as a rib, and is installed so as to prevent the intermediate portion 46 from securing the rigidity and preventing air intake from the intake port 20.

  The vehicle body front portion 10 to which the intake air intake structure according to the present embodiment is applied is basically configured as described above. Next, the function and effect will be described.

  A procedure for maintenance work of the relay box 32 will be described. The relay box 32 functions as a component located below the intake intake 20.

  First, the operator removes the annular connecting portion 40 of the suction portion 16 that has been fitted and connected to the cylindrical portion 14a of the air cleaner 14 from the cylindrical portion 14a (see FIG. 6A). Since the suction part 16 removed from the cylindrical part 14a is fastened to the vehicle body side member 18 via the attachment part 48, the suction part 16 is prevented from falling downward in the vehicle body.

  Subsequently, the operator turns the annular connecting portion 40 of the suction portion 16 toward the vehicle body side member 18 side by a predetermined angle (about 90 degrees) with the groove portion 50 of the bent portion 48b as a rotation fulcrum (folded line). As a result, the bending deformation of the bent portion 48b is allowed (see FIG. 6B). In the bent suction portion 16, the weight of the main body portion 42 and the groove portion 50 inside the bent portion 48b are crushed and deformed, and the tip of the intermediate portion 46 comes into contact with the bent portion 46b (see FIG. 4B). By doing so, the ring-shaped connecting portion 40 is held in a bent state. Therefore, since the suction portion 16 bent in a substantially vertical state with the groove portion 50b of the bent portion 48b as a broken line is prevented from falling in the direction opposite to the rotation direction, the following maintenance work of the relay box 32 is facilitated. .

  The suction part 16 is bent in a substantially vertical state toward the vehicle body side member 18 side and the bent state is maintained, whereby an obstacle in the space above the relay box 32 is removed and the cover member 38 of the relay box 32 is exposed. . The operator removes the lid member 38 from the box body 36 so that the upper portion of the box body 36 is opened, and the relay switch and the like housed in the box body 36 can be easily maintained (FIG. 6C). reference).

  After the maintenance work of the relay box 32 is completed and the lid member 38 is mounted on the box body 36, the operator manually bends the suction part 16 in the direction opposite to the rotation direction, and then the annular connection part 40 of the suction part 16 Is fitted to the cylindrical portion 14a of the air cleaner 14 to return to the original shape.

  In the present embodiment, in a state where the fixing portion 48a of the mounting portion 48 is fastened to the vehicle body side member 18, the suction portion 48b is used as the vehicle body without using any tools or the like and the groove portion 50b of the bent portion 48b is a broken line (base point). It can be easily bent to the side member 18 side. By bending the suction portion 16 toward the vehicle body side member 18, the obstacle in the space above the relay box 32 located below the suction portion 16 is removed. For this reason, the maintenance work of the relay box 32 located under the suction part 16 can be easily performed. As a result, it is possible to improve the maintainability of parts located below the suction part 16.

  Furthermore, in this embodiment, the groove part 50 is provided in the trough side which is the inner side of the bending part 48b, so that the suction part 16 is held in a state bent to the vehicle body side member 18 side. For this reason, the maintenance work of the relay box 32 located below the suction portion 16 can be performed more easily. In addition, since the groove part 50 is provided in the compression side when it bends, as shown in FIG.4 (b), durability can be improved compared with the case where it is provided in the opposite expansion | extension side. it can.

  Next, a vehicle body front portion 10a to which an intake air intake structure according to another embodiment of the present invention is applied is shown in FIG. Note that the same components as those in the above embodiment are denoted by the same reference numerals, and detailed description thereof is omitted.

  In this other embodiment, the battery 30 is disposed (see FIG. 8) as a component positioned below the suction portion 16, and the mounting portion 48 constituting a part of the suction portion 16 is a vehicle body front member (vehicle body). It is different from the above embodiment in that it is fastened and fixed to (component) 28 (see FIG. 7).

  In another embodiment, the suction part 16 is held in a state where it is bent toward the vehicle body front member 28 with the groove part 50 as a broken line, and maintenance work of the battery 30 disposed below the suction part 16 is easily performed. be able to. In addition, since the other structure thru | or effect are the same as the said embodiment shown to FIGS. 1-6 (a)-(c), the detailed description is abbreviate | omitted.

10, 10a Car body front part 12 Engine room 14 Air cleaner (intake duct)
16 Suction part 18 Car body side member (car body component)
20 Intake port 22 Air duct (intake duct)
28 Car body front part (car body component)
30 Battery (parts located below the intake intake)
32 Relay box (part located below the intake port)
48 mounting portion 48a fixing portion 48b bending portion 50 groove portion E engine

Claims (4)

A suction portion fixed to a vehicle body component constituting the engine room and having an intake port;
An intake duct that fits into the intake portion and introduces air sucked from the intake intake into the engine;
In the intake intake structure comprising
The suction portion has a belt-shaped intermediate portion that protrudes from the intake port formed in an annular shape, and an attachment portion that is continuously provided at the tip of the intermediate portion and is fixed to the vehicle body component. And formed of a soft material,
Wherein the mounting portion, the intake intake structure, characterized in that grooves to permit bending of the mounting portion in a state of being fixed to the vehicle body component is provided.   2. The intake structure according to claim 1, wherein the attachment portion is formed in a substantially L shape in a side view, and a groove portion is formed along an inner ridge line of the substantially L shape.   The intermediate portion protrudes from the lower end of the intake intake port,
  The intake intake structure according to claim 1, wherein a protrusion that extends from the attachment portion side toward the intake intake side is provided on the upper surface of the intermediate portion. . The intake intake structure according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the attachment portion can be bent in a state in which the suction portion is removed from the intake duct.

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