WO2011015743A1

WO2011015743A1 - Cowl device for an opening member comprising a windscreen secured to the bonnet

Info

Publication number: WO2011015743A1
Application number: PCT/FR2010/051388
Authority: WO
Inventors: Frédéric Calvet
Original assignee: Peugeot Citroën Automobiles SA
Priority date: 2009-08-07
Filing date: 2010-07-01
Publication date: 2011-02-10
Also published as: FR2948913B1; EP2462018A1; FR2948913A1

Abstract

The invention relates to a vehicle cowl device (5) comprising: a first part (6) intended to equip an opening member (2) of a vehicle (1), the opening member (2) comprising an engine bonnet (3) and a windscreen (4) secured to one another, the first part (6) being designed to be fastened to the windscreen (4) and/or to the engine bonnet (3); and a second part (7) designed to be fastened to the body of the vehicle (1); said first and second parts (6, 7) comprise complementary locking means intended to cooperate to lock the first part (6) to the second part (7) in a predefined relative position. The invention also relates to an opening member (2) and a vehicle (1) which are equipped with such a cowl device (5).

Description

AWNING DEVICE FOR AN OPENING COMPRISING A SOLIDARITY WINDSHIELD OF THE HOOD

The present invention relates to awning device, to an opening comprising such a device and to a vehicle equipped with such an opening.

Traditionally, a motor vehicle has a windshield attached to the vehicle body. A bonnet, intended to close the engine compartment, is generally mounted articulated on the vehicle body. In order to ensure runoff from the windshield and to supply the air conditioning system with air, the vehicle is generally equipped with an awning. The awning is therefore designed to separate the air flow and runoff, while ensuring airtightness between the engine compartment and the passenger compartment, to avoid the aspiration of air from the engine into the air. vehicle air conditioning system.

The positioning of a conventional windshield (attached to a body of a vehicle) substantially above the front wheel of the vehicle greatly complicates the structure of the body, including the structure of the canopy. In order not to increase the costs of interventions during assembly at the factory, as well as those of subsequent interventions, car manufacturers therefore prefer to limit the advance of the windshield.

There are vehicles that have very advanced windshields so as to be positioned in front of or above the front wheel of said vehicle: the patent application WO 02/18163 illustrates such a vehicle or the engine hood is replaced by a opening comprising a windshield. However, this vehicle does not have a engine compartment located at the front and does not have a canopy.

The existing vehicle louvers do not allow the realization of a vehicle comprising an engine compartment located at the front of the vehicle and having a motor cover integral with the windshield.

The present invention aims to remedy all or part of the various disadvantages mentioned above.

For this purpose, the present invention relates to a vehicle awning device comprising:

- A first part intended to equip an opening of a vehicle, the opening comprising a bonnet and a windshield solidarity from each other, the first part being adapted to be attached to the windshield and / or the engine hood; and

- a second part designed to be fixed on the vehicle body;

said first and second portions having complementary locking means for cooperating together for locking the first portion on the second portion in a predefined relative position.

The present invention also relates to a vehicle opening comprising a motor cover integral with a windshield and comprising at least a first part of a canopy device according to the invention, integral with the opening.

Finally, the present invention relates to a vehicle comprising an awning device according to the invention and an opening according to the invention.

Thus, an awning device according to the invention makes it possible to obtain an opening according to the invention comprising an integral engine hood and windshield, for which the air supply of the air conditioning system of the vehicle and the recovery of the water runoff from the windshield are insured. The awning device also makes it possible to propose an opening according to the invention which can be locked on the body of a vehicle thanks to the locking means: the locking of the first part, movable with the opening, on the second part, fixed on the vehicle body, allows to immobilize the opening on the vehicle body.

In one embodiment of the invention, the locking means comprise at least one centering element, in particular a centering finger, designed to facilitate the positioning of the first part relative to the second part in the predefined relative position. The centering element, allowing the positioning of the first portion relative to the second portion in the predefined relative position, facilitates the locking of the opening on the vehicle body.

Advantageously, the locking means comprise at least one lock adapted to cooperate with the centering means to ensure the locking of the first part on the second part in the predefined relative position.

In a particular embodiment of the invention, said first and second parts form at least one circulation cavity of fluids when in the predefined relative position. Thus, the cavity formed by the first and second parts allows the evacuation of runoff water.

Advantageously then, the second part comprises a housing forming at least a portion of the cavity and having at least one opening, and the first part comprises a cover designed to cover the opening, the cover having an awning grid for fluid communication of said cavity with the outside of the vehicle.

According to a characteristic of the invention, the awning device further comprises sealing means designed to ensure the seal between the passenger compartment of the vehicle and the engine compartment of the vehicle.

In one embodiment of the invention, the awning device further comprises soundproofing means designed to reduce the spread of noise towards the passenger compartment.

In a particular embodiment of the invention, the awning device further comprises a windscreen wiper mechanism integral with said first part of said awning device.

According to a feature of the invention the opening further comprises closure means of the opening on a vehicle designed to cooperate with complementary means disposed on the vehicle to ensure the locking and inviolability of the opening. The locking means and the closing means provide the necessary rigidity to the vehicle according to the invention when the door is folded down and locked.

The invention will be better understood with the aid of the detailed description which is set out below with reference to the appended drawings in which:

Figure 1 is a schematic perspective view of a vehicle according to the invention;

Figure 2 is a schematic cross-sectional view along the plane AA, shown in Figure 1, an opening according to the invention;

Figure 3 is a schematic cross-sectional view along the plane BB, shown in Figure 1, an opening according to the invention;

Figure 4 is a schematic cross-sectional view along the plane CC, shown in Figure 1, an opening according to the invention;

Figure 5 is a schematic cross-sectional view along the axis DD, shown in Figure 1, an opening according to the invention. In the description that follows the terms "longitudinal" and

"Transversal" refer to the vehicle reference system where the term "longitudinal" characterizes a direction substantially oriented along the length of the vehicle and where "transverse" characterizes a direction substantially oriented along its width.

The vehicle 1, shown in Figure 1, comprises an opening 2 comprising a bonnet 3 integral with a windshield 4. The opening 2 is rotatably mounted about a transverse axis on the vehicle body 1. The rotation of the opening 2 takes place, for example, thanks to a hinge located on the roof crossmember. It may be provided to equip the vehicle 1 with hydraulic assistance means, arranged, for example, along the stanchions to assist an operator when opening the door 2 or to maintain the opening 2 in the open position.

In order to ensure the supply of air to the air conditioning system 10 of the vehicle 1 and the collection of run-off water from the windshield 4, the vehicle 1 is equipped with an awning device 5 according to the invention, represented Figures 2, 3 and 4. The awning device 5 includes a first portion 6 adapted to be attached to the windshield 4 and / or the engine cover 3. The awning device 5 also comprises a second portion 7 designed to be fixed on the body of the vehicle 1. Said first and second parts comprise complementary locking means for cooperating together to ensure a locking of the first part 6 on the second part 7 in a predefined relative position. The predefined relative position is chosen so that, when the awning device 5 is installed on the vehicle 1, the opening 2 is in a closed position obscuring the engine compartment 17 and rests on the support posts. vehicle bay 1. Thus, when the awning device 5 according to the invention is installed on the vehicle 1, the locking means are used to lock the opening 2 in the closed position on the vehicle 1 according to the invention. The locking means may comprise for this purpose a motorized lock, for example.

The locking means may advantageously comprise a centering element 8, such as a centering finger, designed to facilitate the positioning of the first part 6 relative to the second part 7 in the predefined relative position: the centering finger may for example engage in a sheath 9 provided to receive it and located on said second part 7. Moreover, the locking means advantageously comprise at least one lock adapted to cooperate with the centering finger to ensure the locking of the first part 6 on the second part 7.

In order to ensure the usual functions of an awning, the first and second parts 6, 7 of the awning device 5 according to the invention form at least one fluid circulation cavity when said first and second parts 6, 7 are located. in the predefined position. Thus, for example, the second part 7 comprises a casing 1 1 provided with an opening and the first part 6 comprises a cover provided with an awning grille 12, said cover being dimensioned and designed to be positioned on the opening 2 so as to cover the opening of the housing 1 1.

The first part 6 may also include a windscreen wiper mechanism 13 shown in FIG. 2. The recovery of the runoff water from the windshield 4 can be ensured, for example, by means of a gutter 14 shown on FIG. Figure 4

A duct 15 (FIG. 3), formed by a cavity formed in the casing 11 and opening onto the awning grille 12 of the first part 6, supplies air to the air conditioning system 10 of the vehicle 1.

In order to prevent the passage of air or water between the passenger compartment 16 of the vehicle 1 and the engine compartment 17, the awning device 5 advantageously comprises sealing means. Such sealing means may comprise seals 18, 19 disposed respectively between the first part 6 and the windshield 4 and between the first part 6 and the second part 7.

In order to attenuate the noise generated by the engine of the vehicle 1 and aerodynamic noise, the awning device 5 according to the invention may advantageously comprise soundproofing means: for example, at least a part of a face of the first part 6 intended to be positioned opposite the engine compartment 17 is covered with a layer 20 of a sound insulation material. Similarly, at least a portion of a face of the second portion 7, intended to be positioned opposite the engine compartment 17, may be covered with a layer 21 of a sound insulating material.

To ensure the inviolability of the vehicle 1 and to ensure a better hold in the closed position of the opening 2 according to the invention, the opening 2 may further comprise closure means designed to cooperate with complementary means disposed on the vehicle 1. Thus, Figure 5 shows a striker 22 fixed on a lining 23 of the bonnet 3, said striker 22 being positioned to receive a bolt 24 secured to the vehicle 1.

Thus, an awning device 5 according to the invention described above makes it possible to obtain an opening 2 according to the invention comprising a motor cover 3 and an integral windshield 4, for which the air supply of the ventilation system air conditioning 10 of the vehicle 1 and the recovery of runoff from the windshield 4 are insured. The awning device 5 also makes it possible to propose an opening 2 which can be locked on the body of the vehicle 1 thanks to the locking means: the locking of the first part 6, movable with the opening 2, on the second part 7, fixed on the vehicle body 1, to immobilize the opening 2 on the vehicle body 1 in the closed position.

Of course, the examples of embodiments mentioned above are not limiting in nature and other details and improvements can be made to the awning device according to the invention or to the opening according to the invention, without departing from the of the invention where other forms of the awning device or the opening can be realized.

Claims

A vehicle awning device (5) comprising:

- A first part (6) intended to equip an opening (2) of a vehicle (1), the opening (2) comprising a bonnet (3) and a windshield (4) integral with one of the the other, the first portion (6) being adapted to be attached to the windshield (4) and / or the engine hood (3); and

- a second part (7) designed to be fixed on the vehicle body (1);

said first and second parts (6, 7) having complementary locking means for cooperating together to lock the first part (6) on the second part (7) in a predefined relative position, characterized in that said first part and second portions (6, 7) form at least one fluid circulation cavity when in the predefined relative position.

2. awning device (5) according to claim 1, wherein the locking means comprise at least one centering element (8), in particular a centering finger, designed to facilitate the positioning of the first portion (6) relatively at the second part (7) in the predefined relative position.

3. Awning device (5) according to claim 2, wherein the locking means comprise at least one latch adapted to cooperate with the centering means for locking the first portion (6) on the second portion (7). ) in the predefined relative position.

4. Awning device (5) according to claim 1, wherein the second part (7) comprises a housing (1 1) forming at least a portion of the cavity and having at least one opening and wherein the first part ( 6) has a cover designed for covering the opening, the cover having an awning grid (12) for fluid communication of said cavity with the outside of the vehicle (1).

5. awning device (5) according to one of claims 1 to 4, further comprising sealing means designed to seal between the passenger compartment (16) of the vehicle (1) and the engine compartment ( 17) of the vehicle (1).

6. awning device (5) according to one of claims 1 to 5, further comprising a windscreen wiper mechanism (13) integral with the first portion (6) of the awning device (5).

7. Opening (2) of a vehicle comprising a bonnet (3) integral with a windshield (4) and comprising at least a first portion (6) of a louver device (5) according to one of claims 1 to 6 secured to the opening (2).

8. Opening (2) according to claim 7, further comprising closing means of the opening (2) on a vehicle (1), designed to cooperate with complementary means disposed on the vehicle (1) to ensure the locking and the inviolability of the opening (2).

9. Vehicle (1) comprising an awning device (5) according to one of claims 1 to 6 and an opening (2) according to claim 7 or 8.