JPH10212956A - Caution label installing structure - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To ensure visibility of a caution label, make the layout of engine relative parts favorably, avoid fault influenced by engine performance, and block that the hand of an operator approaches a fan when the engine related parts are operated. SOLUTION: In a caution label installing structure formed in such a constitution that a radiator 16 of an engine 6 mounted in the engine room 4 of a vehicle 2 is arranged on the front side of vehicular front and rear directions in the engine room 4 by deviating from a center part of a vehicular width direction to one side, and a caution label 34 is installed on a fan shroud 20 of the radiator 16; a label installing seat surface 36 on which the caution label 34 is installed is arranged on the fan shroud 20 by deviating from an upper part of a nearly center part to one side of the vehicular width direction.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a caution label mounting structure, and more particularly to a caution label mounting structure which can ensure the visibility of a caution label, which can be advantageous in the layout of engine-related parts, and which affects the engine performance due to layout restrictions. The present invention relates to a caution label mounting structure that can avoid the inconvenience of receiving a warning and can keep an operator's hand away from the fan when operating an engine-related component disposed near the fan shroud.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a vehicle, an engine serving as a drive source is mounted in an engine room, and an air cleaner and a radiator of the engine are arranged in the engine room. The radiator is provided with a caution label for displaying information about the radiator.

[0003] As a conventional caution label mounting structure, there is one shown in Figs. In FIG. 7, 10
2 is a vehicle, 104 is an engine room. An engine 106 is mounted in the engine room 104, and the transmission 10
8 are connected. The engine room 104 includes a battery 110 and an air cleaner 11 which are engine-related parts.
2. An intake hose 114, a radiator 116, and the like are provided.

The battery 110 is connected to the engine room 1
It is disposed on one side (the right side in FIG. 7) of the vehicle 04 in the vehicle width direction (the direction of arrow AA).

[0005] The air cleaner 112 is disposed at a substantially central portion of the engine room 104 in the vehicle width direction.
The intake hose 114 is connected to the engine room 104.
At one side position in the vehicle width direction, the vehicle is directed to the front side (downward in FIG. 7) in the vehicle front-rear direction (the direction of the arrow BB), one end is opened, the intermediate portion is curved, and the vehicle width direction is formed. The other end extending toward the other side is an air cleaner 1
12 is connected.

The radiator 116 is disposed on the front side in the vehicle longitudinal direction in the engine room 104 so as to be deviated to one side from a substantially central portion in the vehicle width direction. Radiator 1
Reference numeral 16 is attached to an upper member 118 and a lower member (not shown) disposed in the engine room 104 in the vehicle width direction.

The radiator 116 has a fan shroud 120. Fan shroud 120
As shown in FIG. 8, a cover 122 is provided to cover the rear side (the upper side in FIG. 7) of the radiator 116 in the vehicle front-rear direction.
A short cylindrical fan guide 124 is provided on the cover 122 so as to protrude rearward in the vehicle longitudinal direction. Cover 1
A radiator mounting portion 126 is provided on 22. The fan guide 124 has a fan motor mounting portion 128.

The radiator 116 is provided with a caution label 130 for displaying information about the radiator attached to the fan shroud 120. The fan shroud 120 is provided with a label mounting seat surface 132 above a substantially central portion of the fan guide 124 indicated by a dashed line in FIG. The caution label 130 is attached to the label mounting seat surface 13.
2 attached.

[0009]

However, in the conventional caution label mounting structure, the caution label 1 is used.
As shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, a label mounting seat surface 132 is provided substantially above the central portion of the fan guide 124 of the fan shroud 120, and the caution label 130 is provided on the label mounting seat surface 132. Is provided.

For this reason, in the conventional caution label mounting structure, for example, an intake hose 114 of an engine-related component is provided above a substantially central portion of the fan shroud 120.
Cannot be secured, and the layout of the intake hose 114 is limited. Further, the intake hose 114 must be disposed in the engine room 104 so as not to be located above the fan shroud 120 as shown in FIG. 7 due to layout restrictions due to giving priority to the visibility of the caution label 130. There are inconveniences affected by engine performance.

Further, the label mounting seat surface 132 of the caution label 130 provided on the fan guide 124 is arranged at a position shown by a solid line in FIG. 8 so that the intake hoe 114 is disposed substantially above the central portion of the fan shroud 120. If the fan guide 124 is moved to the position shown by the dashed line, there is a problem that a sufficient mounting area cannot be ensured due to a problem in the shape of the fan guide 124 (length protruding rearward in the vehicle longitudinal direction).

In the vicinity of the fan shroud 120,
An oil level gauge 134 of the transmission 108, which is an engine-related component, is provided. However, when operating such an engine-related component, the operator's hand may approach a fan (not shown). .

[0013]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to eliminate the above-mentioned disadvantages, the present invention provides a radiator for an engine mounted in an engine room of a vehicle at a front side in the vehicle front-rear direction in the engine room. In a caution label mounting structure in which a fan shroud of the radiator is provided with a caution label for displaying information about the radiator provided so as to be deviated to one side from a substantially central portion and a fan shroud of the radiator, a vehicle is provided from substantially above the central portion. A label mounting seat surface to which the caution label is mounted is provided so as to be deflected to one side in the width direction.

The fan shroud is provided with the label mounting seat surface so as to be deflected to one side in the vehicle width direction from above a substantially central portion of the fan guide, and the label mounting seat surface is provided in the vehicle front-rear direction with respect to the fan guide. It is characterized by being provided so as to protrude to the rear side.

[0015]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The caution label mounting structure of the present invention is provided with a label mounting seat surface on which a caution label is mounted by being deflected to one side in the vehicle width direction from above a substantially central portion of a fan shroud. A space for disposing the engine-related parts can be secured substantially above the central portion of the fan shroud without impairing the visibility of the caution label.

In the caution label mounting structure of the present invention, a label mounting seat surface is provided so as to be deflected to one side in the vehicle width direction from above a substantially central portion of a fan guide of a fan shroud. The protruding label mounting seat surface allows the operator's hand to approach the fan when operating the engine-related parts arranged near the fan shroud by protruding rearward in the vehicle body front-rear direction. Can be prevented.

[0017]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. 1 to 6 show an embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 1, 2 is a vehicle, and 4 is an engine room. The engine room 4 is equipped with an engine 6. A transmission 8 is connected to the engine 6. The engine room 4 contains a battery 10 which is an engine-related part.
And an air cleaner 12, an intake hose 14, a radiator 16, and the like.

The battery 10 is disposed on one side (the right side in FIG. 1) of the engine room 4 in the vehicle width direction (the direction of arrow AA).

The air cleaner 12 is disposed at a substantially central portion in the vehicle width direction in the engine room 4. The intake hose 14 is directed forward (downward in FIG. 1) in the vehicle front-rear direction (arrow BB direction) at a position deviated to one side from a substantially central portion in the vehicle width direction in the engine room 4. One end is opened, the middle part is curved, and the other end directed to the other side (left side in FIG. 1) in the vehicle width direction is connected to the air cleaner 12.

The radiator 16 is provided in the engine room 4
It is arranged on the front side in the front-rear direction of the vehicle so as to be deviated to one side (the right side in FIG. 1) from the central portion in the vehicle width direction. The radiator 16 is attached to an upper member 18 and a lower member (not shown) disposed in the engine room 4 so as to be oriented in the vehicle width direction.

The radiator 16 is provided with a fan shroud 20. The fan shroud 20 is shown in FIGS.
As shown in FIG. 6, a cover 22 that covers the rear side (upper side in FIG. 1) of the radiator 16 in the vehicle front-rear direction is provided, and a short cylindrical fan guide 24 is projected from the cover 22 to the rear side in the vehicle front-rear direction. Provided.

The cover 22 is provided with a radiator mounting portion 26. The fan shroud 20 is mounted on the radiator 16 by a radiator mounting portion 26. The fan guide 24 has a fan motor mounting portion 28.
The fan motor 30 is mounted on the fan motor mounting portion 28. A fan 32 is attached to the fan motor 30.

The radiator 16 is provided with a caution label 34 for displaying information about the radiator 16 attached to the fan shroud 20. The fan shroud 20 is provided with a label mounting seat surface 36 to which the caution label 34 is mounted so as to be deflected to one side from above a substantially central portion indicated by a dashed line.

The label mounting seat surface 36 is provided on the fan guide 24.
The fan guide 24 is provided so as to be deflected from above the substantially central portion of the fan guide 24 to one side in the vehicle width direction (the right side in FIG. 1) so as to secure a space above the substantially central portion. The label mounting seat surface 36 is provided so as to protrude rearward of the fan guide 24 in the vehicle longitudinal direction. The caution label 34 is mounted on the label mounting seat surface 36.

Next, the operation will be described.

In the vehicle 2, an engine 6 is mounted in an engine room 4, and a battery 10, an air cleaner 12, an intake hose 14, a radiator 16 and the like, which are engine-related parts, are arranged in the engine room 4. The radiator 16 is located on the front side in the vehicle longitudinal direction in the engine room 4,
It is disposed so as to be deviated to one side from a substantially central portion in the vehicle width direction.

The fan shroud 20 of the radiator 16 is provided with a label mounting seat surface 36 to which the caution label 34 is mounted so as to be deflected from substantially above the central portion to one side in the vehicle width direction. The label mounting seat surface 36 is provided so as to be deflected to one side in the vehicle width direction from above a substantially central portion of the fan guide 24 of the fan shroud 20. The label mounting seat surface 36 is provided so as to protrude rearward of the fan guide 24 in the vehicle front-rear direction.

As described above, the caution label mounting structure is provided with the label mounting seat surface 36 to which the caution label 34 is mounted by being deflected to a side in the vehicle width direction from above the substantially central portion of the fan shroud 20. ,
A space for disposing the intake hose 14, which is an engine-related component, can be ensured substantially above the central portion of the fan shroud 20 without impairing the visibility of the caution label 36.

For this reason, this caution label attaching structure can secure the visibility of the caution label 34 as shown in FIG. 1 and, furthermore, arrange the intake hose 14 at a position substantially above the central portion of the fan shroud 20. This makes it possible to provide an advantage in the layout of the intake hose 14, and it is possible to avoid a disadvantage that the engine performance is affected by the restriction of the layout of the intake hose 14.

The caution label mounting structure is
A label mounting seat surface 36 is provided so as to be deflected to one side in the vehicle width direction from above a substantially central portion of the fan guide 24 of the fan shroud 20, and the label mounting seat surface 36 is attached to the fan guide 2.
As shown in FIG. 2, the oil level gauge 38 of the transmission 8, which is an engine-related component disposed near the fan shroud 20, is operated by protruding rearward of the vehicle body in the vehicle longitudinal direction. In addition, the label mounting seat surface 36 protruding from the fan guide 24 can prevent an operator's hand from approaching the fan 32.

For this reason, the caution label mounting structure can keep the operator's hand away from the fan when operating the oil level gauge 38 of the transmission 8 disposed near the fan shroud 20.

[0032]

As described above, the caution label mounting structure of the present invention is provided with the label mounting seat surface to which the caution label is mounted by being deviated to a side in the vehicle width direction from above the substantially central portion of the fan shroud. Accordingly, a space for disposing the engine-related parts can be secured substantially above the central portion of the fan shroud without impairing the visibility of the caution label.

For this reason, the caution label mounting structure can ensure the visibility of the caution label, and allows the engine-related parts to be disposed at a position substantially above the central portion of the fan shroud. In this case, it is possible to avoid an inconvenience in which the engine performance is affected by the layout constraint.

The caution label mounting structure is
The label mounting seat surface is provided so as to be deflected to one side from above the substantially central portion of the fan guide of the fan shroud, and the label mounting seat surface is provided so as to protrude rearward in the vehicle front-rear direction from the fan guide to provide a fan. When operating an engine-related component disposed near the shroud, the protruding label mounting seat surface can prevent the operator's hand from approaching the fan.

For this reason, the caution label mounting structure can keep an operator's hand away from the fan when operating an engine-related component disposed near the fan shroud.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic plan view of an engine room showing an embodiment of a caution label mounting structure according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a side view of a fan shroud in an engine room.

FIG. 3 is a rear perspective view of the fan shroud.

FIG. 4 is an enlarged plan view of a label mounting seat surface.

FIG. 5 is a rear view of the fan shroud.

FIG. 6 is a plan view of a portion indicated by an arrow VI in FIG. 5;

FIG. 7 is a schematic plan view of an engine room showing a conventional example.

FIG. 8 is a rear perspective view of the fan shroud.

[Explanation of symbols]

 2 Vehicle 4 Engine room 6 Engine 8 Transmission 10 Battery 12 Air cleaner 14 Intake hose 16 Radiator 20 Fan shroud 24 Fan guide 34 Caution label 36 Label mounting seat surface 38 Oil level cage

Claims (2)

[Claims] A radiator of an engine mounted in an engine room of a vehicle is disposed at a front side in a front-rear direction of the vehicle in the engine room so as to be deviated to one side from a substantially central portion in a vehicle width direction, and a fan of the radiator is provided. In a caution label mounting structure in which a caution label for displaying information about a radiator is mounted on a shroud, a label mounting seat to which the caution label is mounted on the fan shroud by biasing the shroud to one side in the vehicle width direction from above a substantially central portion. A caution label mounting structure characterized by having a surface. 2. The fan shroud is provided with the label mounting seat surface so as to be deflected to one side in the vehicle width direction from above a substantially central portion of the fan guide, and the label mounting seat surface is positioned between the front and rear of the vehicle relative to the fan guide. The caution label mounting structure according to claim 1, wherein the caution label mounting structure is provided so as to protrude rearward in the direction.