KR20030015446A - Front end module for vehicles - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A front end module of a vehicle is provided to improve heat exchange efficiency, and to prevent damage of a heat exchanger by restricting insertion of foreign matters to the heat exchangers with mounting the filter net in the end of the cooling system. CONSTITUTION: A front end module of a vehicle is composed of a front panel forming the front part of the vehicle body frame, a cooling system including a radiator, a condenser and a fan, a headlamp combined with the front part of the front panel, and a bumper. The rectangular front panel has a hollow cooling system installation part including horizontal and vertical parts. A filtering plate(20) is formed in the end of the cooling system installation part to prevent the cooling system from being smeared with foreign matters. Heat exchange efficiency is improved by flowing air between cooling fins with restricting damage of the heat exchanger.

Description

Automotive Front End Modules {FRONT END MODULE FOR VEHICLES}

The present invention relates to a front end module for automobiles, and more particularly, to a front end module for automobiles to prevent foreign substances from being caught in heat exchangers such as radiators and condensers, and to prevent damage of the heat exchangers by splashing stones. .

In general, a cooling device such as a radiator, a condenser, a fan, and the like is mounted on the front of the engine compartment of the vehicle, and is mounted in the engine compartment in the production line of the vehicle.

However, since the engine room has a very small space for mounting the above-mentioned cooling devices, recently, a front end module has been proposed in which the cooling devices are modularized and installed in the vehicle body.

1 is an exploded perspective view of the front end module, Figure 2 is a side view of the front end module, Figure 3 is a perspective view of the front panel applied to the front end module.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the front end module (FEM) includes a radiator (2), a condenser (3), a cooling device such as a fan (4), a headlamp (not shown), and a bumper (not shown). And a front panel 1 (so-called bolster or carrier) for constituting the front portion of the vehicle frame and for installing various components 2, 3, 4 on the vehicle body.

As shown in Figure 3, the front panel 1 of the front end module (FEM) consists of an upper and lower horizontal portion (1a) and a vertical portion (1b) connecting the left and right sides of the horizontal portion (1a) is equipped with a hollow cooling device It consists of a substantially rectangular frame shape with an additional part.

In addition, headlamp mounting units 1c, which are assembled with headlamps, are respectively provided at both upper sides of the left and right vertical portions 1b, and bumpers are fastened to the lower portions of the headlamp mounting units 1c, and side members of the vehicle body frame ( A mounting portion 1d is assembled to M) (shown in FIG. 1).

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the condenser 3 is usually installed in front of the radiator 2, and the fan 4 is assembled behind the radiator 2 via the fan shroud 4a.

However, the front end module according to the prior art has the following problems.

As shown in FIG. 1, heat exchangers such as a radiator 2 and a condenser 3 mounted on the front panel 1 are exposed to the outside, so that leaves and various debris, etc., are stopped on the surface of the heat exchanger regardless of vehicle stopping or driving. In the meantime, they are caught between the tubes and between the cooling fins. As such, when various dirts are buried on the surface of the heat exchanger or between the tubes and the inside of the cooling fins, heat exchange between the air and the coolant in the radiator 2 and the refrigerant in the condenser 3 is difficult. There is a problem of low cooling performance.

In addition, the stone and the like hit the tube, the cooling fin of the heat exchanger, there is also a problem that the tube, the cooling fin is broken.

The present invention has been invented to solve the above problems, and to prevent dirt from getting on the surface of the heat exchanger, and to prevent the inside of the cooling fins to block the air to smoothly pass through between the cooling fins The purpose is to provide a front end module.

Another object of the present invention is to prevent the heat exchanger from being damaged by boulder or the like.

1 is an exploded perspective view of a typical front end module.

2 is a side view of the front end module according to the prior art.

Figure 3 is an external perspective view of the front panel applied to the front end module according to the prior art.

Figure 4 is an exploded perspective view of the front panel and the filter net applied to the front end module according to the present invention.

5 is a side view of the front end module according to the present invention;

Figure 6 is another illustration of the front panel and filter net applied to the front end module according to the present invention.

<Description of the symbols for the main parts of the drawings>

10: front panel 11, 12: horizontal portion

13,14: vertical part 15: cooling device mounting hole

15a: bolt groove 15b: guide groove

20 filter plate 21 rim

21a: bolt hole 21b: guide protrusion

22: filter network

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a front end module for a vehicle, comprising: a front and rear rectangular panel having a hollow cooling device mounting portion including upper and lower horizontal parts and left and right vertical parts connecting upper and lower horizontal parts; It comprises a cooling device such as a radiator, a condenser, a fan mounted on the cooling unit mounting portion of the front panel, the front panel is formed on the front end of the cooling unit mounting portion to prevent foreign matters on the radiator, condenser, etc. of the cooling device. Characterized in that it further comprises a filtering member for blocking.

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

<Example 1>

4 is an exploded perspective view of the front panel and the filter plate according to the first embodiment of the front end module according to the present invention, Figure 5 is a side view of the front end module according to the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 5, the front end module (FEM) according to the present invention is installed in a modular state in which a cooling device described later is mounted on a side member (not shown) of a vehicle frame to form a front portion of a vehicle frame. Cooling devices such as a panel 10, a radiator 2 mounted on the front panel 10, a condenser 3, a fan 4, and a head lamp (not shown) assembled to the front portion of the front panel 10. ) And bumpers (not shown).

As shown in FIG. 4, the front panel 10 includes a vertical part 13 and 14 connecting upper and lower horizontal parts 11 and 12 and left and right sides of upper and lower horizontal parts 11 and 12 to have a hollow inside. The cooling device mounting hole 15 is formed in a substantially rectangular frame shape.

The front end of the cooling device mounting hole 15 of the front panel 10, that is, the front of the radiator 2 and the condenser 3 is coupled to the filter plate 20 of the mesh structure.

The filter plate 20 includes a rim 21 having a shape substantially the same as that of the cooling device mounting hole 15 of the front panel 10, and a filter net 22 coupled to the inside of the rim 21.

Bolt grooves 15a are formed at the corners of the cooling device mounting hole 15 of the front panel 10, while the bolt grooves 15a of the front panel 10 communicate with the bolt grooves 15a at the corners of the filter plate 20. Bolt holes 21a are formed respectively, and bolts 23 are fastened to the bolt grooves 15a and the bolt holes 21a so that the filter plate 20 is detachably installed on the front panel 10.

The operation state of the front end module according to the present invention configured as described above is as follows.

When the vehicle is stopped and the vehicle is driven, the leaves, rocks and various dirts are directed toward the front of the vehicle, that is, the front end module (FEM).

Various air together with air tries to pass through the filtering net 22 disposed at the top end of the front end module (FEM), while the air smoothly passes through the filtering net 22 without being bound by the filtering net 22. The dirt does not pass through the filter net 22 but sticks to the filter net 22 or bounces off the filter net 22 to fall back to the ground.

The air passing through the filter net 22 is exchanged with the coolant / refrigerant therein while passing through the tubes and the cooling fins of the heat exchanger.

<Example 2>

6 is an exploded perspective view of the front panel and the filter network according to the second embodiment of the front end module according to the present invention.

In the front end module according to the second embodiment, the upper and lower guide protrusions 21b are formed on the left and right sides of the filter plate 20, respectively, and the guide protrusions 21b of the filter plate 20 are provided at both ends of the front panel 10. The guide grooves 15b to which the upper and lower sliding surfaces are slidably coupled are formed in the vertical direction, respectively.

According to the second embodiment, the left and right guide protrusions 21b of the filter plate 20 are inserted in accordance with the guide grooves 15b of the front panel 10, and then the filter plate 20 is pushed down to guide the guide protrusions 21b. The filter plate 20 is mounted on the front panel 10 while being guided by the guide groove 15b while being guided, and disposed at the front end of the cooling device mounting hole 15.

According to the second embodiment, various impurities are stuck to the filtering net 22 of the filter plate 20, and the holes of the filtering net 22 can be blocked. In this case, the air cannot smoothly pass through the filtering net 22 so that the filtering net 22 can be prevented. Cooling performance is reduced by) so that if there is dirt or the like attached to the filter net 22 in order to solve this, the filter plate 20 is removed from the front panel 10, washed, and then installed.

In Examples 1 and 2, the filter net 22 is composed of a single piece and is coupled to the front panel 10. However, the present invention is not limited thereto, and the filter net 22 is injection molded integrally with the front panel by insert injection molding or the like. Can be.

Therefore, the leaves, various dirts, etc., which try to pass through the heat exchanger such as a radiator and a condenser together with the air at the time of stopping or driving the vehicle, are caught by the filter network 22 and are not buried on the surface of the heat exchanger. Don't get caught in

As described above, according to the front end module for automobiles of the present invention, various dirts do not adhere to the surface of the heat exchanger and are not caught between the tube and the cooling fins, thereby exchanging heat between the air and the coolant / refrigerant of the heat exchanger. This works well and can improve cooling performance.

And, when hitting the heat exchanger boulder that can break the heat exchanger and the like can be blocked by the filter network can improve the durability of the heat exchanger.

Claims (4)

A substantially rectangular frame-shaped front panel having a hollow cooling device mounting portion, comprising a left and right vertical portion connecting upper and lower horizontal portions and upper and lower horizontal portions; In the front end module for a vehicle comprising a cooling device such as a radiator, a condenser, a fan mounted on the cooling device mounting portion of the front panel, The front panel is a front end module for a vehicle, characterized in that it further comprises a filtration member of the mesh structure is formed on the front end of the cooling device to block foreign matter from being caught in the radiator, condenser, etc. of the cooling device. The front end module of claim 1, wherein the filtration member is injection molded integrally with the front panel. According to claim 1, wherein the front and rear longitudinal guide grooves are formed on both sides of the front end of the front panel, the left and right sides of the filtration member is provided with guide protrusions slidably coupled to the guide groove of the front panel filtration member is The front end module for a vehicle, wherein the front panel is detachably installed while sliding. The front end module of claim 1, wherein the filtration member is bolted to the cooler mounting unit.