JP7119977B2 - Vehicle cowl structure - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a vehicle cowl structure.

Patent Document 1 below discloses this type of cowl structure. This cowl structure has a shielding member inside the cowl that blocks hot air from the engine room. The shielding member is composed of a shielding plate that shields the flow path cross section of the air flow path, and an elastic sheet that seals the air flow path. The shield plate is fixed to the cowl louver at an interposed portion (upper end portion) provided on the upper edge thereof.

In this cowl structure, an elastic sheet normally seals the air flow path. On the other hand, when a collision load from a pedestrian is input from above the cowl louvers at the time of a vehicle collision, the flexible elastic sheet is elastically deformed to allow the cowl louvers to move downward, thereby achieving the desired level. Try to ensure pedestrian protection performance.

However, in the case of this cowl structure, since the upper end of the shielding plate is fixed to the cowl louver, the collision load input from above the cowl louver acts as if the shielding plate is stretched, causing the cowl louver to move downward. may interfere with At this time, the pedestrian protection performance deteriorates because the load that the pedestrian receives increases. Therefore, in order to deal with such problems, a shielding structure as disclosed in Patent Document 2 below can be employed.

In this shielding structure, the shielding member is sealed with a cowl louver by a sealing material, is attached to the cowl body only at the lower end, and is rotatable via a hinge provided in the middle. there is That is, the upper end of the shielding member is not fixed to the cowl louver and becomes a free end during rotation. Therefore, according to this shielding structure, when a collision load from a pedestrian is input from above the cowl louver, it is possible to prevent the shielding member from rotating around the thin-walled hinge and acting like a stretch. Become.

JP 2009-67329 A JP 2007-245748 A

However, in the above shielding structure, the shielding member is easily affected by the load received from the cowl louver in the assembled state, thermal deterioration, aging deterioration, etc., and may be displaced by its own weight so as to fall down with the lower end as a fulcrum. obtain. If this displacement creates or expands a gap between the shielding member and the cowl louver, a problem may arise in that the original air blocking performance of the shielding member is reduced. That is, if the air blocking performance of the shielding member is emphasized, the pedestrian protection performance will be degraded, and if the pedestrian protection performance is emphasized, the air blocking performance of the shielding member will be degraded.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to provide a vehicle cowl structure capable of improving pedestrian protection performance without degrading the air blocking performance of the shielding member.

One aspect of the present invention is
A cowl body fixed to a vehicle body, cowl louvers provided above the cowl body along the vehicle width direction, and shielding a cross section of an air flow path formed between the cowl body and the cowl louvers. and a shielding member that
The shielding member includes a movable plate portion that can rotate in a tilting direction with a lower end portion as a fulcrum, and an engagement on the side of the cowl body for movement in the tilting direction when the movable plate portion is assembled in an inclined state with respect to the vertical direction. and a hooking portion that abuts and hooks the stopping portion, and is configured such that when an external load exceeding a predetermined value acts on the cowl louver, the hooking portion slides on the locking portion to release the hooking. vehicle cowl structure,
It is in.

In the vehicle cowl structure described above, the cowl main body and the cowl louver provided above the cowl louver along the vehicle width direction form an air flow path, and the cross section of the air flow path is shielded by the shielding member. . In the assembled state of the shielding member, the movable plate portion is rotatable in the tilting direction with the lower end portion as a fulcrum. At this time, the shielding member is held in the assembled state by the hooking portion coming into contact with the locking portion and being hooked.

Here, since the hooking portion comes into surface contact with the locking portion, it is possible to prevent the movable plate portion from rotating in the tilting direction against a relatively small load such as the self weight of the shielding member. Therefore, it is possible to prevent a gap from being formed or widened between the movable plate portion and the cowl louver except when an excessive external load exceeding a predetermined value acts on the cowl louver. Therefore, the original function of the shielding member, which is to block hot air from the engine room, can be achieved.

On the other hand, when an external load exceeding a predetermined value is input from a pedestrian to the cowl louver at the time of a vehicle collision, in the shielding member, the hooking portion slides in the sliding direction with the locking portion in accordance with the external load and is caught. comes off. Then, when the hooking portion is released from the hooking portion, the movable plate portion can rotate in the tilting direction with the lower end portion as the fulcrum.

At this time, since the movable plate portion is inclined with respect to the vertical direction in the assembled state of the shielding member, it rotates in the falling direction with respect to the downward movement of the cowl louvers. As a result, it is possible to prevent the downward movement of the cowl louver from being hindered by suppressing the movable plate portion from exerting a force on the downward load.

Here, in the structure in which the hooking portion is hooked to the locking portion, the resistance required to disengage the hooking portion from the locking portion corresponds to the frictional force generated between the locking portion and the locking portion during sliding. In contrast, in the case of a structure in which the hooking portion is joined to the locking portion by welding or the like, the resistance force required to release the connection between the hooking portion and the locking portion is the frictional force described above. and the responsiveness to load is relatively low.

Therefore, by adopting a structure in which the hooking portion is caught by the locking portion, when an external load exceeding a predetermined value acts on the cowl louver, the movable plate portion can be rotated in the tilting direction with good responsiveness in response to this external load. It becomes possible to let

As described above, according to the above aspect, it is possible to provide a vehicle cowl structure capable of improving the pedestrian protection performance without degrading the air blocking performance of the shielding member.

1 is a perspective view of a vehicle cowl structure of Embodiment 1. FIG. FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a state in which the cowl louver is removed from the cowl body in FIG. 1; FIG. 2 is a side view of FIG. 1; FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view taken along line IV-IV of FIG. FIG. 4 is a side view of a state in which the cowl louver is displaced downward from the first position P1 to the second position P2 in FIG. 3; FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view of a state in which the cowl louver is displaced downward from the first position P1 to the second position P2 in FIG. 4; FIG. 6 is a side view of a state in which the cowl louver is displaced downward from the second position P2 to the third position P3 in FIG. 5; FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional view of a state in which the cowl louver is displaced downward from the second position P2 to the third position P3 in FIG. 6; FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view corresponding to FIG. 4 of the vehicle cowl structure of the second embodiment;

Preferred embodiments of the above aspects will now be described.

In the vehicle cowl structure, the shielding member has a bent plate portion that is connected to the movable plate portion via a hinge portion so as to be bendable, and the hook portion extends from the bent plate portion. Preferably, when the external load acts on the cowl louver, the bent plate portion is bent at the hinge portion so that the hook portion is released from the engaging portion.

According to this vehicle cowl structure, the hooking portion can be released from the hooking portion by utilizing the bending motion of the bending plate portion of the shielding member at the hinge portion.

In the vehicle cowl structure, the shielding member moves the movable plate portion in the tilting direction via a second hinge portion different from the first hinge portion when the hinge portion is the first hinge portion. It is preferable to have a support plate portion for rotatable support.

According to this vehicle cowl structure, the bending plate portion of the shielding member bends at the first hinge portion with respect to the movable plate portion, and the movable plate portion itself rotates at the second hinge portion in the falling direction. , and by disengaging the hooking portion from the locking portion, it is possible to prevent the movable plate portion from being stretched against the cowl louver.

In the vehicle cowl structure described above, it is preferable that the shielding member is configured such that the first hinge portion and the second hinge portion extend in mutually different directions.

According to this vehicular cowl structure, by appropriately setting the extending directions of the first hinge portion and the second hinge portion, it is possible to increase the variation of movement when the hook portion is disengaged from the locking portion. . Therefore, it is possible to select a structure suitable for the mounting position and orientation of the shielding member.

In the above vehicle cowl structure, it is preferable that the second hinge portion is provided with a holding clip that holds the movable plate portion so as to be rotatable in the tilting direction with respect to the support plate portion.

According to this vehicle cowl structure, the movable plate portion can be held in the assembled state using a simple structure with the clip member.

In the vehicle cowl structure, the movable plate portion converts part of the external load into a load that biases the movable plate portion in a direction in which the hooking portion is released from the engaging portion. is preferably provided.

According to this vehicle cowl structure, it is possible to bias the movable plate portion in a direction in which the hooking portion is released from the hooking portion by utilizing a portion of the external load. Therefore, when an external load exceeding a predetermined value acts on the cowl louver, the hooking portion is easily disengaged from the locking portion.

In the vehicle cowl structure described above, it is preferable that the shielding member has an elastic sheet that is joined to the front side of the movable plate portion in the falling direction in order to seal the air flow path.

According to this vehicle cowl structure, the air flow path can be sealed by the elastic sheet joined to the movable plate portion in the shielding member. Further, since the elastic sheet is joined to the front side of the movable plate portion in the tilting direction, it is possible to prevent the hook portion from interfering with the elastic sheet when the movable plate portion rotates in the tilting direction.

In the vehicle cowl structure, it is preferable that the elastic sheet has a sandwiching portion that sandwiches the locking portion between itself and the hooking portion.

According to this vehicle cowl structure, it is possible to seal the region around the hooking portion in the cross section of the air flow channel by the pinching portion of the elastic sheet.

Hereinafter, specific embodiments of the vehicle cowl structure will be described with reference to the drawings.

In the drawings for explaining this embodiment, an arrow UP indicates the upper side of the vehicle, an arrow FR indicates the front side of the vehicle, and an arrow IN indicates the inner side of the vehicle. In addition, unless otherwise specified, arrow X indicates the vehicle width direction corresponding to the longitudinal direction of the cowl louver, arrow Y indicates the vertical direction corresponding to the height direction of the cowl louver, and the vehicle width direction X and vertical direction Y are indicated by arrow Y. An arrow Z indicates the front-rear direction orthogonal to any of the above.

(Embodiment 1)
As shown in FIG. 1 , the vehicle cowl structure 1 includes a cowl body 10 fixed to a vehicle body 2 , cowl louvers 20 provided above the cowl body 10 along the vehicle width direction X, and the cowl body 10 . and a shielding member 30 that shields the flow path cross section of the air flow path 21 formed between the cowl louvers 20 .

The cowl body 10 is fixed so as to span over the left and right front fenders of the vehicle body 2, and is arranged to extend in the vehicle width direction X between the windshield 3 and an engine hood (not shown). The cowl body 10 is provided with an air supply port (not shown) that communicates with the engine room. The cowl body 10 is constructed by a panel member made of a metal material.

The cowl louver 20 has a front end 22 connected to the cowl body 10 via the bracket 11 and a rear end 23 connected to the front lower end 3 a of the windshield 3 via the fixing member 4 . Further, the upper surface portion 24 of the cowl louver 20 is configured as a load receiving portion that can receive an external load from a pedestrian in the event of a vehicle collision.

For the detailed structure of the coupling of the cowl louvers 20, reference can be made to "lower structure of windshield" described in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2017-149213, for example.

The cowl louver 20 is provided with a plurality of slit-shaped outside air introduction ports (not shown), and these plurality of outside air introduction ports are configured to communicate with the air flow path 21 . Therefore, outside air is introduced into the air flow path 21 through the plurality of outside air introduction ports. This cowl louver 20 is configured as a resin component integrally molded from a resin material.

As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3 , the shielding member 30 is attached to the cowl body 10 while being arranged in the air flow path 21 . The shielding member 30 functions to block hot air from flowing from the engine room to the outside air inlet side in the assembled state. In order to achieve this function, the shielding member 30 has a plate shape in which the vehicle width direction X is substantially the board width direction.

The shielding member 30 is roughly divided into a body portion having a movable plate portion 31, a hook portion 32, a bending plate portion 33, and a support plate portion 34, and an elastic sheet 39 joined to this body portion. be done. The body portion is configured as a resin component that is integrally molded from a resin material. This body portion is preferably made of a flexible resin material so that the hook portion 32 can be easily removed from the locking portion 12 described below. Moreover, the elastic sheet 39 is preferably made of flexible rubber material or resin material.

In addition, in order to achieve both weight reduction and durability improvement, a resin hollow sheet having the same shape as paper cardboard, so-called "plastic cardboard (corrugated plastic)" is used to configure the main body of the shielding member 30. It is possible.

The movable plate portion 31 is connected to the bending plate portion 33 via a first hinge portion 35, and is connected to the support plate portion 34 via a second hinge portion 36 different from the first hinge portion 35. ing. The movable plate portion 31 is configured to be rotatable in a falling direction (a falling direction A in FIG. 4) with a lower end portion 31a on the second hinge portion 36 side as a fulcrum.

Here, the first hinge portion 35 is composed of a fragile portion, a thin portion (reduced portion), a groove portion, etc. whose rigidity is lower than that of other portions. The first hinge portion 35 extends along the vertical direction Y. As shown in FIG.

The second hinge portion 36 is formed between the lower end portion 31 a of the movable plate portion 31 and the upper end portion 34 a of the support plate portion 34 . The second hinge portion 36 extends along the front-rear direction Z, which is different from the direction in which the first hinge portion 35 extends. Therefore, the shielding member 30 is configured such that the first hinge portion 35 and the second hinge portion 36 extend in mutually different directions.

The second hinge portion 36 is provided with a holding clip 38 as a clip member that holds the movable plate portion 31 rotatably in the falling direction A with respect to the support plate portion 34 . The holding clip 38 has a first attachment portion 38a attached to the lower end portion 31a of the movable plate portion 31 and a second attachment portion 38b attached to the upper end portion 34a of the support plate portion 34. The mounting portion 38a and the second mounting portion 38b are connected to each other.

According to the holding clip 38, the movable plate portion 31 can be held in an assembled state inclined with respect to the vertical direction Y when the movable plate portion 31 is not subjected to an excessive load.

The hook portion 32 extends rearward from the bent plate portion 33 . The hooking portion 32 has a hook shape that can be caught by coming into contact with the locking portion 12 provided on the side of the cowl body 10 . For this reason, the hooking portion 32 is configured to abut on and hook the locking portion 12 in the assembled state in which the movable plate portion 31 is tilted with respect to the vertical direction Y and moves in the tilting direction A. As shown in FIG.

Further, the contact surfaces of the hook portion 32 and the locking portion 12 extend parallel to each other. Therefore, when an external load F exceeding a predetermined value acts on the upper surface portion 24 of the cowl louver 20, the hooking portion 32 slides in the sliding direction with respect to the locking portion 12 to release the hooking.

The direction in which the hooking portion 32 extends from the bent plate portion 33 is not limited to the rearward direction, and can be appropriately changed according to the relative positional relationship with respect to the locking portion 12 .

The locking portion 12 is fixed to the cowl body 10 . The locking portion 12 has rigidity higher than that of the hook portion 32 . Typically, it is preferable to configure the engaging portion 12 by a plate member made of a metal material, while the hook portion 32 is made of a resin material.

The bending plate portion 33 is connected to the movable plate portion 31 via the first hinge portion 35 so as to be bendable, and can be bent at the first hinge portion 35 with respect to the movable plate portion 31 . ing.

As shown in FIG. 2, the bending plate portion 33 is bent at a predetermined angle at the first hinge portion 35 in the initial position where the shielding member 30 is assembled. At this time, the bent plate portion 33 is arranged so that its extending plane intersects with the extending plane of the movable plate portion 31 .

Accordingly, the worker can easily confirm that the shielding member 30 has been completely assembled by visually recognizing such an arrangement. Therefore, it is possible to reduce the man-hours required for confirming the completion of assembly of the shielding member 30 .

Further, the bent plate portion 33 is further bent at the first hinge portion 35 from the initial position so that the hook portion 32 is released from the hook portion 12 when the external load F acts on the cowl louver 20. become a state.

As shown in FIG. 3, the upper portion of the movable plate portion 31 is provided with an inclined portion 31b as a load converting portion. The inclined portion 31b is highest at the front portion in the front-rear direction Z, and is inclined so as to gradually decrease from the front portion toward the rear side. Therefore, when the upper surface portion 24 of the cowl louver 20 is displaced downward, the upper surface portion 24 pushes down the front portion of the inclined portion 31b obliquely forward and downward.

According to this configuration, the inclined portion 31 b absorbs a part of the downward load that the movable plate portion 31 receives from the cowl louver 20 in a direction in which the hook portion 32 is released from the hook portion 32 with respect to the locking portion 12 . function to transform the load into a positive force.

If the movable plate portion 31 can be pushed forward and obliquely downward when the upper surface portion 24 of the cowl louver 20 is displaced downward, the shape of the inclined portion 31b of the movable plate portion 31 can be appropriately changed.

As shown in FIG. 4 , the support plate portion 34 is configured to rotatably support the movable plate portion 31 via the second hinge portion 36 . A mounting clip 37 is interposed between the support plate portion 34 and the cowl body 10 .

The mounting clip 37 is a clip member for mounting the shielding member 30 to the cowl body 10, and includes an engaging portion 37a that engages with the mounting hole 10a provided in the cowl body 10, and a lower end portion 34b of the support plate portion 34. and a holding groove portion 37b for holding the .

In the assembled state of the shielding member 30, the movable plate portion 31 is tilted rearward at the tilt angle θ with respect to the virtual plane L by the hook portion 32 being caught by the locking portion 12 with respect to the movement in the tilting direction A. configured to be held in place. Here, the virtual plane L is a plane defined by the vertical direction Y and the front-rear direction Z. As shown in FIG. On the other hand, when the hooking portion 32 is disengaged from the locking portion 12, the movable plate portion 31 is tilted backward in the tilting direction A with the second hinge portion 36 as the rotation fulcrum with respect to the downward input load. configured to rotate.

The elastic sheet 39 has a sheet area larger than the side surface of the movable plate portion 31 and is joined to the front side of the movable plate portion 31 in the falling direction A in order to seal the air flow path 21 . The elastic sheet 39 is configured to contact the rear surface 24 a of the upper surface portion 24 with respect to the cowl louver 20 . The elastic sheet 39 also has a sandwiching portion 39a that sandwiches the locking portion 12 between itself and the hooking portion 32 (see FIG. 3).

The sealing member for sealing the air flow path 21 is not limited to the elastic sheet 39, and a seal having a shape and dimensions different from that of the elastic sheet 39 may be used instead of or in addition to the elastic sheet 39 as required. A member can also be adopted.

Next, operation of the vehicle cowl structure 1 will be described with reference to FIGS. 5 to 8. FIG.

As shown in FIGS. 5 and 6 , when a downward external load F exceeding a predetermined value acts on the upper surface portion 24 of the cowl louver 20 from a pedestrian or the like due to the impact of a vehicle collision, the upper surface portion 24 moves toward the rear end portion 23 of the cowl louver 20 . is urged so as to rotate in the downward rotation direction B about the fulcrum. As a result, the cowl louvers 20 are displaced downward from the first position P1 to the second position P2. At the second position P2 of the cowl louver 20, the upper portion 39b of the elastic sheet 39 is elastically deformed by the load received from the upper surface portion 24 and crushed.

As shown in FIG. 7, when the cowl louver 20 is displaced downward from the second position P2 to the third position P3, the movable plate portion 31 is pushed down by the interference of the upper surface portion 24 of the cowl louver 20 with the inclined portion 31b. It is pushed down in direction C. At this time, since the movable plate portion 31 moves obliquely forward and downward, it is biased in a direction in which the hooking portion 32 is disengaged from the locking portion 12 .

Further, as shown in FIG. 8, when the cowl louver 20 is displaced from the second position P2 to the third position P3, the movable plate portion 31 is inclined with respect to the virtual plane L (see FIG. 4) as described above. Therefore, when the inclined portion 31b is pressed against the upper surface portion 24 of the cowl louver 20, the bending plate portion 33 bends at the first hinge portion 35 and rotates in the falling direction A. As shown in FIG. At this time, the movable plate portion 31 rotates from the first position Q<b>1 to the second position Q<b>2 , so that the hook portion 32 is disengaged from the locking portion 12 .

Thus, the movement of the movable plate portion 31 and the movement of the bending plate portion 33 cooperate to cause the hook portion 32 to slide from the first position R1 to the second position R2 while sliding on the locking portion 12, thereby being engaged. It is released from the stop portion 12 (see FIG. 7). As a result, the movable plate portion 31 can rotate further in the falling direction A from the second position Q2 without stretching the cowl louvers 20 .

According to the first embodiment described above, the following effects are obtained.

In the vehicle cowl structure 1 described above, the cowl main body 10 and the cowl louver 20 provided above the cowl louver 20 along the vehicle width direction X form an air flow path 21, and the flow path cross section of the air flow path 21 is It is shielded by the shielding member 30 . In the assembled state of the shielding member 30, the movable plate portion 31 can rotate in the tilting direction with the lower end portion 31a as a fulcrum. At this time, the shielding member 30 is held in the assembled state by the hooking portion 32 contacting and hooking the locking portion 12 .

Here, the hooking portion 32 comes into surface contact with the engaging portion 12, so that the movable plate portion 31 is prevented from rotating in the tilting direction A against a relatively small load such as the self weight of the shielding member 30. can be prevented. Therefore, except for the case where an excessive external load F exceeding a predetermined value acts on the cowl louver 20, formation of a gap or expansion of the gap between the movable plate portion 31 and the cowl louver 20 is prevented. be able to. Therefore, the original function of the shielding member 30 of blocking hot air from the engine room is achieved.

On the other hand, when an external load F exceeding a predetermined value is input from a pedestrian to the cowl louver 20 at the time of a vehicle collision, the hooking portion 32 of the shielding member 30 slides from the locking portion 12 in accordance with the external load F. It slides to release the catch. Then, when the hook portion 32 is released from the hook, the movable plate portion 31 can rotate in the falling direction A with the lower end portion 31a as a fulcrum.

At this time, since the movable plate portion 31 is inclined with respect to the vertical direction Y in the assembled state of the shielding member 30, it rotates in the falling direction A in response to the downward movement of the cowl louvers 20. As shown in FIG. As a result, it is possible to prevent the downward movement of the cowl louver 20 from being hindered by suppressing the movable plate portion 31 from exerting a force on the downward load.

Here, in the structure in which the hooking portion 32 is hooked on the locking portion 12, the resistance force required to remove the hooking portion 32 from the locking portion 12 is the frictional force generated between the locking portion 12 and the locking portion 12 during sliding. Equivalent to. In contrast, in the case of a structure in which the hooking portion 32 is joined to the locking portion 12 by welding or the like, the resistance required to release the connection between the hooking portion 32 and the locking portion 12 is It exceeds the frictional force, and the responsiveness to the load becomes relatively low.

Therefore, by adopting a structure in which the hooking portion 32 is hooked on the locking portion 12, when an external load F exceeding a predetermined value acts on the cowl louver 20, the movable plate portion 31 is made responsive to the external load F. It becomes possible to rotate in the falling direction A well.

Therefore, according to Embodiment 1, it is possible to provide the vehicle cowl structure 1 capable of improving the pedestrian protection performance without degrading the air blocking performance of the shield member 30 .

According to the first embodiment described above, the bending plate portion 33 of the shielding member 30 can be bent at the first hinge portion 35 to release the hook portion 32 from the locking portion 12 .

According to the first embodiment described above, the bending plate portion 33 of the shielding member 30 bends at the first hinge portion 35 with respect to the movable plate portion 31, and the movable plate portion 31 itself moves obliquely forward and downward to the second position. To prevent the movable plate part 31 from being stretched against the cowl louver 20 by removing the hook part 32 from the locking part 12 by using both the movement of the hinge part 36 to rotate in the falling direction A. can be done.

According to the first embodiment described above, by appropriately setting the extending directions of the first hinge portion 35 and the second hinge portion 36, variations in movement when the hook portion 32 is disengaged from the locking portion 12 can be controlled. can be increased. Therefore, it is possible to select a structure suitable for the mounting position and orientation of the shielding member 30 .

According to the first embodiment described above, the movable plate portion 31 can be held in the assembled state using the simple structure of the holding clip 38 .

According to the first embodiment described above, by using part of the external load, the movable plate portion 31 can be biased in the direction in which the hook portion 32 is released from the hook portion 12 . Therefore, when an external load F exceeding a predetermined value acts on the cowl louver 20, the hooking portion 32 is easily disengaged from the locking portion 12. As shown in FIG.

According to Embodiment 1 described above, the air flow path 21 can be sealed by the elastic sheet 39 joined to the movable plate portion 31 in the shielding member 30 . Further, since the elastic sheet 39 is joined to the front side of the movable plate portion 31 in the tilting direction A, the hook portion 32 and the elastic sheet 39 do not interfere with each other when the movable plate portion 31 rotates in the tilting direction A. can be prevented.

According to the first embodiment described above, the region around the hooking portion 32 in the cross section of the air flow channel 21 can be sealed by the sandwiching portion 39 a of the elastic sheet 39 .

Other embodiments related to the first embodiment described above will be described below with reference to the drawings. In other embodiments, the same reference numerals are given to the same elements as those of the first embodiment, and the description of the same elements will be omitted.

(Embodiment 2)
As shown in FIG. 9 , the vehicle cowl structure 101 of the second embodiment differs from the shielding member 30 of the first embodiment in the configuration of the shielding member 130 . The shielding member 130 includes a movable plate portion 131 corresponding to the movable plate portion 31 of the shielding member 30, but does not include elements corresponding to the support plate portion 34 and the holding clip 38 of the shielding member 30, respectively.

The movable plate portion 131 of the shielding member 130 is attached to the cowl body 10 via the attachment clip 37, and is configured to be rotatable in the falling direction A with the lower end portion 131a as a fulcrum. Further, an inclined portion 131b as a load converting portion similar to the inclined portion 31b of the movable plate portion 31 is provided on the upper portion of the movable plate portion 131. As shown in FIG.

Other configurations are the same as those of the first embodiment.

According to Embodiment 2, the cost required for the vehicle cowl structure 101 can be kept low by simplifying the configuration of the shielding member 130 .

In addition, the same effects as in the case of the first embodiment are obtained.

The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and various applications and modifications are conceivable without departing from the object of the present invention. For example, it is also possible to implement the following forms that apply the above-described embodiments.

In the above-described embodiment, the bending plate portions 33 of the shielding members 30 and 130 are bent with respect to the movable plate portions 31 and 131 (hereinafter referred to as “first hook release structure”), and the movable plate A structure in which the portions 31 and 131 themselves move obliquely forward and downward and rotate in the falling direction A at the second hinge portion 36 (hereinafter referred to as a “second hook releasing structure”), and Although the case where the portion 32 is removed from the engaging portion 12 has been illustrated, instead of this, only one of the first hook releasing structure and the second hook releasing structure can be used.

In the above-described embodiment, the case where the hooking portion 32 extends from the bent plate portion 33 of the shielding member 30 or 130 was illustrated. A structure extending from the movable plate portions 31 and 131 can also be adopted. In this case, it is preferable that the hook portion 32 can be bent with respect to the movable plate portions 31 and 131 via a hinge portion or by its own flexibility.

In the above-described embodiment, the case where the inclined portions 31b and 131b are provided on the upper portions of the movable plate portions 31 and 131 was exemplified. It is also possible to change the shape along the front-rear direction Z.

In the above-described embodiment, the holding clip 38 is provided on the second hinge portion 36, but the holding clip 38 may be omitted when the movable plate portion 31 can be held without the holding clip 38. can also

In the above-described embodiments, the shielding members 30 and 130 are provided with the elastic sheet 39 joined to the movable plate portions 31 and 131, but the air flow path 21 is not required to be completely sealed. If the function of simply partitioning the flow path 21 is considered, the sealing member corresponding to the elastic sheet 39 can be omitted.

1,101 vehicle cowl structure 2 vehicle body 10 cowl body
12 locking portion 20 cowl louver 21 air flow path 30, 130 shielding member 31, 131 movable plate portion 31a, 131a lower end portion 31b, 131b inclined portion (load converting portion)
32 hook portion 33 bent plate portion 34 support plate portion 35 first hinge portion (hinge portion)
36 second hinge portion 38 holding clip (clip member)
39 elastic sheet 39a clamping portion A falling direction F external load exceeding a predetermined value X vehicle width direction Y vertical direction

Claims (8)

A cowl body fixed to a vehicle body, cowl louvers provided above the cowl body along the vehicle width direction, and shielding a cross section of an air flow path formed between the cowl body and the cowl louvers. and a shielding member that
The shielding member includes a movable plate portion that can rotate in a tilting direction with a lower end portion as a fulcrum, and an engagement on the side of the cowl body for movement in the tilting direction when the movable plate portion is assembled in an inclined state with respect to the vertical direction. and a hooking portion that abuts and hooks the stopping portion, and is configured such that when an external load exceeding a predetermined value acts on the cowl louver, the hooking portion slides on the locking portion to release the hooking. There is a cowl structure for vehicles. The shielding member has a bent plate portion connected to the movable plate portion via a hinge portion so as to be bendable. The hook portion extends from the bent plate portion. 2. The cowl structure for a vehicle according to claim 1, wherein when a load is applied, the bent plate portion bends at the hinge portion so that the hook portion is disengaged from the locking portion. The shielding member is a support plate that rotatably supports the movable plate portion in the falling direction via a second hinge portion different from the first hinge portion when the hinge portion is the first hinge portion. 3. The vehicle cowl structure according to claim 2, comprising a portion. 4. The vehicle cowl structure according to claim 3, wherein the shielding member is configured such that the first hinge portion and the second hinge portion extend in mutually different directions. 5. The vehicle cowl according to claim 3, wherein the second hinge portion is provided with a holding clip that holds the movable plate portion rotatably in the tilting direction with respect to the support plate portion. structure. The movable plate portion is provided with a load converting portion for converting a part of the external load into a load that biases the movable plate portion in a direction in which the hooking portion is released from the engaging portion. The vehicle cowl structure according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein The vehicle according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein the shielding member has an elastic sheet joined to a front side of the movable plate portion in the tilting direction to seal the air flow path. cowl structure. 8. The cowl structure for a vehicle according to claim 7, wherein said elastic sheet has a sandwiching portion sandwiching said engaging portion with said hooking portion.

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