JP7240795B2 - vehicle front structure - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a vehicle front structure including a cowl louver extending in the vehicle width direction along the lower edge of a windshield.

In an automobile, a cowl louver extends in the width direction of the vehicle along the lower edge of the windshield. The cowl louver is provided with a drain port for discharging water accumulated on the cowl louver to the vehicle lower side of the cowl louver. Patent Literature 1 discloses a configuration in which a gutter is provided on the back side of a ventilation portion provided on a cowl louver top (cowl louver), and water is transmitted to the gutter to drain water to the outside of the vehicle. Further, Patent Document 2 discloses a configuration in which a waterproof cover is attached to a cowl panel provided on the vehicle lower side of a cowl grille (cowl louver). This waterproof cover is provided with a gutter portion that guides water to the side portion in the vehicle width direction.

JP-A-9-86443 JP 2007-326385 A

Depending on where the drain port is arranged, a metal plate such as a cowl panel provided on the vehicle lower side of the cowl louver may be visible from the outside of the vehicle through the drain port. Further, a seal member is interposed between the cowl louver and a vehicle component provided around the cowl louver. An example of a component is a windshield. The drain port in the cowl louver is sometimes provided in the vicinity of the seal member from the viewpoint of design. In this case, when sand enters from the drain port and enters the fitting portion between the cowl louver and the seal member, there is a risk of noise being generated. Therefore, it is desirable to have a configuration that can hide the metal plate visible from the drain port and that can suppress the entry of sand into the fitting portion between the cowl louver and the seal member.

As in the technique described in Patent Document 1, in the form in which the cowl louver is integrally provided with a gutter for the purpose of drainage and blinding, the formability of the cowl louver tends to deteriorate. Further, as in the technique described in Patent Document 2, in the form in which a cover member separate from the cowl panel is attached, there are problems such as an increase in cost, an increase in weight, and a decrease in productivity.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Accordingly, one of the objects of the present invention is to provide a front portion of a vehicle that can hide a metal plate visible from a drain port provided in a cowl louver and suppress sand from entering a fitting portion between the cowl louver and a seal member with a simple structure. It is to provide structure.

A vehicle front structure according to an aspect of the present invention includes:
a cowl louver extending in the vehicle width direction along the lower edge of the windshield;
a sealing member provided between the cowl louver and a vehicle component provided around the cowl louver,
The cowl louver has a drain port,
The seal member includes an extended portion that overlaps at least a portion of the drain port when viewed from the top of the vehicle.

The above-mentioned vehicle front structure is provided with an extension part that overlaps at least a part of the drain port when viewed from the top of the vehicle, so that the metal plate can be hidden from the drain port provided in the cowl louver, and the seal member and the cowl louver can be hidden. Intrusion of sand into the fitting portion can be suppressed. Since the extended portion can be configured by extending a part of the normally provided sealing member, it is possible to suppress an increase in cost, an increase in weight, and a decrease in productivity.

FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram showing the vehicle front structure of the embodiment. FIG. 2 is an enlarged view of the vicinity of the drain port provided in the vehicle front structure of the embodiment. FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view taken along line (III)-(III) in FIG.

A vehicle front structure according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 3. FIG. The same reference numerals in the drawings indicate the same names. In the following description, "front", "rear", "up", "down", "left", and "right" refer to directions relative to the front of the vehicle. In the figure, the arrow FR indicates the front side in the vehicle longitudinal direction, the arrow RR indicates the rear side, the arrow LH indicates the left side in the vehicle lateral direction (vehicle width direction), the arrow RH indicates the right side, the arrow UP indicates the upper side in the vehicle vertical direction, and the arrow LWR. indicates the bottom side.

〔overall structure〕
As shown in FIG. 1, the vehicle front structure 1 of the embodiment includes a cowl louver 2 extending in the vehicle width direction along the lower edge of a windshield 6, and a cowl louver 2 and a vehicle body provided around the cowl louver 2. It is provided with seal members 3 and 4 provided between the constituent members (the windshield 6 in this example). The cowl louver 2 has a drain port 20. - 特許庁As shown in FIG. 2, one of the characteristics of the vehicle front structure 1 of the embodiment is that the seal member 3 includes an extended portion 32 that overlaps at least a portion of the drain port 20 when viewed from the top of the vehicle.

[Cowl louver]
The cowl louver 2 includes a louver body 21 and a hinge cover 22, as shown in FIGS. The louver main body 21 extends in the vehicle width direction so as to extend over the left and right sides of the vehicle. The hinge covers 22 are detachably arranged on the louver body 21 at both ends of the louver body 21 . As shown in FIG. 1, the hinge cover 22 is provided in a range extending from the louver body 21 to the front fender 8 and the front pillar 9, and covers a hinge (not shown) that rotatably supports the bonnet 7 on the vehicle body. Although FIG. 1 shows the hinge cover 22 provided on the right side of the vehicle, the hinge cover provided on the left side of the vehicle has the same configuration.

The cowl louver 2 has a drain port 20 for discharging water accumulated on the cowl louver 2 to the vehicle lower side of the cowl louver 2. - 特許庁The water discharged from the drain port 20 to the vehicle lower side of the cowl louver 2 is guided to the side portion in the vehicle width direction along the cowl panel 5 (FIG. 3) provided on the vehicle lower side of the cowl louver 2, and reaches the front fender 8 ( 1) to the periphery of the tire (not shown).

The drain port 20 is provided on at least one of the louver body 21 and the hinge cover 22 . In this example, the drain port 20 is provided in the hinge cover 22 . The drain port 20 is provided in the vicinity of the seal member 3 to be described later from the viewpoint of design. In this example, the surface of the louver body 21 on the upper side of the vehicle (the surface facing the hinge cover 22) is formed as an inclined surface that slopes downward from the front side of the vehicle toward the rear side of the vehicle. By doing so, the water discharged from the drain port 20 can be suppressed from flowing to the front side of the vehicle between the louver body 21 and the hinge cover 22, and is guided to the cowl panel 5 side.

A cowl panel 5 that supports the cowl louver 2 from below the vehicle is arranged on the vehicle lower side of the cowl louver 2, as shown in FIG. The cowl panel 5 includes a cowl inner panel 51 and a cowl outer panel 52. - 特許庁The cowl inner panel 51 extends in the vehicle width direction on the vehicle lower side of the louver body 21 . Further, the cowl inner panel 51 extends in the vehicle front-rear direction on the vehicle lower side of the louver body 21 . The cowl inner panel 51 has a vertical cross-sectional shape along the vehicle length direction, which is a concave shape that opens toward the upper side of the vehicle. The cowl inner panel 51 has a function of guiding the water discharged from the drain port 20 to the side portion in the vehicle width direction. The cowl inner panel 51 is joined to the dash panel 53 on the vehicle rear side surface. A cowl side panel (not shown) is provided on both sides of the cowl inner panel 51 and joined to the front pillar 9 . The cowl outer panel 52 supports the lower edge of the windshield 6 in the vehicle width direction. A cowl outer panel 52 is joined to a dash panel 53 .

[Seal member]
The sealing members 3 and 4 are provided between the cowl louver 2 and vehicle components provided around the cowl louver 2 . Constituent members include a windshield 6, a front fender 8, a front pillar 9, and the like. In this example, the seal members 3 and 4 are provided between the cowl louver 2 and the windshield 6 . Specifically, a seal member 3 is provided between the hinge cover 22 and the windshield 6 , and a seal member 4 is provided between the louver body 21 and the windshield 6 . In this example, the seal member 3 provided between the hinge cover 22 and the windshield 6 will be described.

The seal member 3 is attached to the rear end portion of the hinge cover 22 . Specifically, as shown in FIG. 3, the seal member 3 is attached from the rear side of the vehicle so as to sandwich the rear end portion of the hinge cover 22 in the vertical direction of the vehicle. The rear end portion of the hinge cover 22 is provided with a claw portion having a concave cross-section on the surface on the upper side of the vehicle. The seal member 3 has a hook portion that fits into the claw portion of the hinge cover 22 at a portion located on the upper side of the vehicle. The seal member 3 is fixed to the hinge cover 22 by fitting the claw portion and the hook portion. A portion of the sealing member 3 located on the vehicle lower side is interposed between the hinge cover 22 and the windshield 6 .

The seal member 3 includes a body portion 31 provided along the peripheral edge of the hinge cover 22 and an extension portion 32 projecting from the body portion 31 toward the drain port 20 side of the hinge cover 22 . The extending portion 32 faces the vehicle lower side surface of the hinge cover 22 . The main body portion 31 and the extension portion 32 are integrally formed. As shown in FIG. 2 , the extended portion 32 is provided so as to overlap at least a portion of the drain port 20 when viewed from the top of the vehicle. The extension part 32 overlaps the drain port 20 to such an extent that the cowl panel 5 (cowl outer panel 52) cannot be seen through the drain port 20 when viewed from the top of the vehicle. Furthermore, as shown in FIG. 3, the extended portion 32 is designed so that a person standing on the side of the vehicle can tilt it diagonally from the front to the rear of the vehicle (in the direction of the two-dot chain line arrow shown in FIG. 3) into the drain port 20. It is preferable that the cowl panel 5 (the cowl outer panel 52) overlaps with the drain port 20 to such an extent that the cowl panel 5 (the cowl outer panel 52) is not visible when viewed from above. The extension part 32 is formed so that the cowl panel 5 (cowl outer panel 52) cannot be seen even when obliquely viewed from the front to the rear of the vehicle at an angle of 15 to 35° with respect to the vertical straight line. For example, it overlaps with the drain port 20 . The extended portion 32 overlaps about half of the drain port 20 when viewed from the top of the vehicle. The extended portion 32 may overlap the entire area of the drain port 20 when viewed from the top of the vehicle.

It is preferable that the extending portion 32 is inclined so as to be lowered toward the lower side of the vehicle toward the tip from the fitting portion with the hinge cover 22 . Since the extending portion 32 is inclined, the water discharged from the drain port 20 toward the vehicle lower side of the cowl louver 2 can be easily guided to the cowl panel 5 (the cowl inner panel 51) via the extending portion 32. The extending portion 32 may extend horizontally toward the tip from the fitting portion with the hinge cover 22 .

The shape of the extending portion 32 is substantially a parallelogram when viewed from above in this example, but is not limited to this. The shape of the extending portion 32 may be other polygonal shapes such as rectangles, trapezoids, triangles, etc., and may also be semicircles, semiovals, tongues, and the like.

[Effect]
The vehicle front structure 1 of the embodiment includes an extending portion 32 that overlaps at least a part of the drain port 20 provided in the hinge cover 22 when viewed from the top of the vehicle. The cowl panel 5 that can be seen from the outside can be shielded, and the appearance can be improved. Further, the vehicle front structure 1 is provided with the extension portion 32, so even if sand enters from the drain port 20, sand is prevented from entering the fitting portion between the hinge cover 22 and the seal member 3. can. In particular, when the extended portion 32 overlaps the entire area of the drain port 20 when viewed from the top of the vehicle, the water discharged from the drain port 20 is easily guided to the cowl panel 5 (the cowl inner panel 51), thereby enhancing the drainage effect. easy. Since the extending portion 32 can be formed integrally with the seal member 3 that is normally provided, it is possible to suppress increases in cost, weight, and productivity.

The present invention is not limited to these examples, but is indicated by the scope of the claims, and is intended to include all modifications within the meaning and scope of equivalents to the scope of the claims. For example, the following modifications are possible in the above-described embodiments.

In the above-described embodiment, the hinge cover 22 is provided with the drainage port 20, and the seal member 3 (first seal member) provided between the hinge cover 22 and the windshield 6 is provided with the extended portion 32. . Alternatively, the louver main body 21 may be provided with the drain port 20 and the seal member 4 provided between the louver main body 21 and the windshield 6 may be provided with an extended portion similar to the above-described extended portion 32 .

Alternatively, if a second seal member (not shown) is provided between the hinge cover 22 and the front fender 8 and the drainage port 20 is provided near the second seal member in the hinge cover 22, the second seal An extension similar to the extension 32 may be provided on the member. Further, when a third seal member (not shown) is provided between the hinge cover 22 and the front pillar 9 and the drainage port 20 is provided near the third seal member in the hinge cover 22, the third seal member may be provided with an extension portion similar to the extension portion 32 described above.

1 vehicle front structure 2 cowl louver 20 drain port 21 louver main body 22 hinge cover 3, 4 sealing member 31 main body 32 extension 5 cowl panel 51 cowl inner panel 52 cowl outer panel 53 dash panel 6 windshield 7 Bonnet 8 Front fender 9 Front pillar

Claims (1)

a cowl louver extending in the vehicle width direction along the lower edge of the windshield;
a sealing member provided between the cowl louver and a vehicle component provided around the cowl louver,
The cowl louver has a drain port,
The sealing member is
a main body provided along the periphery of the cowl louver;
an extending portion that locally protrudes from the main body portion toward the drain port and overlaps at least a portion of the drain port when viewed from the top of the vehicle ;
The extension portion faces the lower surface of the cowl louver so as to be positioned below the drain port.
Vehicle front structure.

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