JPH11263246A - Body front structure for automobile - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide the body front structure for automobile capable of reducing the number of part items and the assembling man-hours, capable of improving the appearance while arranging a condenser, a radiator and a pipeline under them so that they are not seen from outside through an opening of a front bumper, capable of efficiently leading the traveling air from the opening of the front bumper to the condenser or the radiator and capable of improving the degree of freedom in design. SOLUTION: A garnish 15 for covering a lower area S from a lower part of an opening 2 (opening 13c) of a front bumper 1 to a condenser 3 or a lower end of a radiator 4 and both side areas from sides of the opening 2 of the front bumper 1 to sides of the condenser 3 and the radiator 4 is arranged between the front bumper 1 and the condenser 3 or the radiator 4. The garnish 15 is formed so as to be inclined toward the rear car a of body as it is formed from a lower part to an upper part.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a front structure of a vehicle body of an automobile, and more particularly, to a structure in which a front bumper disposed at a front portion of a vehicle body and a condenser or a radiator disposed behind the front bumper. The present invention relates to a garnish arrangement structure.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a four-wheeled vehicle or the like, as shown in FIGS. 6 to 8, a front bumper 1 provided at a front portion of a vehicle body is provided with an opening 2 for taking in outside air, and a rear portion of the front bumper 1 is provided. There is a configuration in which the opening 2 of the front bumper 1 is arranged corresponding to the condenser 3 (or the radiator 4) arranged in the above. In this case, a pair of rectifying plates 6 are provided at locations corresponding to both side portions of the capacitor 3, that is, at locations corresponding to the side portion 2a on one side of the opening 2 and the center portion 2b on the left and right sides.
a, 6b are attached to the back side of the front bumper 1 in a state where they face each other. Thus, the traveling wind (outside air) introduced through the opening 2 of the front bumper 1 is
At a and 6b, they are directed toward the condenser 3 and introduced into the front of the condenser 3, whereby the condenser 3 and the radiator 4 are cooled.

In this way, the opening 2 is provided in the front bumper 1 for introducing outside air, and the opening 2 is connected to the condenser 3.
, The condenser 3 or the radiator 4,
In addition, there is a problem that the pipe 5 (see FIG. 8) and the like disposed below the portion are visible from the outside through the opening of the front bumper, and the appearance is impaired. Therefore,
Conventionally, as shown in FIGS.
Between the capacitor 2 and the opening 3
A net 7 is attached to a position (area indicated by oblique lines α in FIG. 6) that covers the capacitor 3 inside the vehicle body.
The pipe 5 and the like are hardly seen from the outside.

[0004]

However, the conventional body front structure as described above has various problems as follows. First, the net 7 is inserted into the opening 2 of the front bumper 1.
Even if the front bumper 1 is mounted through the gap 8 of the net 7 as shown in FIG.
There is a problem that the condenser 3 and the pipe 5 on the inner side of the device can be seen, and the appearance is impaired. Also, by attaching the net 7, the condenser 3 inside the vehicle body and the pipe
Although it becomes difficult to see through the opening 2 of the front bumper 1 from the outside, the substantial opening area of the opening 2 of the front bumper 1 is reduced by the presence of the net 7, so that the flow of the traveling wind is deteriorated and the condenser There is a problem that the cooling efficiency of the radiator 3 and the radiator 4 deteriorates. Therefore, providing the net 7 for improving the appearance is not preferable from the viewpoint of preventing heat damage. Further, in the related art, since a pair of straightening plates 6a and 6b are mounted to improve ventilation, there is a problem that the number of parts and the number of assembling steps are increased. In addition, when the net 7 is assumed to be mounted, the opening area of the opening 2 of the front bumper 1 must be sufficiently large from the viewpoint of ventilation. There is a problem that the degree of freedom in design is small.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve such a problem, and has as its object to reduce the number of parts and the number of assembling steps, and to reduce the number of parts and pipes provided at the lower part of the condenser or radiator. The appearance can be improved by not being seen from the outside through the opening of the front bumper, and the traveling wind from the opening of the front bumper can be efficiently guided to the condenser or the radiator. It is an object of the present invention to provide a vehicle body front structure capable of improving the vehicle body.

[0006]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, according to the present invention, a front bumper provided at a front portion of a vehicle body is provided with an opening for taking in a traveling wind, and a rear portion of the front bumper is provided behind the front bumper. In a vehicle body front structure in which the opening of the front bumper is arranged corresponding to the condenser or radiator to be arranged, a lower region from a lower side of the opening of the front bumper to a lower end of the condenser or radiator, Further, a garnish covering both side regions from a side portion of the opening of the front bumper to a side end portion of the capacitor or the radiator is disposed between the front bumper and the capacitor or the radiator. . In the present invention,
A part of the garnish covering the lower area,
It is formed so as to be inclined toward the rear side of the vehicle body from the lower part to the upper part. Further, in the present invention, the garnish is disposed between a compressor disposed on a side of the condenser or the radiator and an opening provided in the front bumper, and a front of the compressor corresponding to the opening is provided. The area is covered by a part of the garnish. In the present invention,
An engagement claw is provided at a lower portion of the garnish, and an engagement hole is provided at a lower side portion of an opening of the front bumper, so that the engagement claw of the garnish is engaged with the engagement hole of the front bumper. To fix the garnish to the front bumper. Further, in the present invention, the front bumper has a body color other than black and the garnish has a black color, thereby giving a sense of depth of the garnish to the front bumper.

[0007]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS One embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. 1 to 5, the same parts as those in FIGS. 6 to 8 are denoted by the same reference numerals.

FIG. 1 shows a four-wheeled vehicle 9 having a vehicle body front structure according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIGS. 1 to 4, the front bumper 1 of the four-wheeled vehicle 9 is provided with an opening 2 for taking in outside air at a central portion on the left and right sides of the main body 1a and protrudes from an upper end of the main body 1a. The grill 10 is fitted to the frame 1b. The reason why the opening 2 is provided in the front bumper 1 in this way is to improve the flow of the traveling wind through the opening 2 and to improve the design (design) of the front bumper 1. is there.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the opening 2 has a vertical bar 11 extending vertically in the left and right central portions, and a vertical bar 11 in the upper and lower central portions perpendicular to the vertical bar 11. A horizontal bar 12 that extends in the horizontal direction is provided, and the vertical bar 11 and the horizontal bar 12 define four opening portions 13a, 13b, 13c, and 13d. A license plate mounting portion 14 is formed in an opening 13a of the opening 2 (an opening on the upper left side in FIG. 1), and the other opening portions 13b,
13c and 13d are completely open. Thus, behind the front bumper 1 and at the opening 13
b, 13c (a pair of upper and lower openings on the right side in FIG. 1)
The capacitor 3 is arranged at a location corresponding to the above, and a radiator 4 is arranged immediately after the capacitor 3 so as to face the capacitor 3. More specifically, the opening portions 13a to 13
d is opposed to the lower part of the condenser 3 and the radiator 4, and the grill 10 is opposed to the upper part of the condenser 3 and the radiator 4.

Under such a configuration, as described above,
Since the opening 2 is provided in the front bumper 1, the pipe 5 and the like disposed in the lower part of the condenser 3 and the lower region S (see FIG. 3) below the condenser 3 (or the radiator 4) are located at the front. Opening 13c of bumper 1
(The opening on the lower right side in FIG. 1) will be visible from the outside. Further, since there is a gap between the front bumper 1 and the condenser 3, there is a problem that the hot air that has passed through the condenser 3 and the radiator 4 wraps around these front sides through the gap. Therefore, in the present embodiment, a garnish 15 is disposed on the back side of the front bumper 1 and between the front bumper 1 and the capacitor 3 as shown in FIGS. At the same time, the lower area S is covered and covered, and the traveling wind is rectified to prevent the hot air from flowing around. In addition,
3 and 4, reference numeral 30 denotes a cross member that forms a lower portion of the vehicle body front portion, 31 denotes an upper member that forms an upper portion of the vehicle body front portion, 32 denotes a cross member that forms an intermediate portion of the vehicle body front portion, and 33 denotes a cross member. Condenser 3 and radiator 4
Is a front hood that covers an upper opening of an engine room in which the storage compartment is disposed.

As shown in FIG. 2, the garnish 15 used in the present embodiment has a main body 16 extending in the left and right longitudinal directions of the front bumper 1, and stands up from the main body 16 respectively. And a pair of side plate portions 17, 18 arranged to correspond to both side portions of the opening portions 13b, 13c.
More specifically, the right half of the main body 16 corresponding to the opening 13c of the front bumper 1 is inclined toward the rear of the vehicle body from the lower part to the upper part as shown in FIG. The formed inclined plate portion 20 is formed, and the opening portions 13a and 13
As shown in FIG.
1 has been set. Note that a portion of the closing plate portion 21 corresponding to the license plate attaching portion 14 is notched. The cross-sectional shape of the inclined plate portion 20 is stepped, and an engaging claw 22 is integrally formed on the lower surface of the lower end of the inclined plate portion 20 as shown in FIG. On the other hand, an engagement hole 23 with which the engagement claw 22 is engaged is formed in a lower side portion of the opening portion 13c of the front bumper 1.
reference).

The garnish 15 is formed in such a shape as to extend a terminal portion (a back side edge portion) of the front bumper 1 in a state where the garnish 15 is attached to the back side of the front bumper 1 as described later. ing. The color of the front bumper 1 is set to a body color other than black, while the color of the garnish 15 is set to black by color molding, and the assembled body composed of the front bumper 1 and the garnish 15 is a so-called 2 It is made with a tone color.

Thus, the garnish 15 described above is mounted on the front bumper 1 as follows. First, the engaging claw 22 of the garnish 15 is inserted into the engaging hole 23 of the front bumper 1 fixed to the front part of the vehicle body with a screw, a clip, or the like, and is engaged in a hooked state. Perform positioning and temporary fixing. Next, in this state, the garnish 15 applied to the back surface of the front bumper 1 is tightened and fixed to the plurality of bosses 24 (see FIG. 2) of the front bumper 1 by screws 25.

When the garnish 15 is attached to the front bumper 1 in this manner, the garnish 15
The inclined plate portion 20 of the garnish 15 is disposed corresponding to the opening portion 13 c of the front bumper 1.
1 are arranged corresponding to the opening portions 13a and 13d of the front bumper 1. Thus, the inclined plate portion 2 of the garnish 15
As shown in FIG. 3, the reference numeral 0 is arranged so as to gradually incline toward the rear of the vehicle body from below to above, and is arranged to incline upward from the front bumper 1 toward the condenser 3. Accordingly, a lower region S from the lower side portion β of the opening 13c of the front bumper 1 to the lower end 3a of the capacitor 3, that is, a lower region S including the lower portion of the capacitor 3 and the pipe 5 below the capacitor 3.
Is covered by the inclined plate portion 20 of the garnish 15.
The upper end 20a of the inclined plate portion 20 is disposed near the upper end of the lower end 3a of the capacitor 3 as shown in FIG.
Therefore, a gap between the lower side of the opening 13c of the front bumper 1 and the lower end 3a of the capacitor 3 is formed by the inclined plate 2
At 0, the state is covered.

[0015] As shown in FIG.
A pair of side plates 17, 18 of the garnish 15 are arranged corresponding to the packings 27, 28 attached to both sides of the garnish 5, and the tips of the side plates 17, 18 are provided with the packings 27, 2.
8 or in contact with packings 27 and 28. As a result, the gap between the capacitor 3 and the garnish 15 on both sides of the garnish 15 is closed, and the hot air is prevented from being drawn through the gap.

On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 4, an opening of the front bumper 1 is provided so that a hand or the like cannot be inserted into the back side of the front bumper 1 through openings 13a and 13d arranged corresponding to components such as the compressor 29. The entire area of the portion 13d and the entire area of the opening 13a except for the license plate attaching portion 14 are closed by the closing plate 21 of the front bumper 1 (see FIG. 4).

According to the vehicle body front structure of this embodiment, the front bumper 1 is completely opened without disposing a member such as a net or the like in the opening 2 of the front bumper 1. (Outside air) The intake area can be widened, which is advantageous in taking in the traveling wind, and the degree of freedom in designing the main body 1a of the front bumper 1 can be improved. In addition, the rectifying plates 6a and 6b (see FIG. 7) conventionally used as separate parts can be omitted, and the number of parts and the number of assembling steps can be reduced. In addition, even if the rectifying plates 6a and 6b are omitted, the pair of side plate portions 17 and 1 provided on the garnish 15 are provided.
8, an effective rectifying effect can be obtained.

Moreover, the inclined plate portion 20 of the garnish 15
As a result, the lower portion S of the condenser 3 and the parts such as the pipes 5 arranged in the lower region S are opened due to the presence of the inclined plate portion 20. It can be prevented from being seen from the outside through the portion 13c, and the appearance can be improved. Further, since the inclined plate portion 20 is arranged so as to be inclined toward the rear side of the vehicle body (that is, the side of the condenser 3) as going upward from below, the inclined plate portion 20 is disposed.
, The traveling wind introduced through the opening 13c of the front bumper 1 can be efficiently guided to the front surface of the condenser 3, and heat damage can be prevented.
In addition, the gap between the garnish 15 and the capacitor 3 on both sides of the capacitor 3 is
7 and 28 and the side plates 17 and 18 of the garnish 15, the traveling wind can be more efficiently guided to the front of the condenser 3, and from the rear to the front of the condenser 3 and the radiator 4. Hot air entrainment (wraparound) can be prevented.

Further, since the front bumper 1 has a body color (a color other than black) and the garnish 15 has a black color, a design (appearance) equivalent to that obtained by painting the front bumper 1 with a two-tone color can be obtained. Thus, the assembled body including the front bumper 1 and the garnish 15 can have a sufficient sense of depth as a whole, and the appearance in the vicinity of the inclined plate portion 20 can be improved.

On the other hand, the opening portions 13a and 13d of the front bumper 1 corresponding to the components such as the compressor 29 are closed by the closing plate portion 21 of the garnish 15 and the license plate mounting portion 14, so that the opening portion on the compressor 29 side is provided. It is possible to prevent hands from entering the parts 13a and 13d, and to prevent mud and stones from hitting parts such as the compressor 29 through the openings 13a and 13d.

In addition, the garnish 15 is attached to the main body 1a of the front bumper 1, and the garnish 15 is attached to the main body 1a of the front bumper 1.
Since the function as the reinforcing member a is performed, the rigidity of the main body 1a of the front bumper 1 can be improved.

Although the embodiment of the present invention has been described above, the present invention is not limited to this embodiment.
Various modifications and changes are possible based on the technical concept of the present invention. For example, in the above-described embodiment, the garnish 1
5 is arranged so as to correspond to the condenser 3, but when there is no condenser 3, the garnish 15 may be arranged so as to correspond to the radiator 4. In this case, the same operation as described above is performed. The effect can be obtained.

[0023]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a lower region from a lower side of an opening of a front bumper to a lower end of a condenser or a radiator, and a capacitor or a radiator from a side of an opening of a front bumper. Garnish covering both side areas up to the side end point of
Since it is arranged between the front bumper and the condenser or radiator, the presence of the garnish allows the lower part of the condenser or radiator inside the vehicle body or the piping below these to pass through the opening of the front bumper from outside. And the like become invisible, and the appearance can be improved. Also, since it is not necessary to attach another member such as a net or arrange a rectifier plate in the opening in front of the condenser or the radiator, the number of parts and the number of assembling steps can be reduced. The traveling wind (outside air) can be efficiently taken into the condenser or the front of the radiator through the section. Moreover, since the opening may be left open, there is no need to increase the opening area of the opening as in the case of arranging a net or the like, and therefore the degree of freedom in designing the front bumper can be improved. Can be. Furthermore, since both side areas from the side of the opening of the front bumper to the side end of the condenser or radiator are covered with garnish, the same rectifying effect as when a rectifying plate is provided as in the conventional case. Can be obtained. Moreover,
Since the garnish is attached to the front bumper, the garnish also functions as a reinforcing member for the front bumper, and thus the rigidity of the front bumper can be improved.

Further, according to the present invention, the garnish portion covering the lower region is formed so as to be inclined toward the rear side of the vehicle body from the lower portion to the upper portion. The traveling wind introduced from the opening of the front bumper can be efficiently and smoothly guided to the front of the condenser or the radiator along the portion.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, a garnish is provided between a compressor or a compressor disposed on a side of a radiator and an opening provided in a front bumper, and a garnish is provided corresponding to the opening. Since the front area of the compressor is covered with a part of the garnish, it is possible to prevent the hand, mud, stones, etc. from entering the opening on the compressor side at all.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, an engaging claw is provided at a lower portion of the garnish, and an engaging hole is provided at a lower side of an opening of the front bumper. Since the garnish is fixed to the front bumper in a state where the garnish is engaged with the engagement hole, the positioning of the garnish relative to the front bumper and the provision of the garnish relative to the front bumper are performed by the engagement between the engagement hole and the engagement claw. Stopping can be performed, and the garnish can be fixed at a predetermined position by an easy operation.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, the front bumper has a body color other than black, and the garnish has a black color so as to generate a sense of depth of the garnish with respect to the front bumper. As a result, a sufficient feeling of depth can be obtained, and a design equivalent to two-tone color painting of the front bumper can be obtained. Therefore, the appearance of the entire assembly of the front bumper and the garnish can be improved. can do.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of a four-wheeled vehicle provided with a vehicle body front structure according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view showing a vehicle body front structure in the four-wheeled vehicle of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is an enlarged sectional view taken along line AA in FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is an enlarged sectional view taken along line BB in FIG. 2;

FIG. 5 is an enlarged sectional view taken along line CC in FIG. 2;

FIG. 6 is a front view of a conventional four-wheeled vehicle having a vehicle body front structure.

FIG. 7 is an exploded perspective view showing a vehicle body front structure in the four-wheeled vehicle of FIG. 6;

FIG. 8 is an enlarged sectional view taken along line DD in FIG. 7;

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Front bumper 2 Opening part 3 Condenser 3a Lower part 4 Radiator 5 Piping 9 Four-wheeled vehicle 15 Garnish 16 Main body part 17, 18 Side plate part 20 Inclined plate part 21 Closed plate part 22 Engagement claw 23 Engagement hole 25 Screw 27, 28 Packing 29 Compressor β Lower area S Lower area

Claims (5)

[Claims] An opening for taking in traveling air is provided in a front bumper disposed at a front part of a vehicle body, and an opening of the front bumper is disposed corresponding to a condenser or a radiator disposed behind the front bumper. In the vehicle body front structure as described above, the lower region from the lower side of the opening of the front bumper to the lower end of the capacitor or the radiator, and the capacitor or the radiator from the side of the opening of the front bumper. A garnish covering both side regions up to a side end portion of the vehicle body is disposed between the front bumper and a condenser or a radiator. 2. The vehicle body according to claim 1, wherein a portion of the garnish covering the lower region is formed so as to be inclined toward a rear side of the vehicle body from a lower portion to an upper portion. Front structure. 3. The garnish is disposed between a compressor disposed on a side of the condenser or the radiator and an opening provided in the front bumper, and a front area of the compressor corresponding to the opening. 3. A vehicle body front structure according to claim 1, wherein the garnish is covered by a part of the garnish. 4. An engagement claw is provided at a lower portion of the garnish, and an engagement hole is provided at a lower side of an opening of the front bumper, and the engagement claw of the garnish is engaged with the engagement hole of the front bumper. The vehicle body front structure according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the garnish is fixed to the front bumper in a state where the garnish is made. 5. The garnish according to claim 1, wherein the front bumper has a body color other than black, and the garnish has a black color, thereby giving a sense of depth of the garnish to the front bumper. A vehicle body front structure according to any one of claims 1 to 4.